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AnalysisAs Arcadia and Debenhams collapse, what will the aftershock mean for retail?
As December, traditionally the height of retail’s peak trading period begins, two of the industry’s most venerable names have been brought low by the Covid earthquake that has shaken the industry.
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Analysis
Black Friday bargains snapped up early – but will shops see a last-minute rush?
Sales may have been down on Black Friday and Cyber Monday, but don’t be fooled into thinking the discounting event was a damp squib. Grace Bowden reports.
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News
Boots poaches TSB chief marketing officer to bolster personalisation drive
Boots has snapped up TSB’s marketing boss Pete Markey to lead marketing across its UK and Ireland businesses.
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Opinion
Move of the Week: Steve Carson swaps supplements for sofas at ScS
It takes a brave person to trade selling health and wellness products for big-ticket furniture items on the cusp of the deepest economic downturn in 300 years. Fortunately, Steve Carson has never been afraid of a challenge.
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Analysis
Analysis: Why would JD Sports want to buy Debenhams?
JD Sports has emerged as the frontrunner to acquire Debenhams and exclusive talks to buy the struggling department store business are underway.
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Opinion
Move of the Week: BBC’s Matt Grest is a Very good fit
Matt Grest’s move from the BBC to The Very Group demonstrates once again that previous retail experience is not a prerequisite for senior leaders so long as you have the correct skillset.
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Analysis
Analysis: Let’s be honest, has Covid killed the shop?
The economics of running stores have grown increasingly difficult over the past eight months. With quiet city centres, weak demand and a step-change in online, are stores still part of retailers’ future plans?
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Analysis
Five categories set to lose out during lockdown
When the second lockdown was revealed last week, British Retail Consortium boss Helen Dickinson deemed it a “nightmare before Christmas” for retail.
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Analysis
No Limits: Retail’s five best apprentice schemes
Apprenticeships give many young people the first steps of their career but some businesses have put them on hold during the pandemic. Retail Week looks into why these schemes are vital and shines a spotlight on some of retail’s best apprenticeship programmes
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Analysis
Black Friday 2020 deal tracker: What promotions retailers are running
Deals are already under way for Black Friday 2020, which is predicted to be a bumper event for online retailers. Retail Week tracks the promotions being run by the UK’s biggest retailers this year.
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Coronavirus Consumer Pulse: Web traffic spikes ahead of second lockdown
Amid the coronavirus crisis, it has arguably never been more important, nor more difficult, for retailers to understand their customers.
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Analysis
Nightmare before Christmas: bosses of John Lewis, M&S and The Entertainer on lockdown 2.0
It’s the news the industry dreaded. This Thursday so-called ‘non-essential’ retail will be shut down until December 2 in a bid to stem the spread of coronavirus. Many fear chaos, but could click and collect come to the rescue?
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News
The Hut Group ups full-year guidance as third-quarter sales jump
The Hut Group has reported a surge in sales during its third quarter, bolstered by its beauty and nutrition divisions.
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Boots to offer 12-minute coronavirus tests in run-up to Christmas
High street pharmacy chain Boots is set to offer non-symptomatic people Covid-19 tests that produce results within 12-minutes.
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Analysis
Local heroes: The retailers benefiting from the rise of localism
Since the lockdown, people have taken to shopping where they live and local retailers have come to the fore. Many have adapted, served and won loyal customers over the past eight months. Retail Week highlights some of the thriving businesses that hold lessons for all of retail.
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Store closures hit record levels as 11,000 shut in first half of 2020
A record number of stores closed during the first half of 2020 as the coronavirus crisis hammered high streets, shopping centres and retail parks across the UK.
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News
Online sales growth slows despite new lockdown restrictions
While more lockdown restrictions were introduced across the UK in September, online sales growth normalised to pre-Covid levels.
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Walgreens Boots Alliance profits dragged down by UK sales slump
Walgreens Boots Alliance has reported a drop in its fourth-quarter sales and profits exacerbated by a plunge in demand across the group’s UK arm.
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Analysis
How Next and Harrods are reinventing the beauty hall
Department store giants Next and Harrods have opened new beauty formats over the past month. Why launch a beauty store in the middle of a pandemic – when face masks are mandatory in many places – and can they shake up the industry?
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Retail ‘will remain open’ under strictest local lockdowns, PM says
Retailers will be allowed to continue trading even under the strictest local lockdown measures coming into force on Wednesday.
