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AnalysisAnalysis: The fulfilment challenge as Black Friday moves online
As Black Friday shifts online, retailers are feeling the pressure and looking to more efficient and creative ways to deliver products.
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AnalysisPeople moves: End of an era at McColl’s and all the moves in November
James Lancaster to step aside at McColl’s, Pets at Home’s Phil Hackney leaves for Shop Direct and Tim Bettley joins The Original Factory Shop.
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AnalysisStart-up of the week: Customer communications application Gnatta
The number of start-ups in retail technology is growing and Retail Week is highlighting some of the best. This week Gnatta is in the spotlight.
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AnalysisAnalysis: November Retail Sales Monitor, sector by sector
Retail sales fell 0.4% on a like-for-like basis as Black Friday promotions failed to bring an expected boost to sluggish November spending.
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AnalysisOpinion: Multichannel retailers need to play the specialists at their own game
Investors seem to believe the advantages of growth, and ability to convert that growth into profit, lie with monochannel retailers.
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AnalysisInternational analysis: Kroger’s quality drive sees momentum maintained
Addressing Kroger’s investors’ conference in October, its finance boss emphasised the grocer’s focus on ensuring the worth of its proposition.
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AnalysisHow to maximise the value of retailer apps
New research from Retail Week explores what consumers expect from apps and how retailers can leverage the channel.
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AnalysisTopps Tiles full-year sales and profits grow: What the analysts say
Topps Tiles has reported a rise in full-year sales and profits as it captured one third of the tile market. This is what the analysts said.
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AnalysisStart-up of the week: Footfall and analytics software Hoxton Analytics
The number of start-ups in retail technology is growing and Retail Week is highlighting some of the best. This week Hoxton Analytics is in the spotlight.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Five things retailers learned from Black Friday 2015
As the dust settles on this year’s Black Friday bonanza, Retail Week explores five things retailers learned from the promotional event.
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AnalysisTwitter debate: How Black Friday has evolved this year
Retail heavyweights discussed the merits of Black Friday, how it could impact Christmas trading and online sales versus footfall.
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AnalysisLuke Jensen’s five new rules to win in modern-day retail
Retail is undergoing a revolution as great as the move from counter service to self-service in the 1960s. Here’s how to play by the new rules.
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AnalysisAnalysis: House of Fraser's in-store app impresses while Asda's disappoints
When was the last time you left home without your mobile? Chances are, you are like most consumers – it’s always on, ready to engage wherever you are.
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AnalysisWhat Lidl's acquisition of Kochzauber means for online grocery in Germany
Lidl has sent shockwaves through the industry in its German home market by acquiring grocery delivery start-up Kochzauber.
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AnalysisAnalysis: How will Black Friday play out next year?
Stacks of heavily discounted flat-screen TVs, irons and blenders remained on the shelves at Tesco’s Orpington store two days after Black Friday.
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AnalysisInternational analysis: Target's turnaround plan on track in US
As Walmart delivered an encouraging domestic performance, fellow giant Target has brought optimism to US retail with its third-quarter results.
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AnalysisStart-up of the week: Mobile rewards programme SyncSpot
Start-ups in retail technology are growing and Retail Week is highlighting some of the best. This week SyncSpot is in the spotlight.
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AnalysisAnalysis: The start-ups that hope to become the next big thing in retail
Vegetable-flavoured water and ‘the Dyson of loo brushes’ are among the latest raft of businesses backed by investor TrueStart.
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AnalysisTwitter debate: how is the rise of the connected consumer changing retail?
Find out how the constantly changing world of the connected consumer is affecting retailers, their strategies and their stores.
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AnalysisAnalysis: All you need to know about next-generation lighting
Could smart lighting be one of the most transformative influencers on retail over the next few years adding value beyong illumination?