All Microsoft articles – Page 17
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OpinionNick Bubb’s verdict: Dixons - Down with Comet, up with service?
Dixons has picked up a lot of market share over the last year, thanks to the demise of Comet, but can they now build on that success?
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NewsTesco rebrands Extra stores for midnight Xbox launch
Tesco has rebranded 10 of its stores ahead of the launch of the Xbox One games console and is to open at midnight tonight to sell it.
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Analysis
China Singles’ Day: What do retailers need to know?
Emerging in China as a light-hearted protest against Valentine’s Day, Singles’ Day has evolved into the biggest individual shopping day in the world, with singletons flocking to the internet to buy gifts for themselves or fellow unmarried friends.
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NewsShop Direct posts first pre-tax profit in 10 years
Etailer Shop Direct has reported its first pre-tax profit in 10 years despite sales edging up just 1%.
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OpinionComment: Can Burberry's Angela Ahrendts reinstate innovation in Apple's stores?
Apple struggled to find someone to fill the Ron Johnson-shaped whole left in its exec team, when the former head of retail moved on to become the chief executive of JCPenney.
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Opinion
Blog: Are cloud platforms really retail ready?
For a long time, whenever ‘the cloud’ was mentioned it was like it was something mystical. A platform with magic properties that would never fail.
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AnalysisAnalysis: What will the retail board of the future look like?
Marks & Spencer digital boss Laura Wade-Gery has warned about the dearth of multichannel positions on retail boards, but businesses will likely have to update other top roles too.
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OpinionComment: Tesco's Hudl taps into new routes to market
Of all the technology-driven announcements from retailers in the past fortnight, the unveiling of Tesco’s own-brand tablet Hudl is the most indicative of the changing face of UK retail.
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NewsGame on the hunt for Christmas pop-up stores
Game is on the hunt for a raft of pop-up stores to capitalise on a predicted video game console buying frenzy this Christmas.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Top Christmas gifts predicted by retailers
Christmas success of course means stocking the right products. Retail Week looks at some of the lines that retailers hope will end up under shoppers’ trees.
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NewsTop 10 Christmas 2013 tech gifts predicted by Currys and PC World
Xbox and PlayStation will fight it out to be the Christmas bestseller at Currys and PC World, according to predictions by the retailers.
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GalleryStore gallery: Xbox joins Boxpark with new pop-up store
There will be those who are inclined to say that the days of the high street computer game retailer are over, and that this category has become an integral part of the online world and we won’t see its physical like again.
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NewsAnalysis: Reborn Game ready to cash in on new consoles
Just 15 months after video game specialist Game plunged into administration, chief executive Martyn Gibbs is feeling positive about the future.
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NewsGame opens dedicated Xbox store in partnership with Microsoft
Game has collaborated with Microsoft to open the UK’s first dedicated Xbox store at Boxpark in east London
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AnalysisAnalysis: Recruiting and retaining multichannel experts
Multichannel experts are in high demand but short supply. Laura Heywood finds out where the skills shortages are and what retailers must do to attract the talent they need.
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AnalysisInternational analysis: Amazon set to dominate despite growth slowing
Amazon’s results last week gave some hope for multichannel competitors, particularly internationally, as growth slowed to 22% in its first quarter.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Mobile technology gives shoppers the advantage
The mobile phones in shoppers’ pockets can give them access to better technology than is often available to staff on the shopfloor.
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AnalysisAnalysis: System integration - multichannel's new reality
As the lines between bricks-and-mortar and online retail continue to blur, Retail Week examines how integrated supply chains underpin the multichannel future.
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NewsTesco poaches Facebook and Sainsbury’s executives to lead digital growth
Tesco has poached former Facebook and Sainsbury’s executives to spearhead the growth of its digital entertainment arm into music and ebooks.
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NewsJohn Lewis sales up 22% as it benefits from weak comparatives
Department store group John Lewis delivered sales up 22% to £63.7m last week as it revealed positive like-for-likes for every shop year on year.