Insight & inspiration – Page 8
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Innovation of the WeekWalmart trials ecommerce in the metaverse on Roblox
Innovation of the Week is a subscriber-only series highlighting retail initiatives that have caught the eye of our team.
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DataRanking: The top 15 most productive fashion retailers
We’ve teamed up with our sister brand Retail Navigator to give you a rundown of the fashion retailers that have the lowest cost of staff to sales ratio, and are therefore the most productive players in the sector.
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AnalysisDo recent European beauty IPOs bode well for a Boots flotation?
As Spanish beauty group Puig gears up for an IPO in Madrid, it is poised to become Europe’s biggest float this year with a valuation of nearly €14bn (£11.96bn). Retail Week takes a look at the recent surge in beauty IPOs, their valuations and what that might mean for Boots, widely rumoured to be exploring a listing in London.
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AnalysisHow retail parks are reinventing themselves with a ‘hybrid’ offer
As retail parks continue to deliver strong footfall and a more diverse mix of shops, Retail Week visits Nugent Shopping Park in Orpington to see what the latest trends are in successful locations
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Innovation of the WeekSchuh embraces circularity with reworked capsule collection
Innovation of the Week is a subscriber-only series highlighting retail initiatives that have caught the eye of our team.
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AnalysisHow Sainsbury’s is sharpening fashion and general merchandise amid ongoing food focus
As Sainsbury’s plans to expand its fresh food offering in more stores amid its ongoing food-focused strategy, Retail Week explores where fashion and general merchandise fit in and how they will benefit
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DataRevealed: The most-popular value retailers online
With the value sector remaining popular with UK shoppers, Retail Week teamed up with SimilarWeb to track which discount retailers have been seeing the most traffic to their websites over the past two years
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AnalysisAI, customer experience and dream teams – the key talking points from Paris
As more than 800 retail leaders from around the world gathered to inspire and be inspired at WRC 2024, Retail Week highlights some of the key takeaways from the congress in Paris
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AnalysisJD Sports: Will Hibbett acquisition make its American dream come true?
JD Sports took another step towards global domination with the proposed acquisition of American sportswear retailer Hibbett in a $1.1bn deal. Retail Week explores who the latest acquisition is and where this places JD in the US sportswear market
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DataRanking: The 20 biggest international retailers in the UK
To see just how worldly the UK’s retail landscape has become, we asked Retail Week sister brand Retail Navigator to reveal the international retailers with the biggest UK sales, and how much they’re forecast to grow over the next few years.
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Innovation of the WeekAmazon unveils latest tech advances aimed at ‘actively supporting employees’
Innovation of the Week is a subscriber-only series highlighting retail initiatives that have caught the eye of our team. Every week, we will bring you new ideas and case studies that link to the trends in our Retail Horizon 2024 reports – across consumer, technology, sustainability, and economy, policy and industry.
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AnalysisSephora CEO Guillaume Motte reveals secrets of retailer’s success
It’s 10am and the doors to Sephora’s Champs-Élysées flagship are opened to an expectant queue of customers in the heart of Paris.
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AnalysisWill ex-Morrisons men make Poundstretcher another shrewd buy for Fortress?
Last week, it was announced that Majestic Wine and Punch Pubs owner Fortress had acquired discount retailer Poundstretcher, along with a new leadership team made up of ex-Morrisons staff.
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DataRanking: The fastest-growing retail brands in the UK
Retail Week can reveal the brands that have found impressive growth despite some of the toughest operating conditions.
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AnalysisIs Amazon’s latest tech investment the answer to its workforce woes?
As Amazon continues to see growing strike action in the UK and abroad, Retail Week visited the Amazon Operations Innovation Lab in Vercelli, Italy, to see what it is investing in to improve its operations and the workforce.
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DataWhat makes Screwfix’s enviable ecommerce strategy stand out?
Screwfix is among the top 30 UK retailers recognised by analysts for leading ecommerce performance in the new Top 30 Ecommerce Retailers report. Here we deep-dive into the DIY brand’s digital model
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AnalysisSupply chain strategy: How WHSmith, Co-op and Inditex found their missing links
Third-party tie-ups are a central part of the modern retail supply chain and are only becoming more strategic. In this exclusive excerpt from Retail Week’s Supply Chain 2025 report, discover how some of the country’s biggest retailers are collaborating to improve operations
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Innovation of the WeekM&S reduces methane from cows as it accelerates towards net zero
Innovation of the Week is a subscriber-only series highlighting retail initiatives that have caught the eye of our team.
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AnalysisSay hej to the shopping centre of the future, as imagined by Ikea’s owner
What does the mall of tomorrow look like? Ikea sister company Ingka Centres, which operates retail centres all over the world, shows Retail Week its vision through the latest changes to its San Francisco Market Street location
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AnalysisInflation, cost cutting and Clubcard clout – takeaways from Tesco’s Ken Murphy
As Tesco profits more than doubled to their highest level in more than a decade, boss Ken Murphy gave his thoughts on some of the key issues affecting the industry