All Retail Week articles in March 7 2014 – Page 4
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OpinionRetail surgery: How can retailers design for Generation Z shoppers with short attention spans?
How can retailers design for Generation Z shoppers who are in a constant state of partial attention?
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AnalysisWebsite review: Adidas.co.uk Vs Puma.com
Adrian Burton, executive creative director at Lambie-Nairn, shares his view of good and bad sites.
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OpinionComment: The poorer in society don’t deserve a poor retail deal
It is time to stop unfairly marginalising lower-income consumers, says BrightHouse chief executive Leo McKee.
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OpinionComment: Some of the retail IPO valuations are beyond belief
Barracuda Search co-founder and joint managing director Jamie Zuppinger is staggered by the valuations of recent retail IPOs
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NewsJohn Lewis gunning to topple home furnishings market leader Ikea
John Lewis is gunning to become the largest home retailer as it seeks to topple market leader Ikea.
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NewsWaitrose fends off discounters with 'very British response'
Waitrose boss Mark Price has said the grocer has combated the rise of the German discounters with a “very British response”.
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AnalysisVideo: Waitrose boss Mark Price and John Lewis boss Andy Street
The John Lewis Partnership has reported a rise in sales and profits. Retail Week interviews the bosses of John Lewis and Waitrose.
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NewsMulberry shakes up executive team with Louis Vuitton hire
Under pressure Mulberry has undergone an executive team shake up as it hires Louis Vuitton executive Steven Newey to lead its commercial activities.
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NewsEbay launches customer curation tool on UK site
EBay UK has launched a curation tool allowing shoppers to create their own collection of must-have items that can be shared with others for shopping inspiration.
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NewsJohn Lewis Partnership awards staff 15% bonus as profits rise almost 10%
The John Lewis Partnership has delivered profit before bonus, tax and exceptional items up by almost 10% and has awarded staff a 15% bonus.
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NewsTarget chief information officer resigns
The chief information officer of US retailer Target has resigned following a huge security breach last year.
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OpinionComment: Embrace start-ups to encourage innovation in retail
JLab, the technology hub John Lewis launched this week, is the latest example of a retailer seeking to embrace the UK’s start-up community.
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NewsMissguided launches collaboration with pop star Nicole Scherzinger
Young fast-fashion etailer Missguided teams up with pop star Nicole Scherzinger for a 30-piece collection
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OpinionComment: How will technology change the face of the physical shop?
In the dawn of the ‘internet of everything’, the question on everyone’s lips is how will the technology, which is changing our world every day, impact the world of retail?
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NewsMichael Gove recalls education in retailing he received in first job at BHS
Michael Gove was on hand at Highgate School last week for the unveiling of Arcadia tycoon Sir Philip Green’s work experience scheme and it turned out the education secretary has more in common with retail than you might think.
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NewsShop Direct tests augmented reality to boost furniture sales
Etail group Shop Direct tests augmented reality technology to boost furniture sales
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AnalysisAnalysis: Technological transformation at NRF’s Big Show
Disruptive technologies are driving seismic change and nowhere is this more apparent than at the NRF’s Big Show conference.
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AnalysisAnalysis: How St Pancras International changed travel retail
St Pancras International was one of the first transport hubs to kick-start a change in the way travel retail is done, helping to make stations bona fide shopping destinations.
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NewsAo.com angers suppliers by asking them to clarify terms with rival Dixons
Online white goods retailer Ao.com is understood to have written to suppliers asking them to clarify whether Dixons gets better terms than they do.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on Amazon, AO.com, House of Fraser and more
Retail news round-up on March 6, 2014: Amazon inks Mexican food deal; AO.com writes to suppliers over Dixons terms; House of Fraser to open 12 click and collect shops; and consumer confidence in Ireland up