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InterviewQ&A: Commerce VP of market strategy on scaling for efficient growth
With Commerce working with retailers such as New Balance, On Running, Muji, and Sports Shoes, Retail Week spoke to its VP of market strategy Al Williams to discuss how retailers can scale and grow, the increasing demand for agentic AI, and why retailers should be mobile-first.
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Tech & Digital Briefing: Post-Christmas trading, partnership updates, and Next’s international ambitions
We’re well and truly in the thick of countless Christmas updates, with more to come in the next couple of weeks as a picture of peak trading performance is now forming. One of the first to report was Next, and in what is a surprise to nobody, the fashion retailer ...
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NewsJD Sports to sell directly through AI platforms
JD Sports is launching into agentic commerce, allowing customers to purchase its products directly through AI platforms, Retail Week can reveal.
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Tech & Digital Briefing: What’s to come in 2026?
A Happy New Year to you all! Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and that you are all fresh for 2026. We’re expecting a flurry of results to come in this month, revealing the true picture of how Christmas performed for retail, but it looks as if consumers aren’t feeling ...
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NewsAsda appoints former Microsoft exec as IT chief
Asda has hired a new IT chief following the fallout from its delayed Project Future IT separation from Walmart.
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NewsAmazon in talks to invest $10bn in OpenAI
The world’s largest online retailer would reportedly sell the ChatGPT developer chips and computing power as part of the proposed deal
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InterviewFit Collective: return rates are killing fashion retailers – and AI can fix it
Fit Collective was recommended to Retail Week by Rixo, and also works with Boden, Ro&Zo and L’Estrange
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NewsAmazon earnings beat estimates thanks to cloud services
The tech firm’s share price jumped after publishing its results for the quarter ending September 30, 2025
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NewsM&S and Asda back online after Microsoft outage
Websites and mobile apps for M&S and Asda have returned to service after experiencing problems caused by a global Microsoft outage.
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NewsAsda unveils ‘one of the largest technology deals in retail’ with Microsoft
Supermarket chain Asda has unveiled a new AI and cloud computing tie-up with Microsoft, which it called “one of the largest technology deals in UK retail”.
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NewsTemu accused of paying ‘negligible’ tax in the UK despite ‘enormous sales’
Temu’s UK arm has been accused of not paying corporation tax in the UK for two years despite enjoying “enormous sales” in the region, Retail Week can reveal.
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NewsShein accused of reducing UK tax by moving income to Singapore
Fast fashion giant Shein has been accused of transferring the “vast bulk of income” to its parent Singaporean company in order to reduce its tax bill in the UK.
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NewsJohn Lewis appoints chief digital and omnichannel officer
Department store group John Lewis has named a chief digital and omnichannel officer as it seeks to build its digital operations.
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NewsAmazon warns on profits as uncertainty over tariffs threaten ecommerce business
Amazon has warned it may fail to meet market expectations on its operating income, as concerns over how President Trump’s tariffs will affect its ecommerce business overshadowed strong sales.
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DataWhat retailers need to know about how AI is changing SEO
More people are searching for their shopping using AI tools – here is what we know so far about how to get your brand featured
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AnalysisCurrys completes turnaround phase as it looks to power ahead
Currys has beaten its annual profit expectations and resumed its dividend payments to shareholders as boss Alex Baldock and co have put their turnaround phase behind them.
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NewsCo-op cyber attack more extensive than initially reported
The cyber attack against Co-op is significantly more severe than the company first acknowledged.
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NewsApple exceeds forecasts as consumers stock up amid tariff chaos
Apple saw iPhone sales climb as wary consumers rushed to secure new iPhones before Trump’s tariffs impact prices.
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InterviewQ&A: Currys Business’ Dean Kramer on growing brand awareness to reach more UK firms
Currys Business is on a mission to grow its brand awareness and reach more businesses across the UK.
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NewsTHG Ingenuity has appointed a new chief commercial officer
THG Ingenuity has hired a new chief commercial officer to grow the group’s “growth agenda” following the demerger from THG PLC.