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AnalysisAnalysis: Career opportunities at specialist retailers
Specialist retailers can offer great career opportunities and are often keen to attract store managers with wide retail experience rather than expert know-how.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Why are mobile conversion rates so low?
Mobile conversion rates can be much lower than websites, so why aren’t shoppers buying on their phones?
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AnalysisInfographic: Who's owed what after Peacocks collapse?
After the collapse of Peacocks, Retail Week takes a look at who is owed what.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Why have so few retailers entered Brazil?
As the countdown to the Rio Olympics begins, Rebecca Thomson looks at the country’s retail industry and asks why few UK retailers have ventured into one of the world’s largest economies.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Who might buy JJB Sports?
JJB Sports has today hired KPMG to handle a sale of the business after continued poor trading. Retail Week takes a look at who might be interested in the struggling sportswear retailer.
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AnalysisAnalysis: JJB Sports - what went wrong?
As JJB Sports frantically searches for a buyer to secure its future, Retail Week looks at where the retailer, which used to be the clear sportswear market leader, went wrong.
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AnalysisMarks & Spencer: What the analysts say
Marks & Spencer unveils its new 148,000 sq ft Cheshire Oaks store today. The City welcomed new innovations in store but retained some reservations
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AnalysisProfile: Wendy Becker, new chief operating officer at Jack Wills
Despite jumping from phones to fashion Wendy Becker’s wealth of experience in her varied career should stand her in good stead to take on the newly-created role of chief operating officer at apparel brand Jack Wills which she takes up next month.
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AnalysisAnalysis: The top loyalty cards on the high street
As fashion retailer Jaeger claims its new loyalty offer is “the most generous fashion brand loyalty scheme on the high street”, Retail Week takes a look at other top reward schemes available.
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AnalysisProfile: Sally Bailey, chief executive, White Stuff
Tough times came late for White Stuff but, despite a profits plunge last year, its chief executive is preparing for future growth.
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AnalysisInternational analysis: Walmart slows expansion in some overseas territories
Last week Walmart reported a strong set of results for its second quarter ended July 31.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Asda takes on Tesco in battle for spend
Asda’s chief executive is getting ready to fight off a revived Tesco.
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AnalysisMy retail life: Edward Perry, Founder, Cook
Edward Perry, Founder of Cook, tells Retail Week about his life working in retail.
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AnalysisCampaign of the week: Sainsbury’s, Here’s to extraordinary
Launching two weeks before the Paralympic Games Opening Ceremony, Sainsbury’s ‘Here’s to extraordinary’ TV campaign promotes its sponsorship of the event and chimes an inspirational note that should resonate with those suffering from Olympics withdrawal.
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AnalysisProfile: Helen Dickinson, new director general, British Retail Consortium
After spending her whole career at accountancy firm KPMG, Helen Dickinson’s new role as director general at the British Retail Consortium (BRC) will be, in her own words, “a bit of a culture shock”.
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AnalysisRetail Week on the Road: Ireland
This week’s final instalment of our On the Road series visits Cork, where food specialist Musgrave is in expansion mode, before heading to Tallaght to visit department store chain Heatons, and Dublin’s upscale department stores Arnotts and Brown Thomas.
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AnalysisE-crime: What do retailers need to know?
The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has estimated that e-crime cost the UK retail sector £205.4m in 2011-12. What can retailers do about it?
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AnalysisBarnes & Noble's UK e-reader: What do retailers need to know?
As Barnes & Noble prepares to launch its Nook e-reader in the UK, we look at the implications and ask whether it can compete with Amazon’s Kindle
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AnalysisAnalysis: How can retailers avoid falling foul of the UK Border Agency
As Tesco faces possible fines for employing foreigners for longer than their visas allowed, how can retailers avoid inadvertently employing illegal workers?
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AnalysisAnalysis: Ocado price war threat
Ocado chief executive Tim Steiner has revealed plans to challenge the online grocer’s competitors on prices in the next two to three years - an initiaitive described by some as a price war threat. But the question is, can he make good on his word?