All Retail Week articles in March 2021 – Page 8
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DataData: Is the grocery pandemic uplift over?
After a year of extraordinary sales growth driven by the pandemic over 2020, new data shows that grocers are going to face strong comparables as the market annualises.
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NewsHeavy discounting in March as low demand plagues fashion and footwear
Shop prices continued to fall in March, as non-food retailers struggled to entice shoppers to buy during lockdown.
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Opinion‘As lockdown relaxes, retailers must pick up where they left off in 2019’
After a long, dark winter, Covid restrictions are at last beginning to be relaxed and retailers forced to shut during lockdown can look forward to reopening.
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Retail VoiceRetailing in 2021 and beyond – what stores need to do better
The retail sector may have had a brutal 12 months but the time is right for companies to bounce back and set a new agenda, argues Marcus Fox, group managing director at iD Agile Retail.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Has private equity ownership done retail more harm than good?
Buy cheap, pile on debt, flog assets and extract the value, sell high to a new owner and pay yourself handsomely – that’s one characterisation of private equity, with recently collapsed department store group Debenhams seen as the poster child in critics’ eyes.
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NewsH&M seeks to ‘regain trust’ in China following Xinjiang row
Fashion giant H&M has insisted it remains committed to trading in China and hopes to defuse a row over forced labour allegations that have led to a backlash against the retailer.
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NewsWatch: H&M incentivises sustainable behaviours with green loyalty points
H&M has introduced points for loyalty club members to reward them for making more sustainable choices.
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NewsAsda to partner with In The Style as it rules out George sale
Asda’s new owners the Issa brothers have committed to keeping the retailer’s George brand and unveiled plans to partner with third parties to attract younger customers.
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AnalysisThree ways to market with purpose
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.

















