All Retail Week articles in March 7 2014 – Page 3
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Analysis
Comment: Is Boohoo worth £560m or is it having a bubble?
Boohoo’s float will value the business at £560m – is the business worth it or this more evidence of a dotcom bubble that is set to pop?
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News
Volvo opens Bluewater pop-up to bring cars directly to shoppers
Volvo has opened a temporary pop-up store at Bluewater in a bid to “take cars to buyers”.
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News
Asos appoints Hilary Riva and Rita Clifton to board as non executives
Asos has appointed former Arcadia director Hilary Riva as non-executive director along with advertising executive Rita Clifton.
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News
Marks & Spencer to open first lingerie and beauty standalone store
Marks & Spencer lingerie and beauty stores will open in Saudi Arabia this month, following a model developed in the retailer’s Indian business (pictured).
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Opinion
Comment: Technology drives ever-increasing pace of change
With 30,000 people in attendance, the National Retail Federation’s (NRF) annual conference in New York is one of the biggest events in the retail calendar.
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News
TV shopping channel Sit-up calls on creditors to back life-saving CVA
TV shopping channel Sit-up, which operates Price Drop and Bid TV, is calling on creditors to back a life-saving Company Voluntary Arrangement.
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News
Specsavers ramps up marketing with Channel 4 sponsorship deal
Specsavers has signed a sponsorship deal with Channel 4 as it ramps up its long-running ‘Should’ve gone to Specsavers’ marketing campaign.
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Opinion
Comment: Retailers can be trailblazers when it comes to apprenticeships
Apprenticeships are a personal issue for me. I started as a craft engineering apprentice in 1958 with Howard & Bullough in Accrington.
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Cartoon
Blower's retail cartoon: Pets at Home floats on the London Stock Exchange
Retail Week’s cartoonist Patrick Blower takes a look at Pets at Home’s floatation on the London Stock Exchange.
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Analysis
Analysis: Technological innovation in the spotlight at Retail Week Live
Digital entrepreneur and Kiddicare founder Scott Weavers-Wright will be sharing his insight into whether UK retailers are taking digital development sufficiently seriously at Retail Week Live.
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News
Hilco bids to buy struggling Irish sports retailer Elverys
Hilco, the company behind the rescue of HMV, has launched a bid to buy struggling Irish sports chain Elverys and its 56 stores.
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News
Infographic: John Lewis sales rise 6.9% as weather improves
John Lewis sales increased 6.9% on a year ago in the week to March 1, just ahead of the retailer’s performance in the year to date.
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Opinion
Nick Bubb's verdict: John Lewis Partnership - could do better?
If the John Lewis Partnership was being given an end-of-term school report, would the headmaster give it 10 out of 10?
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News
Breakfast briefing: Retail news on Majestic Wine, Waitrose, Hilco and Boohoo.com
Retail news round-up on March 7, 2014: Majestic Wine hires new CRM agency, Waitrose plans more Scottish stores, Hilco bids for Elverys, Boohoo to begin trading on March 14.
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News
Boohoo valued at £560m as it plots to use funds for overseas growth
Fashion etailer Boohoo has been valued at £560m as its management team plans to use the proceeds to drive its international growth.
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Opinion
Comment: New thinking on business rates
British Retail Consortium director-general Helen Dickinson on the BRC’s suggestions for the Chancellor’s budget
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News
McColl’s boss to spend personal proceeds from float on a new tractor
McColl’s boss James Lancaster unveiled his plans to celebrate his company’s IPO in an unusual manner last week.
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Analysis
Analysis: Retailers harness innovation as relationships with suppliers change
Dragons’ Den-style pitches from tech start-ups are just one of the new ways for retailers to harness innovation. Jon Severs finds out how retailers’ relationships with their technology suppliers are changing for good
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Analysis
Analysis: Who is the next big thing in etail?
Following the stellar valuation of Ao.com, Retail Week highlights other etailers that could make waves
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Opinion
Retail surgery: How can I measure the return on investment of staff training?
Budgets are on the up and confidence is returning after a difficult few years in the retail sector. But it’s still not easy, and if managers are to secure increased training budgets they will have to demonstrate perceptible value.