All articles by Megan Dunsby – Page 2
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News
Revamped Retail 100 will ditch rankings to reflect modern leadership
Retail Week’s annual celebration of the industry’s most inspiring individuals driving people, purpose and profit will return on June 16. Unlike previous years, the Retail 100 2022 will be a showcase rather than a ranking, with disruptive brands, sustainability activists and people champions recognised alongside a more diverse mix of c-suite leaders.
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Be Inspired
Pets at Home, AllSaints and Jaeger to speak at retail’s largest talent development conference
Retail Week’s annual Be Inspired conference, to celebrate, educate and inspire retail staff, is back in person at Twickenham Stadium on June 14 – uniting more than 400 colleagues from across the sector.
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Be Inspired
M&S, Kingfisher and Lidl back major retail I&D programme
Fifteen major retailers and brands have joined forces with Be Inspired, Retail Week’s six-year-old diversity initiative to promote inclusivity across the industry in 2022 and beyond.
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Be Inspired
‘Can I say that?’ How retailers can lean in to D&I conversations
The language retailers use can help to champion diversity and inclusion, but it can be daunting to know what to say and it requires terms and practices to be unlearned.
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News
Fortnum & Mason CTO reveals progress of retailer’s digital transformation journey
Jon Weg has said the department store business wants to empower colleagues to “provide an even more exceptional level of service” supported by tech and data.
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News
Marks & Spencer reveals boom in contactless payments ahead of Tech Week
Marks & Spencer has revealed that contactless payments have surged across its store portfolio since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Be Inspired
Nine Black retail leaders whose stories you need to know this Black History Month
Kenyatte Nelson, Bozoma Saint John, Jessica Anuna - Retail Week Be Inspired champions the Black voices influencing change across the sector globally ahead of Diversity Futures on November 9
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Be Inspired
M&S and Dr Martens: This is what progressive leadership looks like
Empowering progressive leadership is core to Retail Week’s Diversity Futures conference where retail experts and D&I influencers will come together in person on November 9 to drive change and equality. Be Inspired talked to some of the key speakers to get their advice for retail bosses.
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Data
Data: How to achieve cut-through with the cautious consumer
Exclusive Retail Week research reveals many consumers’ financial situations have either improved or been unaffected during the pandemic, yet a large volume is reluctant to spend. As part of Consumer Week, which starts on September 13, we take a closer look at the findings and what they mean for retailers.
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Be Inspired
How to tackle the ageism problem plaguing retail workforces
In part two of our exploration of the ageism problem blighting UK business, Retail Week Be Inspired shares the practical steps and expert advice retail leaders and their teams can adopt to engage and empower older staff. Read part one here.
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Be Inspired
Understanding the ageism problem plaguing retail workforces
As a new report finds those aged 55 and over increasingly feel ‘shut out, forced out and overlooked’ in employment, Retail Week Be Inspired looks at why the industry cannot afford to ignore the potential of the older workforce
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News
Dunelm and Retail Trust launch industry campaign to combat domestic abuse
Dunelm and the Retail Trust are calling on retail employers to join forces on the Retail Industry Against Domestic Abuse (RIADA) campaign to raise awareness of how the sector can better support employees facing domestic abuse.
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Be Inspired
Retail’s real role models: Tesco’s Emma Swail on challenging workplace biases
Tesco’s head of security operations has faced bias in her career, but says being true to herself and her values has enabled her to overcome. In this exclusive video ahead of the Be Inspired virtual conference, in association with The Gap Partnership, Swail discusses leading an operation “bigger than the London Olympics” during the pandemic, why “retail is much more than putting beans on a shelf” and why her D&I utopia is a world where we no longer have to talk about inclusivity.
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Be Inspired
Retail’s real role models: Sainsbury’s Raj Patel on the journey from McDonald’s
When Raj Patel came to the UK from India 16 years ago he couldn’t speak English. Today, he is responsible for managing Sainsbury’s and Argos stores in the North. In this exclusive video, created for the Be Inspired virtual conference in association with The Gap Partnership, Patel shares how he used a growth mindset, combined with a network of great mentors including Tony Hoggett, to achieve his career goals and help promote his direct reports in the process.
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Analysis
Discovery: Five start-ups transforming stores for Tesco and Holland & Barrett
Retail Week’s latest report reveals how retailers and brands can stand to benefit from the raft of incredible tech solutions on the market across stores, ecommerce, supply chains, marketing, data, personalisation and more.
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Analysis
Retail 100 2021: Boohoo’s Carol Kane named UK’s most influential female retail leader
Carol Kane is the most influential woman in UK retail, according to the Retail 100 list, Retail Week’s ranking of the most powerful people in the industry.
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Analysis
Retail 100 2021: In numbers
Retail Week has published its annual Retail 100 ranking, representing the most influential people across UK retail. Decided by Retail Week’s team of journalists based on eligibility criteria, the list sees new entries in D2C, the domination of food and grocery leaders and a decrease in female leadership.
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Analysis
Three ways retailers are rethinking stores for future success
Retail Week’s inaugural Stores Week, celebrating bricks and mortar, kicks off today. From The Entertainer and Dixons Carphone to Theo Paphitis Retail Group and AS Watson, retailers and brands from across the sector will reveal how they’re shaping their store strategies. Here’s a taster of what to expect.
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Be Inspired
Allyship: Can white men progress diversity and inclusion?
Most top retail positions are still held by white men. Retail Week Be Inspired explores how retail leaders can champion D&I by using their position of privilege to move the dial
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Analysis
Revealed: The world’s top 40 start-ups helping retailers rebuild after Covid
Retail Week’s annual Discovery report celebrates the start-ups powering retail innovation at a time when it is needed most and features cutting-edge solutions helping Tesco, Nespresso, AO.com, Marks & Spencer and more