Kate Doherty
Kate Doherty is an analytical journalist on Prospect, Retail Week’s online business intelligence tool. She has been a business journalist for around 15 years, predominantly focusing on retail.
Before joining the Prospect team, where she provides insight and financial analysis across an extensive range of retailers, Kate worked on project management and editorial for the Retail Week commercial projects team.
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- kate.doherty@retail-week.com
AnalysisStrategy spotlight: Five ways Sainsbury’s will stand out in a fiercely competitive market
Sainsbury’s holds a challenging middle-market position between Aldi and Lidl at the value-end of the grocery spectrum, and Waitrose and Marks & Spencer at the premium end. Retail Week’s Prospect analysts explore five ways Sainsbury’s will differentiate itself in a fiercely competitive market.
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Strategy spotlight: Five reasons Next will win during times of economic crisis
As the UK economy continues to destabilise, will Next’s enviable ecosystem and willingness to invest be enough to steer it unscathed through the volatility?
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Analysis: Five things you need to know about value giant Poundland
Despite rolling out a multi-price strategy, Poundland is leaning back into its eponymous £1 price point as the cost-of-living crisis mounts for customers. But how is the retailer equipped to handle declining consumer spend and confidence as a recession looms?
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Analysis: Five things you need to know about Halfords
Diversifying with the savvy of a start-up, motoring and cycling specialist Halfords is applying its expertise to needs-based revenue streams, positioning itself to remain resilient as households feel the pinch.
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The winners and losers of Christmas 2017
The golden quarter was a tale of two halves as sales rocketed at some retailers while others fell behind, with clear lessons to be learnt for 2018.
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Failed deliveries deter more than half of shoppers
Retailers are shouldering mounting costs of failed deliveries, with more than half of consumers saying they would not shop with a retailer again.
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Ecommerce surges move away from one-day Sales events
Consumers are increasingly less inclined to spend online during allotted one-day Sales events and instead prefer to take advantage of extended discount periods.
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Smartphones traditionally dominate holiday shopping
The trend for consumers to use smartphones rather than desktop devices for online shopping over holiday periods is expected to continue in 2018.
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Friction at online checkout will be costly this Christmas
Complicated or overly time-consuming online checkout experiences cause consumers to abandon shopping baskets, and failed deliveries prevent the majority returning to that retailer.
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Mondays draw the most shoppers online in 2017
Mondays were the biggest day for online shopping in 2017, while numbers were at their lowest over the weekend, according to PCA Predict.
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Mobile online shopping likely to surge on Christmas Day
Online shopping through mobile devices is expected to surge over the festive season, particularly on Christmas Day.
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Desktop maintains slight lead over mobile
The use of desktop for UK online shopping has been marginally ahead of mobile in 2017, according to PCA Predict.
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Black Friday spending to suffer slowdown
Black Friday sales are set to prove lacklustre with traffic likely to have tailed off by Cyber Monday, according to the latest data from PCA Predict.
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Watch: How to convert online browsers into committed buyers
Retail Week and Bronto’s new interactive guide unveils crucial insight into how retailers can convert online browsing into revenue-winning sales.
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Twitter debate: Are ecommerce and supply chain teams working together effectively?
Join Retail Week and MetaPack for a Twitter debate on the importance of bringing the focuses of the different business functions together.
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Analysis: Ensuring ecommerce and supply chain work together to deliver
Retail Week and MetaPack explore how ecommerce and supply chain teams can work together to create a winning fulfilment strategy.
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How retailers are using innovative technologies to capture new data sets
Find out how retailers are boosting business opportunities and benefiting from combining new sets of metrics and traditional data.
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Blog: Are you loud and proud when it comes to your supply chain?
Combining creativity and efficiency by sharing behind-the-scenes processes with consumers can win their invaluable loyalty.
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Accelerating towards a profitable customer-centric transformation
How can retailers speed up the move to omnichannel while at the same time balancing the need to be both profitable and consumer-centric?
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Blog: Could warehouse robotics be counterproductive without human supervision?
Retailers may want to prepare for robots in their warehouses but not at the cost of the human touch.
