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AnalysisIn numbers: Halloween's forecasted boost to retail this year
Halloween is not such a scary time for retailers, with sales continuing to surge year after year. Retail Week looks at what impact the celebration will have on store groups this year.
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AnalysisRetail Week Etail Power List: 03. Laura Wade-Gery
Executive director, multichannel ecommerce Marks & Spencer (2011 rank: 3)
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AnalysisRetail Week Etail Power List: 04. Ken Towle
Online food and internet retailing director Tesco (2011 rank: 5)
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AnalysisRetail Week Etail Power List: 06. Scott Weavers-Wright
Chief executive, Kiddicare & Managing director, non-food online, Morrisons (2011 rank: 6)
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AnalysisRetail Week Etail Power List: 08. Matthew Moulding
Chief executive, The Hut Group (2011 rank: 9)
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AnalysisRetail Week Etail Power List: 09. Robin Terrell
Executive director, multichannel and international, House of Fraser (2011 rank: 10)
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AnalysisRetail Week Etail Powerlist: Ones to watch
Retail Week highlights the names to watch for the future.
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AnalysisNext: What the analysts say
Sales at Next rose 2.7% in its third quarter to October 27, and the retailer said the volatility of sales performance made it hard to draw conclusions from the period. City analysts share their views on the retailer’s resilience.
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AnalysisAnalysis: What does Next's Directory slowdown mean for the retailer?
Next’s slowdown in Directory growth was going to happen at some point.
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AnalysisAnalysis: How did Selfridges break the £1bn sales mark?
Selfridges sales jumped 5% to pass the momentous £1bn mark last year and furthermore, operating profits are expected to rise 5% to £133m when figures for the year are published this week. What is Selfridges doing so right?
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AnalysisProfile: Richard Pennycook, non-executive director, The Hut Group
The Hut Group’s newest board member hopes to use his wide City and retail experience to enable the etailer’s eventual IPO.
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AnalysisInternational analysis: Carrefour agrees sale of stores as it exits Colombia
French retailer Carrefour is to sell its Colombian operations to Chile-based Cencosud for E2bn (£1.63bn), including debt, by the end of the year.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Smartphones ring the changes in retail
As Sainsbury’s tries out Mobile Scan & Go, smartphones are becoming a crucial part of the buying process in store. Rebecca Thomson looks at the latest developments
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AnalysisCampaign of the week: Ikea, Playin’ With My Friends
Ikea marketing manager Peter Wright says the retailer’s new advert is a “step change” from its previous campaigns.
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AnalysisSites: Boden Vs The Post Office
Zoe Shore, Head of digital, Elmwood UKshares his view of good and bad websites.