All Retail Week articles in May 2023 – Page 2
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Gallery
Store gallery: Marks & Spencer unveils ‘bigger, better’ branch in former Debenhams
Marks & Spencer has opened the doors of its latest full-line store, at the White Rose centre in Leeds – the city in which the business began as a market stall in 1884.
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Gallery
Store gallery: Lego opens ‘unique’ store at Battersea Power Station
The Lego Group has opened the doors to its new store in Battersea Power Station that pays homage to the community in south London.
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Analysis
Pets at Home: What will its world-beating pet care platform look like?
Pets at Home this morning unveiled a set of record results, boasting a 6.6% jump in sales to £1.4bn and delivering an underlying profit before tax ahead of guidance
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News
Exclusive: Pets at Home boss ‘wouldn’t rule out’ international expansion
Pets Away? Once “the world’s best pet care platform” is operational, the boss of Pets at Home says she wouldn’t rule out taking things international.
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News
Greggs joins forces with Sainsbury's for first petrol forecourt store
Food-to-go giant Greggs has teamed up with grocer Sainsbury’s for the first time to open a new store on a petrol forecourt.
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News
Pets at Home unveils ‘world’s best pet care platform’ strategy after strong results
Following a strong set of full-year results, Pets at Home has unveiled its medium-term vision to become a “unified pet care platform”.
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Retail Voice
How important are climate issues to retailers?
With 80% of businesses identifying climate change as of high importance, Datamaran takes a look at how retailers are addressing these matters and what retail leaders should be aware of when it comes to ESG
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Report Store
The UK’s Top 30 Most Productive Retailers
Asos, Victorian Plumbing and Zalando are top of the productivity leaderboard, Retail Week’s new report reveals.
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Data
Ranking: Asos leads UK’s top 30 most productive retailers – find out why
Asos, Victorian Plumbing and Zalando are top of the productivity leaderboard, Retail Week’s new report reveals.
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Analysis
Machin at M&S one year in: ‘We are always positively dissatisfied’
“All new leadership teams need to arrive like a thunderclap whether they’re coming from inside or outside the business to create that new sense of direction, electricity, appetite for change,” said Marks & Spencer chair Archie Norman as the retailer unveiled full year results.
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News
Council begs Oxford Street candy store landlords to serve notice
Westminster City Council has written to the landlords of Oxford Street’s American candy stores and begged them to take action.
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News
Abercrombie & Fitch raises profit guidance as it delivers strong sales
Abercrombie & Fitch has increased its profit guidance after achieving ‘decade-high’ first-quarter sales.
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News
Card Factory launches first UK-wide click-and-collect service
Card Factory has rolled out its first-ever country-wide click-and-collect service, available via its website and app to more than 1,000 stores.
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News
Co-op steps up expansion of robotic grocery delivery service
The Co-op is expanding the roll-out of its autonomous grocery delivery service to Wakefield in West Yorkshire.
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News
Lidl unveils third pay rise for staff in past year
Lidl is set to increase the pay rate for its UK store and warehouse staff for the third time in 12 months as it invests a further £8m into supporting staff through the cost-of-living crisis.
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News
UK inflation takes a dip but food prices peak
UK inflation fell in April, but food inflation remained at an all-time high as prices of essentials peaked.
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News
Former John Lewis MD says retailer does not sell ‘proper suits any more’
Former John Lewis managing director Andy Street has spoken out about the partnership’s menswear collection, claiming it does not sell “proper suits any more”.
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News
Kingfisher sales dampened by wet weather
Kingfisher has reported flat sales as wet weather dampened demand for seasonal products like barbecues and garden furniture.
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News
M&S sales increase as growth strategy progresses
Marks & Spencer has recorded an increase in sales, which the group said was driven by its “strategy to reshape M&S for growth”.
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Data
Data: Exclusive findings reveal UK retail leaders’ tech investment priorities
New interviews with 50 UK retail leaders uncover the transformative tech they believe businesses must invest in to stay competitive