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AnalysisJohn Timpson: How I beat days of stress-induced despair
In an exclusive extract from his new book, Keys to Success, the legendary retailer recalls how he flipped from ‘perfect optimist to glum pessimist’
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AnalysisBHS one year on: Where do its customers shop now?
The demise of BHS has left a hole in the British high street, but it’s also left an opportunity for other retailers to hoover up its market share.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Record Store Day and the rise of retro retail
This Saturday, shoppers will flock to independent vinyl stores to snap up the latest and rarest LPs on the tenth annual Record Store Day.
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AnalysisAnalysis: What is Bucher’s vision for Debenhams?
New Debenhams boss Sergio Bucher unveiled an intriguing new strategy for Debenhams this morning, packed with detail on how he will turn the business around.
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AnalysisHow can retailers piggyback on Amazon’s US dominance?
Find out how to establish a presence in the world’s largest economy in Retail Week’s new whitepaper, revealing what US consumers want and how UK retailers can get in on the online marketplace action.
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AnalysisBHS one year on: Can BHS.com succeed in a tough market?
BHS may have vanished in a rather dramatic fashion from the high street, but its name lives on online with BHS.com.
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AnalysisExclusive: Prioritise present EU trade deals, BRC urges
Retail industry trade body the BRC has urged the next Government to make tariff-free trade a top Brexit negotiating priority.
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AnalysisBHS one year on: Which retailers took its stores?
The future of almost half of BHS’ former stores has been secured a year after the department store chain collapsed into administration.
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AnalysisBHS one year on: Repercussions of the retailer’s demise
The collapse of BHS had a far-reaching impact across retail and has influenced attitudes on everything from corporate governance to the future of department stores.
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AnalysisBHS one year on: Where are the key players now?
A large cast of characters featured in the bleak plot of BHS’s high-street demise. One year on, what’s happened to them all?
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AnalysisHas Farfetch connected the physical and the digital?
What does the future of retail look like? Will our high-street shops morph into showrooms? Will staff be replaced by robots?
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AnalysisAnalysis: Will Habitat's new mini-stores work?
When grocery giant Sainsbury’s snapped-up Habitat and Argos from Home Retail Group, the homewares brand’s future was thrown into doubt.
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AnalysisIs it short-term pain, long-term gain for Dunelm?
Dunelm’s quarterly update this week echoed some of the concerns and challenges the retailer raised at its interims, when it suffered a 26% drop in pre-tax profits.
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AnalysisAgenda: Debenhams, Primark, Burberry and Zalando
Retail Week looks ahead to the next seven days, with financial updates from Primark, Debenhams, Burberry and Zalando all on the agenda.
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AnalysisData: Can Dave Lewis overcome Tesco’s margin challenge?
Tesco’s recovery is in full swing, but much work remains to reach its ambitious margin target
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AnalysisAnalysis: Seven things we learned from Tesco’s results
Tesco’s turnaround gathered further momentum today as it unveiled a spike in operating profit. Here are seven things we learned from its full-year results.
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AnalysisJD Sports’ knockout performance sets it apart
Salesforce Retailer of the Year JD Sports has joined retail’s premier league. Executive chairman Peter Cowgill talks to George MacDonald about how it has been achieved
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AnalysisProfile: Findel's new chief executive Phil Maudsley
Retail Week finds out more about Findel chief executive Phil Maudsley and whether he can calm disruptive shareholder Mike Ashley.
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Lefties: The fascia Inditex refuses to talk about
What is Lefties, the brand that owner – global fashion giant Inditex – is so keen to keep under wraps?
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AnalysisInternet of Things: supply chain’s great leap forward
The Internet of Things is dramatically reshaping how retail supply chains operate now and in the future. In the second part of our supply-chain series, Lindsay Clark explores the benefits it is unlocking for retailers.