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AnalysisNeed to know: How to trade in the rain
Dunelm has posted a sales surge after wet weather boosted footfall. Can other retailers make the rain work for them?
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AnalysisConsumer insight: Gap in the over 60s retail market
The UK’s population is ageing, making the over-60s an increasingly important consumer market. Rebecca Thomson meets consumers from that generation to find out how they shop, what the industry needs to improve and which retailers are winning their custom.
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AnalysisDunelm: What the analysts say
Dunelm’s fourth quarter performance has exceeded expectations as it benefitted from the wet weather, leading some anaylsts to increase full-year pre-tax profit forecast to £96m.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Tesco's growing use of customer data
Tesco is taking e-commerce customisation one huge step further than anyone else, displaying higher priced items only for customers it believes can afford them.
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AnalysisAnalysis: What ails the health food market?
It was a double blow for the health food industry this week when confectionary retailer Julian Graves fell into administration and the UK arm of Whole Foods reported widening losses.
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AnalysisTopps Tiles: What the analysts say
Topps Tiles defied the high street gloom to report a 2.1% increase in like-for-like sales in the 13 weeks to June 30.
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AnalysisN Brown: What the analysts say
N Brown surprised the market this morning with news that chief executive Alan White and chairman Lord Alliance will leave the home shopping group. The announcement coincided with the company reporting a 1.9% rise in like-for-like sales in the 17 weeks to June 30. Total sales increased 2.5%.
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AnalysisAnalysis: How mobile point of sale can cut queues
The idea of using mobile point of sale devices to reduce queues is not a new concept, but the belief has always—logically enough—been that the line will accelerate solely based on how many shoppers can be checked out with the mobile units.
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AnalysisWalmart at 50: Founder Sam Walton's 10 rules for business success
Fifty years ago today the first Walmart store opened in Rogers, Arkansas. Retail has been transformed in the intervening years, but founder Sam Walton’s golden rules remain just as relevant
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Analysis10 ways Walmart changed retail
It is 50 years to the day since the first Walmart store opened. Here we examine the most significant ways that that retailer transformed the stores sector.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Fifty years of Walmart
Half a century ago today Sam Walton opened his first Walmart store in Rogers, Arkansas. George MacDonald examines how the company went on to change the global retail landscape.
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AnalysisAnalysis: The new rules for retail websites
The old rules for speeding up ecommerce websites are toast. That’s the clear conclusion to draw from a recent Pingdom study comparing performance of the top 100 ecommerce sites—including dozens of big retailers’ sites.
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AnalysisThe changing world of electricals retailing
Electricals retailing has become an increasing challenge over the past 20 years. Rebecca Thomson looks at how it has changed.
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AnalysisKesa rebrands following lacklustre financial results
Kesa Electricals has revealed a business restructure and a new focus on multichannel retailing across its European network.
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AnalysisRevitalising Croydon’s retail: What do retailers need to know?
Since it was set ablaze in last year’s riots, retailers are showing renewed interest in Croydon, with talk of possible regeneration.
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AnalysisSites: New Look Vs H&M
Dan Parker, Chief executive of Sponge, shares his view of good and bad websites.
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AnalysisCampaign of the week: Sainsbury’s Simple Pleasures
Another summer advert and another nostalgia-filled child fest.
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AnalysisProfile: Alex Baldock, chief executive, Shop Direct
The former banker who has always had his eye on retail can’t wait to get stuck into his new role as boss of Shop Direct.
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AnalysisMy retail life: Simon Eastwood, Retail stores director, Kiddicare
Simon Eastwood, Retail stores director at Kiddicare, tells Retail Week about his life working in retail.
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AnalysisTransatlantic tie-up creates healthy future for Alliance Boots
Stefano Pessina of Alliance Boots and Gregory Wasson of Walgreens tell Tiffany Holland about their plans to create a strong global partnership.