All articles by John Beaumont
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VideoWhat does Ocado's warehouse blaze mean for its business?
This week, the team discuss the fire at Ocado’s Andover warehouse and its implications for its technology partnership ambitions.
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VideoThe Retail Week: How 25 CEOs are preparing for 2019
This week, the team are joined by Manhattan managing director Craig Summers to talk about the findings of our flagship Retail 2019 report, where 25 bosses reveal their strategies for the year ahead.
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NewsWatch: As 70,000 retail jobs go, where is the uproar?
This week, the team discuss the news that there were 70,000 fewer retail jobs over the golden quarter compared to the previous year, and what this trend means for the sector.
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VideoWatch: NRF – new business models and new retail purpose
This week, the team discuss key themes from this year’s NRF conference, from Walmart’s digital reinvention to Dick’s Sporting Goods taking a stand on gun control.
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VideoWatch: What next for Debenhams after AGM coup?
Debenhams chair Sir Ian Cheshire and boss Sergio Bucher were both ousted from the retailer’s board following a dramatic AGM yesterday.
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VideoThe Retail Week: Making sense of Super Thursday
This week, the team discuss the key themes emerging from the blizzard of updates announced on Super Thursday.
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VideoThe Retail Week: Does Next imply a Christmas turkey for stores?
After Next unveiled its Christmas trading figures, the team discuss what the retailer’s update tells us about how the festive season panned out.
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AnalysisData: Retail redundancy index – job losses mount in 2018
2018 has been characterised by CVAs, administrations and store closures – all of which have taken their toll on the retail workforce.
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VideoThe Retail Week: How will retail fare over Christmas and New Year?
The team cut through the contradictory statistics, predictions, reviews and profit warnings to gauge how retailers will perform over the holiday season.
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VideoThe Retail Week: Consumer trends to look out for in 2019
This week we take a look at how the consumer will feel and shop in 2019 and the trends that will drive their behaviour.
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DataThird of retailers unprepared for no-deal Brexit
A third of retailers are unprepared for the prospect of a no-deal Brexit, new research has revealed.
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VideoThe Retail Week: Should retailers invest or cut costs?
As Sainsbury’s, Majestic Wine and Mothercare take contrasting approaches to turbulent times, the team discuss whether retailers should invest or cut costs in the current climate.
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DataShoppers ‘more likely’ to buy British as Brexit looms
Consumers are “significantly more likely” to buy British produce than they were two years ago as Brexit uncertainty continues to swirl, new data has revealed.
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AnalysisMarginal uplift in demand for Black Friday deals
More than a fifth of consumers plan to snap up Black Friday deals this year, which is only a marginal increase on last year.
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VideoThe Retail Week: Does Debenhams have a future?
This week, the team discuss Debenhams’ financial situation as the department store business announced its biggest ever statutory loss.
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GalleryStore gallery: Mike Ashley makes his mark on HoF
When Sports Direct acquired House of Fraser for £90m in August, boss Mike Ashley immediately vowed to save 80% of its store portfolio.
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VideoThe Retail Week: Is the 'Amazon tax' right for retail?
Tesco CEO Dave Lewis has called for the Government to bring in the ‘Amazon tax’ – a 2% charge on online retailers’ revenue. The team discusses whether this is the right thing for retail right now.
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VideoThe Retail Week: Has big ticket turned the corner?
After contrasting financial updates from ScS, Topps Tiles and DFS this week, the team discuss whether the big-ticket market has turned the corner.
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VideoWatch: Debenhams' store of the future in Watford
Debenhams has opened what it calls its store of the future, which focuses on its new beauty offer. We went to Watford to take a look.
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VideoThe Retail Week: Is stocking stores using data the future?
This week Amazon unveiled Amazon 4-star – a bricks and mortar store stocked with products rated four stars or better on its website – in perhaps the most dramatic instance to date of how online data can be used in traditional shops.