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AnalysisContactless payments: Out of contact
Contactless is approaching tipping point, but concerns remain about costs and whether shoppers will embrace the system without a national consumer awareness campaign.
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AnalysisThe food fight shifts from price to quality
After slugging it out on price in the recession, supermarkets have switched their focus to product quality.
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AnalysisUS expansion
The US market is experiencing a flurry of activity from UK retailers, but what makes this current crop of American adventurers different?
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AnalysisIf consumer confidence is down, why are sales rising?
Consumer confidence has fallen yet again and many expect the decline to continue - so why are sales growing, with shoppers seemingly defying their mood?
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AnalysisSlow road to South Korea will help Ikea’s prospects
Ikea has reported that group sales for the year ended August 31, 2010, rocketed 7.7% to €23.1bn (£19.2bn).
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AnalysisThe price is light?
Lighting technology continues to push forward, with LEDs revolutionising interior options. But does investing in technical innovation produce a measurable sales uplift and payback return, and when is the right time to spend capital? Mark Faithfull investigates
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AnalysisMeating and greeting
Victor Churchill, a butcher’s shop in Melbourne, takes a mundane commodity and turns it into a real spectacle. John Ryan reports
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AnalysisWhat’s in store
Welcome to the inaugural issue of Retail Week Interiors, a standalone magazine that we hope will provide news and information about the retail design and fit-out sector that might not normally get coverage, allowing for the constraints of space and time.
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AnalysisTime for optimism
Nobody could deny that the last couple of years have been a rough ride for almost everyone involved in the store interiors sector. But as we head towards the end of 2010, at VINCI Construction UK we feel that things are finally on the turn.
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AnalysisStore of the Quarter: The White Company, Symons Street, Chelsea
The retailer with a monochrome vision returns to its SW3 roots with a flagship store aimed at providing everyday luxury, writes John Ryan
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AnalysisShopfitting: still a tough place to be
Any analysis of the shopfitting sector reveals that business has been tough and continues to struggle. John Ryan looks at the landscape as we unveil this year’s top shopfitter survey
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AnalysisShopfitters survey: Flying in the face of reason
Shopfitters are an optimistic bunch, but are their predictions about the prospects for 2011 a bridge too far? John Ryan reports on the Retail Week/National Association of Shopfitters survey
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AnalysisWhat stops FDs getting the top retail jobs?
When it comes to the top spot in retail businesses FDs are often passed over, but is the ‘numbers man’ stereotype unfair?
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AnalysisIs John Lewis’s online pledge a game changer?
Online just got tougher as John Lewis rolls out its famous price pledge, but what does the initiative bode for the sector?
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AnalysisSustainability: The Start line
Retailers taking part in a sustainability summit say there are many areas where they should work together rather than compete. Joanna Perry reports
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AnalysisWhat it’s like to work at Richer Sounds
The inside view from operations director John Clayton
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AnalysisHMV: The music of chance
HMV’s latest initiative lifts morale and underlines its specialist credentials, says Natasha Devan
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AnalysisJulian Rayner
Renowned for its off-the-wall products, Lakeland has won a hugely loyal following among the middle classes. Nicola Harrison profiles one of the brothers driving the business forward
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AnalysisDesigner outlets
As London’s first designer outlet hoves into view we assess their popularity, the retailers that use them and how they’ve fared during the recession