All Microsoft articles – Page 7
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Opinion‘As Debenhams exits, Oxford Street must learn from Paris’ radical reinvention’
Another one bites the dust.
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Opinion‘Black Friday exposes a divide retailers can’t afford to be on wrong side of’
Shopify president Harley Finkelstein described retail as a tale of two worlds when he spoke to us last week – the “resistant” and the “resilient”.
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NewsBoots poaches TSB chief marketing officer to bolster personalisation drive
Boots has snapped up TSB’s marketing boss Pete Markey to lead marketing across its UK and Ireland businesses.
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Retail VoiceNeed to know: Solutions simplifying selling across multi-marketplaces
Marketplaces are hot property as retailers look to capitalise on the recent explosion of ecommerce, which is only intensifying further as some parts of the UK navigate a second lockdown. These solutions are making it easier for businesses to buck this trend and reach more customers worldwide.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Which Covid trends are here to stay?
The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has upended almost every part of society and few sectors have been more challenged than retail. Retail Week looks at some of the Covid-driven changes that will outlast even the virus.
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AnalysisDigital tools have empowered staff during the pandemic, says M&S stores boss
New technology and tools have helped store staff to make quicker decisions and better serve customers, a panel of experts told Retail Week’s Building tomorrow’s workforce: how to work smarter’ virtual event.
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Opinion‘Don’t underestimate the power of partnerships post-pandemic’
The idea of togetherness is one that has shone through in countless ways amid the coronavirus crisis.
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AnalysisConsumer 2021: Five ways to get the future shopper spending more with you
The way people shop has undergone a total transformation this year with retailers having to take heed and step up. Retail Week scrutinises the business characteristics required by retailers to cater for the new consumer.
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Opinion‘How to navigate the future of shopping on social media’
As Walmart and Microsoft make moves to buy TikTok, Lena Roland, managing editor, WARC Knowledge at WARC, sets out how businesses can navigate the challenges and seize new opportunities in the world of shoppable media
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Opinion‘Walmart’s TikTok interest is $30bn worth of evidence that retail has changed forever’
If ever something deserved an exclamation mark, it was the news that retail powerhouse Walmart hopes to snap up video-sharing social media network TikTok in a deal worth as much as $30bn.
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NewsWalmart and Microsoft join forces on TikTok bid
Walmart has joined forces with Microsoft to launch a multibillion-dollar bid for TikTok’s US business.
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NewsM&S chair Norman urges return to offices – ‘You can’t run a retailer from the sofa’
Marks & Spencer chair Archie Norman has called on businesses to bring staff back to offices as retailers suffer from depressed footfall in big city centres.
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AnalysisMarks & Spencer job cuts – harsh medicine, but necessary
Marks & Spencer’s biggest round of job cuts ever has sent shockwaves through retail. Around 7,000 roles will be axed – and that is on top of 950 redundancies revealed just a month ago.
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OpinionPeter Williams: ‘Covid caution means it will take years for city centres to recover’
In my lifetime we have never experienced anything like the Covid pandemic. In the last few months, we have seen seismic changes in the way that both consumers shop and we, as retailers, work.
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NewsBoots parent deepens Microsoft partnership in personalisation push
Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) will be using its technology tie-up with Microsoft and Adobe to drive the level of personalisation it offers in the next phase of its digital transformation.
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NewsMicrosoft to shut all of its stores worldwide
Technology giant Microsoft is to close all 83 shops globally and focus on selling online instead.
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Retail VoiceThe need for sustainable sustainability
The coronavirus pandemic may have dominated the world’s attention in recent months, but the sustainability agenda remains just as critical, says Microsoft’s Kris Shea.
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AnalysisRetail 2020: Technology remains major priority, say retail chiefs
Back-end systems and ecommerce are two of the prevailing areas retailers will invest in during 2020, Retail Week’s annual flagship report finds
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AnalysisAnalysis: Never waste a crisis – how coronavirus galvanised retail
In the space of a few months, Britain and its retailers have been plunged into a crisis the scale of which few would ever have imagined.
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AnalysisRetail 2020: Brands with purpose will thrive in the future, say 25 leaders
The coronavirus pandemic is set to have a long-lasting impact on the way consumers live their lives and how they want to shop, Retail Week’s flagship report finds.