All Retail Week articles in March 2021
Browse all news stories and articles from this date or time period.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Retail’s wishlist for the chancellor ahead of the Budget
Following a year of unprecedented financial pain brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, retailers lay out what they would like to see in Wednesday’s Budget.
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AnalysisFive strategies to drive spend with winning customer experience
Here we crystallise the learnings fromCX Decoded into five key steps to create a first-class customer experience proposition in order to drive sales and profits in 2021 and beyond.
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NewsJohn Lewis plots ‘hundreds’ of shop-in-shops inside Waitrose stores
John Lewis plans to launch hundreds of shop-in-shops inside Waitrose stores and is also plotting a smaller “local” format as part of a radical overhaul of its portfolio.
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NewsAmazon Go to open first UK store this week
Amazon will open its first in a tranche of contactless grocery stores in the UK this week.
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NewsMorrisons extends deal with McColl’s as conversion plans ramp up
Morrisons has extended a wholesale partnership with convenience store group McColl’s, which will convert more of its stores to the Morrisons Daily format.
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NewsIn The Style announces intention to float on AIM
Fashion etailer In The Style is set to float on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange.
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NewsHalfords to repay furlough cash as cycling sales soar
Halfords is set to pay back its furlough payments in full as trading so far this year has been “stronger than initially anticipated across the business”.
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NewsFujitsu commits to building pipeline of diverse future retail CEOs
The global tech organisation has become the headline partner of Retail Week Be Inspired’s Senior Leadership Academy on its journey to support talented retail colleagues with aspirations of the boardroom.
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OpinionEbay UK boss Murray Lambell: ‘Online and offline – it isn’t a binary game of winner takes all’
Over the past year, many have tried to pit ecommerce against physical stores. And with the regrettable loss of some big brands from our high streets it’s an easy assumption to make.
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NewsMatchesfashion chief executive Ajay Kavan exits
Matchesfashion boss and former Amazon executive Ajay Kavan has exited the business with immediate effect after a year in the role.
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NewsVirgin Wines makes stock market debut after successful float
Virgin Wines will begin trading on the London Stock Exchange’s junior AIM market at 8am today following a £110m valuation.
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NewsMorrisons snaps up Cornish seafood supplier for undisclosed sum
Morrisons has become the first UK grocer to own a fishing boat after acquiring its longstanding seafood supplier Falfish.
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AnalysisAnalysis: What’s the best alternative to the broken business rates system?
Everyone seems to agree the UK’s outdated business rates are broken and its many detractors claim the system is crippling hopes of retail recovery post-lockdown. Yet there is less unanimity about finding a fairer alternative, as Mark Faithfull discovers.
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NewsHotel Chocolat’s digital offer in strong position ahead of crucial Easter trading
Hotel Chocolat boss Angus Thirlwell says the retailer’s digital push during the pandemic has left it in a much stronger position heading into the crucial Easter trading period than last year.
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DataData: Grocery sales surge in February as online share hits record high
Grocery sales registered the strongest increase last month since June 2020 as Ocado and Iceland both delivered substantial growth.
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AnalysisThe Big Question: Will raising rates on warehouses really save the high street?
After chancellor Rishi Sunak delayed the findings of the Treasury’s business rates review until the autumn, we ask experts whether the proposal from Dixons Carphone boss Alex Baldock and Next chief executive Lord Wolfson to increase rates paid by warehouses is the way to revamp the system
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NewsShop prices fall in February as consumers limit spending in lockdown
Shop prices continued to fall in February, reaching the lowest rate of deflation since May 2020.
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VideoFace time: Richard Walker discusses his new book and Amazon’s Climate Pledge
Iceland managing director Richard Walker talks to Retail Week about what he hopes people will take away from his new book The Green Grocer and why the business has become the first food retailer to join Amazon’s Climate Pledge initiative
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NewsChancellor to extend furlough scheme until September
The chancellor is expected to use today’s Budget to extend the furlough scheme through to the end of September.
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NewsAldi to invest £22m on new and revamped London stores
Discounter Aldi is investing £22m in acquiring new stores and refurbishing existing ones in the Greater London area this year.