All Retail Week articles in March 21 2014 – Page 2
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NewsDfs starts selling beds in store to target house movers
Sofa giant Dfs has begun selling beds in a select number of stores after freeing up warehouse space in the back of its shops.
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OpinionComment: Google brings Minority Report one step closer to reality
It has been revealed that Google is nearing the opening of its first retail store in New York, following speculation that the search giant is to open a shop in Dublin.
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NewsAsda to make redundancies at head office
Asda is poised to make “scores” of redundancies among senior managers in its central and head office functions.
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OpinionComment: Can supermarkets have their cake and eat it?
Store design and deep discounting needn’t be mutually exclusive, but they make unnatural bedfellows.
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NewsSainsbury’s wins right to judicial review in Tesco ‘Price Promise’ battle
Sainsbury’s has won the right to a judicial review in its battle to prove that archrival Tesco’s ‘Price Promise’ is misleading.
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NewsDixons and Carphone seek deadline extension for £4bn merger talks
Dixons and Carphone Warehouse are set to ask the Takeover Panel to extend today’s deadline to the negotiations for their £4bn merger.
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NewsBhs will undercut the grocers on food, says owner Sir Philip Green
Tycoon Sir Philip Green has entered the supermarket price war by vowing to undercut the major grocers with his new Bhs food venture.
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OpinionBlog: Logistics teams are responding to the impact of tech in the world of fashion
Retailers’ logistics and IT teams are adapting to the growing demands of a more tech-savvy fashion landscape. Responses can be seen in technology, infrastructure and process changes, ranging from the incremental to the transformational.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on BHS, Dixons, Carphone Warehouse, Tesco, Sainsbury's and more
Retail news round-up on March 24, 2014: BHS will undercut the grocers on food, Dixons and Carphone ask for deadline extension on merger talks, Sainsbury’s wins judicial review over Tesco ‘Price Promise’ complaint and more.
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AnalysisHeadset shopping: What do retailers need to know
As technology advances more retailers are trying wearable technology, such as Google Glass. Retail Week takes a look at headset shopping.
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GalleryStore gallery: H&M Runway Times Square, New York
H&M’s flagship store in New York is probably the fashion retailer’s most digitally enabled outlet.
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GalleryStore gallery: New convenient look for the Co-op
The Co-operative is under pressure but is working hard to improve its fortunes. Will its new format store help?
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NewsFall in store closures shows retail has reached "turning point", report says
The number of stores closing in the UK fell significantly last year compared with 2012, new research by PwC and Local Data Company shows.
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AnalysisVideo: Specsavers' Film on Four idents
Specsavers’ ‘Should’ve’ campaign returns for Channel 4’s Film on Four
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NewsTesco to invest £85m in joint venture deal with Indian partner Trent Hypermarket
Tesco is set to invest £85m to enter into the joint venture deal with Indian retailer Trent Hypermarket, part of Tata Group.
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OpinionComment: The big grocers should prepare for turbulence
Sainsbury’s like-for-like slump is a symptom of endemic problems in the wider grocery sector.
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NewsFurniture and carpet retailers change pricing practices following OFT probe
Six of the UK’s largest furniture and carpet retailers have changed their pricing practices following an OFT investigation.
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NewsInfographic: John Lewis sales increase 5.3% as spring beckons
John Lewis sales rose 5.3% in the week to March 15, compared with the same week last year, as shoppers responded to the fine weather.
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NewsAldi bosses undaunted by grocery price war and insist: 'We won't be beaten on price'
Aldi’s bosses are undaunted by the prospect of a grocery price war and have insisted the German discounter will “not be beaten on price”.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on H&M, J Crew and eBay
Retail news round-up on March 21, 2014: H&M launches French site, J Crew in talks to open more London stores, eBay urged to sell 20% of PayPal