All Retail Week articles in July 2026 – Page 7
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InterviewHobbycraft’s Graeme Campbell discusses rebuilding after restructuring
Change is underway across the business, at both executional and channel levels, as Hobbycraft looks to a new era following its exit from a CVA, which resulted in a tranche of store closures and job losses.
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Opinion‘Healthcare could be the high street’s best medicine’
Harnessing the public’s appetite for local healthcare services could give the high street a much-needed £13bn boost, says Boots managing director Anthony Hemmerdinger
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NewsHobbycraft sets sights on high street and overseas stores
Specialist retailer Hobbycraft aims to test high street shops and open overseas branches as it embarks on a new growth phase, Retail Week can reveal.
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NewsBurberry posts sales rise as product and price strategy pays off
Upscale retailer and brand Burberry has reported a quarterly sales uplift and said its strategy is “working”.
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InterviewQ&A: Burberry execs on wooing Gen Z shoppers, Middle East impact and hopes for the next UK PM
Burberry chief executive Joshua Schulman and chief financial officer Kate Ferry answered press questions after delivering increasing sales in the first quarter of the financial year.
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NewsAndy Burnham promises to be pro-business Labour leader
In a speech after being confirmed as the next leader of the Labour Party, and incumbent prime minister, Andy Burnham today [July 17] promised to be pro-business.
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Chart of the WeekRetail theft rose as England advanced through the World Cup
As England went further in the World Cup, fan enthusiasm soared and footfall climbed on match days. But while passion grew, so did theft
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Retail VoiceThe unplanned £22.90: What parcel locker visits are really worth to your stores
Parcel lockers were once seen as a simple convenience feature. But new research from InPost reveals they are generating significant unplanned spend, boosting visit frequency and becoming a genuine driver of customer loyalty – Paul Selvey, network director at InPost UK
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NewsFrasers Group launches share buyback as it appoints new joint broker
Frasers Group has this morning launched a share buyback programme with new joint broker Panmure Liberum.
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NewsMore British retailers warn profits will fall short after Middle East conflict
A growing number of Britain’s biggest retailers are telling investors they will make less money this year than previously forecast, as rising costs and weaker demand squeeze margins across the sector.
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NewsPrimark lowers prices on hundreds of products
Primark has lowered the prices across hundreds of its bestselling womenswear, menswear and kidswear styles.
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OpinionPrimark CEO on value beyond price – why customers shouldn’t have to compromise
The most disruptive retailers of the future won’t simply be those offering the lowest prices. They’ll be the ones that fundamentally change what customers can expect to get for those prices, maintains Eoin Tonge
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Newsletter
Tech & Digital Briefing: World Cup gives online retail a boost; latest partnership update; and more
Well, it didn’t come home. Instead, England had to settle for third this time, but congratulations to Spain. While the team suffered another defeat, the online economy was given a big boost throughout the tournament. AO saw a double-digit increase in TV sales, Boots and Asda extended their respective Deliveroo ...
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NewsLord Timpson quits government
Prisons minister and former Timpson Group chief executive Lord James Timpson has reportedly resigned from the government.
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NewsMorrisons cuts prices on hundreds of products
Supermarket giant Morrisons has today [July 20] announced price cuts on hundreds of “family favourites” to make “budgets go further during the school holidays” for customers.
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NewsAndy Burnham pledges cost of living ‘breathing space’ in first speech as PM
Andy Burnham has used his first speech as prime minister to promise those being affected by the cost-of-living crisis “breathing space” from his first full day in office.
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NewsIceland boss proposes moving cost-of-living remit to ‘Number 10 North’
Lord Richard Walker has argued that responsibility for addressing the high cost of living should be held by new prime minister Andy Burnham’s ‘No 10 North’ office.
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NewsWholesale and retail businesses slower to adopt AI than other sectors, says ONS
Only about 21% of retail businesses say they use AI, according to new data released by the ONS, despite over a third of all companies across the economy saying that they use the technology
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NewsNew chancellor named as Burnham chooses cabinet
New prime minister Andy Burnham names John Healey as chancellor as he picks his cabinet.
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NewsBig investors urge JD Sports to take more action on wages
Sportswear giant JD Sports is facing a call at its AGM today to follow up improved transparency on pay with further action towards the ‘real’ living wage.