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Retail Navigator AnalysisGymshark (Strategy)
Gymshark launches its Innovation Lab in partnership with L Marks, aiming to identify and support innovative startups that can bring “real value” to the retailer and its community. A 10-week programme will focus on two key areas: supply chain optimisation and robotics solutions.
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Retail Navigator AnalysisDunelm (Strategy)
Dunelm acquires Irish soft furnishings retailer Home Focus, which has 13 stores across the Republic of Ireland, as well as a website that offers shoppers home delivery and a click-and-reserve service allowing shoppers to collect in store.
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InterviewQ&A: Pinterest UK MD on changing the conversation around social ecommerce
Retail Week spoke to Pinterest UK’s managing director, Beth Horn on the future of social ecommerce, building a Gen Z user base, and challenging the duopoly of Google and Meta.
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Retail Navigator AnalysisEstée Lauder Companies (Strategy)
Estée Lauder Companies announces Stéphane de La Faverie as its new chief executive replacing Fabrizio Freda who retires in 2025. De La Faverie plans to return the retailer to its “pre-eminent position as the leader in global prestige beauty”.
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InterviewQ&A: Google’s retail MD explains why retailers should take advantage of ‘fake Friday’
Retail Week spoke to Google’s managing director of retail, Sophie Neary, to delve into why customer search and AI is so important for retailers to utilise heading into golden quarter
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NewsOnline marketplace OnBuy is planning international expansion
OnBuy is preparing for a “significant international growth phase”, with expansion expected to reach 14 countries by the end of 2024.
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NewsDunelm is deploying generative AI to improve the online shopping experience
Dunelm is implementing a new generative AI technology on its ecommerce site in a bid to improve customers’ online shopping experience.
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Retail Navigator AnalysisAll Saints (Overview)
AllSaints launches its clothing rental service - “an endless rotation of AllSaints styles for gigs, holidays, parties, the office - everything”. Customers can rent two styles at a time from £79 per month.
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Retail VoiceSix ways that AI could transform retail
Want to know how AI advancements could bring more joy and confidence as well as reduce regret in customer journeys? Google’s Sarah Ashley and Wired Consulting’s Charlie Burton offer a glimpse into the newly launched report Upgrading How We Buy
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Retail Navigator AnalysisPuma (Overview)
Puma partners with global payment operating system provider Payrails as it looks to bolster its ecommerce operations. The retailer said the platform will “greatly accelerate our efforts to integrate new payment providers effortlessly at scale”.
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Retail VoiceHow AI will transform the digital shopping experience
Qodea’s Jason Theakston explores how retailers can embrace AI to improve the customer experience, build trust and increase brand loyalty.
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Retail Navigator AnalysisScrewfix (Strategy)
Screwfix unveils its new smaller format store- ‘Screwfix City’ in select London locations. The retailer has chosen high footfall areas for its initial rollout, planning to reach 100 stores across the UK in the next few years.
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Retail Navigator AnalysisJohn Lewis (Strategy)
John Lewis brings back its ‘Never Knowingly Undersold’ price promise “for the Modern Age”. The department store will match 25 retailers’ prices - including M&S, AO and Amazon – both in store and online, adopting AI technology to carry out the checks.
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AnalysisHow Boots, B&Q, Next and John Lewis are leading the retail generative AI revolution
Few technological advancements in recent years have generated more news coverage than the advent of generative AI. For all the science-fiction headlines, though, several big retail names are already leading the way when it comes to adoption
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Retail Navigator AnalysisFrasers Group (Strategy)
Frasers Group buys 14.65% stake in Australia and New-Zealand based retail distribution business Accent Group. CEO Michael Murray said: “This investment is an exciting step in the expansion of our international footprint, which is a key growth driver for the group.”
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Retail Navigator AnalysisPets at Home (Strategy)
Pets at Home’s new-look store in Brentford is part of its plans to open four concept stores this year. Expanded from 9,000 sq ft to 14,000 sq ft, the store includes a ‘Nutrition Hub’; consultation areas and interactive screens.
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Retail Navigator AnalysisWaitrose (Strategy)
Waitrose unveils plans to open up to 100 convenience stores over the next five years as it launches revamped Finchley Road store in London. The grocer is planning £1bn of investment in new and existing shops over the next three years. The new store is trialling a series of new initiatives including new product offerings and service counters.
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Retail Navigator AnalysisReserved (Overview)
Reserved has moved into expansionist mode in the UK from 2023, upping its store numbers in and around the capital. It is now eyeing smaller cities in the region as it attempts to move its UK subsidiary into a position of profitability.
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Retail Navigator AnalysisB&Q (Strategy)
B&Q is expanding its fulfilment options, going live on Deliveroo so that consumers can receive orders in just 25 minutes. It has also partnered with DPD to trial robot deliveries for customers in Milton Keynes. The autonomous robots transport smaller parcels to shoppers’ doors.
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Retail Navigator AnalysisH&M Group (Strategy)
H&M makes first investment in decarbonisation technology as works to improve its supply chain processes. The retailer announced its investment in Rondo energy which makes heat batteries that “turn intermittent electricity into continuous, high-temperature heat and power, perfect for textile factories”