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AnalysisNo Limits: Retail’s five best apprentice schemes
As National Apprenticeship Week kicks off, Retail Week looks into why these schemes can’t be a casualty of the pandemic and shines a spotlight on some of retail’s best apprenticeship programmes.
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AnalysisWatch: Subscriptions and finance are the future, say experts
Retailers need to offer consumers flexible subscriptions and finance options to win spend in a difficult market, a leading panel of experts told Retail Week at its latest virtual event.
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AnalysisBlack Friday 2020 deal tracker: What promotions retailers are running
Deals are already under way for Black Friday 2020, which is predicted to be a bumper event for online retailers. Retail Week tracks the promotions being run by the UK’s biggest retailers this year.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Vaccine joy sparks share price snakes and ladders
Welcome news of a coronavirus vaccine has sparked a stock market shift as investors rushed to buy and sell shares. Big-name retail and other consumer stocks shunned during the pandemic were back in fashion, while lockdown stars took a hit.
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AnalysisWhy Asda, Ikea and Tesco are betting on a sustainable post-pandemic future
Over the last few months, a throng of retailers have made pledges and launched initiatives to become more sustainable. But is the middle of a global pandemic the right time to be making these bold claims?
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AnalysisRetail Horizon 2021 – introducing our new strategic toolkit
Retail Week has launched Retail Horizon 2021 – Winning Strategies to Navigate Disruption, a strategic toolkit available exclusively for our subscribers.
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AnalysisThe Big Question: What does great leadership look like during a crisis?
Ahead of RWRC’s Virtual Leaders’ Summit, Skinnydip chief executive James Gold, BrewDog chief operating officer David McDowall, Mars Food global president Fiona Dawson, The Black Farmer founder Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones and former Tesco boss Dave Lewis give their take on what’s needed from retail leaders in times of crisis.
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AnalysisLockdown 2.0: How to look after your mental health through Covid Christmas
As England goes back into national lockdown, fears are rising that the country could be about to be gripped by a mental health crisis.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Simon Roberts’ new vision for Sainsbury’s future
Four months into his new role as Sainsbury’s chief executive, Simon Roberts has unveiled his strategic vision for the grocer and its stable of brands.
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AnalysisRetailer-supplier collaboration key to reacting to market trends, says Kraft Heinz
Retailers and brands must boost collaboration in order to overcome data lags and ensure lightning-fast responses to market trends, Kraft Heinz Company vice president of EMEA marketing Victoria Sjardin has told Retail Week.
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AnalysisFrom M&S to MS2 – can pureplay shift turbocharge fashion performance?
Marks & Spencer’s half-year results again spotlighted the accelerated shift to online shopping that has accompanied the Covid-19 pandemic.
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AnalysisLockdown 2.0: The new regulations and how they affect your business
With England set to be plunged into a second lockdown from midnight tonight, Retail Week highlights the changes in the new government guidance and what they might mean for your business.
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AnalysisData: The retailers expanding and retreating from high streets in 2020
New data compiled by the Local Data Company charts both the toll the coronavirus crisis has taken on many UK retailers but also highlights the categories that are proving more resilient.
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AnalysisNightmare before Christmas: bosses of John Lewis, M&S and The Entertainer on lockdown 2.0
It’s the news the industry dreaded. This Thursday so-called ‘non-essential’ retail will be shut down until December 2 in a bid to stem the spread of coronavirus. Many fear chaos, but could click and collect come to the rescue?
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AnalysisLife in lockdown: How retailers can manage an ecommerce Christmas
In the latest instalment of our Golden Quarter content series, where Retail Week delves into the trends and challenges of a very different Christmas trading period, we look at what retailers can do to deliver an ecommerce Christmas at a time when non-essential stores are forced to close.
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AnalysisAnalysis: After the most unpredictable year ever, is the five-year strategy dead?
It’s difficult to know what’s going to happen next week, never mind next year. In this environment, can retail leaders work to five-year plans? Grace Bowden investigates.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Which Covid trends are here to stay?
The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has upended almost every part of society and few sectors have been more challenged than retail. Retail Week looks at some of the Covid-driven changes that will outlast even the virus.
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AnalysisHow retail changed my life: Sainsbury’s Ziggie Singh – becoming a somebody
Harsimran ‘Ziggie’ Singh was a fresh-faced teenager when he told his parents that he wanted to work in his local shop rather than go to college.
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AnalysisThe Big Question: Is John Lewis’ Oxford Street office conversion a good idea?
With the pandemic leaving London’s West End devoid of workers and tourists, the news earlier this week that John Lewis has been green-lit to turn half its Oxford Street store into office space received mixed reviews. Industry experts offer their view on whether it’s the right move for the retailer.
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AnalysisTurning the pandemic into an opportunity in four easy steps
Retailers must look beyond the immediate challenges and see the pandemic as an opportunity to rethink their data, tech and fulfilment strategies for the long term, finds our new report.