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AnalysisSix ways to fast-track ecommerce strategy in 2021
Online sales have soared 46% year on year, with the pandemic changing consumer shopping behaviour as we know it. As RWRC’s Accelerating Ecommerce Week kicks off, we look at the steps retailers must take to expedite their digital propositions.
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AnalysisData: Which retail sectors will thrive in 2021?
After a stormy 2020 that BRC chief executive Helen Dickinson called the “worst year on record” for retail sales growth, the under-pressure sector is hoping 2021 brings a sunnier outlook
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AnalysisThe Big Question: Will tighter regulation spell the end for buy now, pay later?
With the Financial Conduct Authority’s crackdown on buy now, pay later companies beginning earlier this week, Retail Week asks experts if regulation will destroy this rapidly growing sector.
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AnalysisData: 78% of global shoppers will wait for promotions in 2021
More than three quarters of consumers say they will be likely to wait for promotional offers post-pandemic before they make a purchase, a Retail Week report reveals.
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AnalysisAmazon’s new boss Andy Jassy – the man filling the biggest shoes in retail
The international business community was shocked last night when Amazon founder Jeff Bezos announced he’d be stepping down as chief executive of the company he built. Retail Week looks at what Andy Jassy will bring to the role and the challenges he may face.
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AnalysisTalking shop: Five ways to galvanise staff when stores reopen
Store staff are worried about their jobs, are suffering from low morale and do not see retail as a good career choice, our groundbreaking report Talking Shop reveals. So, what can retailers do about it?
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AnalysisJD Sports boss Cowgill: How ‘monumental’ DTLR deal turbocharges US ambitions
JD Sports boss Peter Cowgill tells Retail Week why the retailer’s latest $495m acquisition has set it up to crack America.
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AnalysisAnalysis: How Asos will make Topshop live up to its name again
Asos this week swooped on Arcadia’s Topshop, Topman, Miss Selfridge and HIIT brands in a bid to reach new heights with the iconic names under its umbrella
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AnalysisAnalysis: Is this the death of cash?
The contactless limit was upped to £100 in yesterday’s Budget. With the use of cash already plummeting, is this its final nail in the coffin? Retail Week reports on the implications of a cashless society.
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AnalysisThe Big Question: Do fashion retailers need stores any more?
As online-only businesses such as Boohoo and Asos snap up struggling fashion players who have suffered tumbling store sales during the pandemic, Retail Week asks whether fashion still needs a bricks-and-mortar footprint in 2021.
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AnalysisH&M boss Helena Helmersson: Our post-pandemic recovery plan
Fashion giant H&M has been battered by coronavirus, with swathes of its global store estate shut and profits plummeting. Chief executive Helena Helmersson reveals how the group plans to rebound in 2021.
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AnalysisShein: The rise of China’s $10bn fast-fashion disruptor
Fast-fashion etailer Shein has seemingly appeared out of nowhere to disrupt fashion retail and put itself in the mix to takeover Topshop.
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AnalysisHow Dixons, Joules and Hotel Chocolat’s online prowess saved Christmas
Bricks-and-mortar retailers up and down the country had feared a Christmas washout as the UK veered in and out of lockdowns at the end of 2020.
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AnalysisBoohoo boss: How we will make Debenhams a force to be reckoned with
In news that took the sector by surprise, Boohoo has acquired the intellectual property assets of struggling department store Debenhams for £55m – but what does the fashion etailer plan to do with the business?
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AnalysisThe power players: the acquisitive retailers snapping up brands
As Boohoo snaps up Debenhams, Retail Week takes a look at the pack of retailers taking advantage of the acquisition opportunities Covid has created to boost their business. Who are the sector’s new power players?
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AnalysisStrategic report: Lessons from Christmas 2020 to help you win in the year ahead
Lockdown, store closures and bans on large gatherings created what Marks & Spencer boss Steve Rowe termed ”near impossible trading conditions” this golden quarter. Retail Week’s latest report pulls out the trends from this very different Christmas and lessons to help you trade through the most volatile trading conditions ever experienced.
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AnalysisWill more retailers ditch Oxford Street?
While the famous shopping destination was already facing headwinds, the coronavirus crisis has been a perfect storm for Oxford Street. The question is whether retailers will hang around to pick up the pieces or abandon it altogether.
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AnalysisFive up-and-coming UK marketplaces that you need to know
Retail Week shines a light on five marketplaces at different stages of their journey, which could become useful routes to market.
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AnalysisSix steps to re-engage new online shoppers acquired over Christmas
Retailers have won swathes of new online shoppers over the golden quarter. But how can you persuade them to become regular customers? Retail Week puts forward a six-step plan to help your brand.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Is Lidl starting to close the gap on Aldi in the discounter battle?
Over the last 12 months, momentum has shifted away from Aldi towards Lidl in the battle of the discounters. Retail Week looks at what Lidl has done to close the gap on its rival.