All Retail Week articles in January 31 2014 – Page 2
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Analysis
Analysis: Six ways Facebook has changed retail
As Facebook celebrates its 10th birthday, Retail Week looks at how it has benefited retailers.
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News
Amazon UK sales slow as competitors up their game
Amazon UK sales growth slowed last year as retailers such as John Lewis and Dixons raised their game.
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News
Game backer revealed as activist investor Elliott
Activist investor Elliott Advisors has built a 99% stake in Game and is on course for a windfall if plans for a £300m float are successful.
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News
Ocado co-founder Gissing retires as full-year losses widen
Ocado co-founder Jason Gissing is to retire from the retailer it was revealed as the online grocer reported widening pre-tax losses.
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News
Breakfast briefing: Retail news on Ocado, Game, Amazon, Sports Direct, Morrisons and more
Retail news round-up on February 4, 2014: Ocado co-founder Gissing retires and pre-tax losses widen, Activist investor Elliott revealed as Game backer, Amazon UK sales growth suffers slowdown and more.
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News
Asos boosts sales by 33% using real-time data
Asos increased sales by 33% in the four months to December 2013 using real-time pricing software that pulls in data from across the web to inform buying and merchandising decisions.
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Opinion
Comment: Why big data should be every retailer’s roadmap to the future
I was alarmed to read a piece in Retail Week entitled ‘Retailers are being blinded by big data’.
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Opinion
Comment: Why Carphone Warehouse's Samsung deal makes sense
Samsung has revealed plans to open 60 stores in Europe in partnership with Carphone Warehouse – a strategy that will give Samsung a European presence that took Apple nearly a decade to build, but in just three months.
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Analysis
Analysis: Which retailers are best positioned to float?
As a raft of retailers get ship-shape and ready to float, Retail Week takes a look at the runners and riders in the race to go public.
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Analysis
Analysis: Twitter faces an uphill battle to make its ecommerce venture a success
Twitter is trying to succeed where Facebook failed in selling directly to consumers, however it may face an uphill battle according to ecommerce experts.
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Analysis
Analysis: 14 mobile payment services Amazon's Kindle would compete with
The mobile payment market is one of the most innovative sectors in retail and last week it emerged Amazon is considering trying its hand, by turning the Kindle into a till.
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News
Russian hypermarket Lenta to list in London
Russian hypermarket Lenta has revealed plans to list on the London Stock Exchange and then in Moscow as it hopes to raise an estimated $1bn.
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Opinion
Comment: Sainsbury’s - a runner, not a splurger
Little and often, rather than the store design equivalent of binge drinking, is what has made Sainsbury’s a winner under Justin King.
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News
Twitter eyes partnership for ecommerce venture
Twitter is mulling an ecommerce venture that could allow users to buy products directly from the site.
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News
DFS and B&M Bargains step up plans to float this year
DFS and B&M Bargains have stepped up their plans to float this year by hiring advisors as a cluster of retailers eye a public listing.
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News
Waterstones narrows full-year losses despite sales fall
Waterstones’ full-year losses narrowed last year after slashing costs and slowing the rate of its sales decline.
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News
Breakfast briefing: Retail news on B&M, DFS, Waterstones and Twitter
Retail news round-up on February 3, 2014: B&M and DFS step up plans to float, Twitter mulls commerce venture, Waterstones’ profits narrow and House of Fraser infringes Jack Wills’ copyright
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Gallery
Store gallery: Sephora, New York
Sephora is a brand that has come, been and gone in the UK and is, to a large extent, probably forgotten on these shores.
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Gallery
Store gallery: Timberland, Buchanan Street, Glasgow
Timberland has opened a store in Glasgow that has its own identity while still reflecting the brand. John Ryan takes a look around.
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Cartoon
Blower's retail cartoon: Great British Bake Off drives Poundland sales
Retail Week’s cartoonist Patrick Blower takes a look at the stories making the news.