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AnalysisAnalysis: What we learnt from Sports Direct’s working practices report
Sports Direct’s law firm RPC today unveiled its findings from a review of the retailer’s working practices. Retail Week explores the key things we learnt.
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AnalysisPersonalisation: Structure your business to power customer loyalty
Ever since Amazon pioneered personalisation – using data to recommend products to consumers – numerous retailers have followed suit.
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AnalysisAnalysis: BRC-KPMG August Retail Sales Monitor – sector by sector
Retail like-for-likes slumped 0.9% in August as food sales were offset by fashion declines. Here’s our sector by sector breakdown.
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AnalysisEtail evolution: A look at Amazon’s website through the years
Amazon’s online retail offer has been industry-leading since its inception, but how has its ecommerce website developed?
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AnalysisThis week in retail: Sports Direct poised for crunch match
Sports Direct’s AGM will attract plenty of attention this week as the retailer remains under scrutiny from investors, unions, MPs and the media.
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AnalysisData: As M&S cuts 525 jobs, how does its staff productivity stack up?
Marks & Spencer is cutting jobs to become a leaner business, but boss Steve Rowe may have limited room to drive productivity further.
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AnalysisPersonalisation: Innovative ways of turning shoppers into 'soulmates'
From reading customers’ minds to analysing a shopper’s DNA, brands are going to extraordinary lengths to push the boundaries of personalisation.
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AnalysisProfile: Morrisons' new trading director Barry Williams
Morrisons has hired former Asda executive Barry Williams to a key trading role and analysts believe he will boost the grocer’s purchasing power.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Five priorities for Sainsbury's Argos boss John Rogers
Sainsbury’s finance chief John Rogers steps into the hot seat at newly acquired Home Retail Group next week, following the £1.4bn acquisition.
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AnalysisInfographic: Re-modelling supply chains to fulfil omnichannel profitability
Retail Week’s insight infographic reveals how to design a supply chain solution that benefits both the customer and retailers’ bottom line.
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AnalysisRetail Diary: Tin Foyle’s epic adventures and Ikea’s do-it-yourself dinners
Foyles’s ‘Tin Foyle’ has been making friends, Ikea is exploring an unconventional dining concept and Daphne Sherman ‘Buttons Down’.
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AnalysisAnalysis: How Carrefour is targeting high-end spend in Poland
Only weeks after its first ‘gourmet’ store opened in Warsaw, Carrefour has unveiled a second premium location in the Polish capital.
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AnalysisProfile: Game appoints Guy Lister as its new chief operating officer
Guy Lister is swapping pumps for PS4s and Havianas for Halo V as he leaves Office to take up the chief operating officer role at Game.
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AnalysisList: Which retailers have the best and worst m-commerce sites?
Burberry, Go Outdoors and Homebase have the best mobile websites while Multiyork and Prada are among the worst, according to a new report.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Will other retailers follow Lush and relocate staff post-Brexit?
Lush is relocating some of its UK-based European staff to Germany following Brexit – is this a one-off or a first of many in retail?
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AnalysisAnalysis: How has Amazon Dash fared in the US and will it work in the UK?
Amazon has rolled out its Dash button devices to UK Prime customers today, but how much of an impact has the technology made Stateside?
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AnalysisData: The 50 best-paid executives at publicly listed retailers
Ocado boss Tim Steiner has been the most rewarded executive in the industry in the last year, exclusive Retail Week analysis has revealed.
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AnalysisAnalysis: is it possible that BHS could return to UK high streets?
Speculation over the bank holiday weekend that BHS stores could return to the UK high street has surprised some industry commentators.
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AnalysisInfographic: Sports Direct's Keith Hellawell plus the latest retail stats
The week in words and numbers, August 26, 2016: Sports Direct shareholders advised by consultancy to reject Keith Hellawell’s board re-election
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AnalysisAnalysis: How private label discount supermarkets are resonating in Germany
As one of one of Europe’s best-performing economies, Germany continues to have a special relationship with private label groceries.