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AnalysisMy retail life: Theo Paphitis, entrepreneur and owner of Ryman Group
TV celebrity, entrepreneur and owner of the Ryman Group, Theo Paphitis, speaks to Retail Week about his life working in retail.
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AnalysisThe Oracle Retail Week Awards: Celebrating retail’s great success stories
The Oracle Retail Week Awards 2013 are nearly here. Caroline Parry takes a look at some of the entries and the new Zolfo Cooper Growth Retailer of the Year Award.
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AnalysisProfile: Tesco - the UK’s largest retailer
The retail landscape has rarely been as turbulent as it is now, and with further economic uncertainty predicted understanding what is happening with the big retailers has never been more important.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Is the gift voucher dead and buried for retailers?
Consumer confidence in gift vouchers has taken a drubbing after a number of recent high-profile administrations. As fashion retailer Republic plunges into administration, Rebecca Thomson examines the implications for the gift card market.
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AnalysisRepublic timeline: Charting the company's history
Fashion retailer Republic collapsed into administration today with 150 head office staff made redundant. Retail Week takes a look at the history of the 26-year-old retailer.
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AnalysisPeople: Retail's main job moves in January
2013 arrived with a bang in the retail sector and has taken its toll on the High Street. The administrations put thousands of jobs at risk, and high profile names such as HMV’s Trevor Moore are among the casualties.
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AnalysisHomewares retailer Dunelm’s first half results: What the analysts say
Dunelm today reported a 14.6% increase in pre-tax profits to £59.8m while like-for-likes rose 2.2% in its interim results. The City reacted positively to the figures.
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AnalysisPay-later schemes: What retailers need to know
Furniture etailer Worldstores.com has partnered with payday loan company Wonga to offer customers a new online payment tool, PayLater, which allows them to spread the cost of a purchase over three months. Retail Week looks at the pros and cons of offering such payment options.
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AnalysisHorse meat scandal: What is the current situation as crisis escalates?
As the horse meat scandal expands to new countries and implicates more companies, Retail Week looks at the story so far.
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AnalysisAnalysis: What retail must learn from HMV’s Twitter meltdown
Social media can be a useful tool in building a retailer’s brand but HMV’s rogue tweets should be a wake-up call to those not yet fully engaged with the channel.
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AnalysisInternational anaylsis: Woolworths and Coles’ strategies go head to head
Australia’s food retail industry is developed and highly concentrated, and Woolworths and Coles combined hold an estimated 60% of the market, making the market share fight intense.
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AnalysisCampaign of the week: Ocado, Welcome to a different kind of supermarket
Competing with the big four supermarkets means online grocer Ocado has its work cut out getting its message across in the often loud and brash grocery TV advertising world.
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AnalysisMy retail life: Adam Burnett, marketing director, Bargain Booze
Adam Burnett, marketing director at Bargain Booze, speaks to Retail Week about his life working in retail.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Global innovations that could change the retail world
Technological innovation has become the new space race, and retailers are jostling to get ahead of the competition. Rebecca Thomson highlights 19 examples of innovation across the globe.
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AnalysisSites: John Lewis Vs Boots
Trenton Moss, Chief executive of Webcredible, shares his view of good and bad sites.
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AnalysisProfile: Angela Spindler, chief executive, home shopping company N Brown
Angela Spindler, The Original Factory Shop boss, is taking her extensive fashion retail knowledge to N Brown to lead the plus-size specialist.
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AnalysisCampaign of the Week: Grocer Morrisons, more of what matters
Morrisons’ marketing has shouldered much of the blame for the retailer’s woes as like-for-likes dropped off in the second half of last year before a disappointing Christmas.
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AnalysisInfographic: The Valentine's Day market around the world
The UK shopper spends an average of £119 on their other half on Valentine’s Day February 14, according to data from Rakuten, which owns marketplace Play.com.
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AnalysisProfile: Tesco's new managing director for London Andrew Yaxley
Tesco veteran Andrew Yaxley has landed the new position of managing director for London at the grocer, tasked with tailoring stores for the diversity of affluence and ethnicity in the capital.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Ann Summers' new ad campaign
Ann Summers’ hilariously raunchy ‘Christmas for Grown Ups’ advert was a welcome relief during December’s barrage of festive sentimentality, but Valentine’s Day might be an even better opportunity for the retailer to capitalise on the surge in interest in saucy products following last year’s ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ phenomenon.