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AnalysisBorrowed time: Is retail hurtling towards a credit crunch?
When the government shut all non-essential retail stores in March many businesses were forced to increase borrowing to simply stay afloat. But are these levels of debt unsustainable? Retail Week looks at whether retail is facing a ticking liquidity time bomb.
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Opinion‘Retail hasn’t been left behind by the government – it’s evolving’
On the back of the government’s latest economic update, I’ve read some people saying that retail has gotten used to being ignored by set pieces from chancellors, past and present.
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Opinion‘Retail can ill afford another business rates review that fizzles out’
As night follows day, the beginning of another financial year also brings another government review into business rates reform. However, with the sector reeling from the coronavirus, this latest call for evidence gives reasons for optimism.
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OpinionJohn Roberts: 'Why all AO staff – not just bosses – will share our success'
At AO.com, we talk a lot about trying to do things that would make our mums proud.
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Opinion‘Walmart’s Asda Price must be right to secure private equity backing’
On, then off. On, then off. And now back on again. Walmart has resumed efforts to sell off a majority stake in Asda – and hopes it will prove to be third time lucky.
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Opinion'Why now is the time for D2C brands to shine'
Many investors are currently shying away from the retail industry, specifically the indirect brand economy.
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Opinion‘Retailers must seize Covid opportunity to radically restructure’
The need to transform to keep pace with consumer demands and habits is a never-ending narrative in UK retail.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Retailers face dilemma over post-furlough job retention scheme
As Primark reveals that it won’t be taking government money to bring back furloughed staff and John Lewis hints at the same, other retailers face a potentially tough choice.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Has Ocado’s ecommerce promise failed to deliver during coronavirus?
With the ongoing coronavirus pandemic totally reshaping the way people shop for groceries and pushing hundreds of thousands of consumers online, how has the UK’s only pureplay grocer really fared in lockdown?
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AnalysisBack from the brink – what’s next for retail’s Covid casualties?
The past few months have had a devastating impact on UK retail and swathes of chains have collapsed, but there is light at the end of the tunnel for some of these businesses. Retail Week takes a look at what the future holds for retail’s Covid casualties.
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OpinionOpinion: Summer statement cements retail’s place as UK’s invisible industry
There was hope, rather than expectation, that chancellor Rishi Sunak would offer retailers a lifeline this week.
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OpinionOpinion: Boohoo should cut ties with Leicester following sweatshop revelations
Online fashion star Boohoo has become too big to countenance links with Leicester factories alleged to operate under Dickensian conditions in flagrant breach of the law.
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AnalysisThe Big Question: Were Tesco investors right to rebel over pay?
Chief executive Dave Lewis has led an impressive turnaround of Tesco over several years. Last week the grocery giant reported an impressive sales rise, and it has been widely credited for its efforts to ’feed the nation’ during the coronavirus pandemic. But the grocer has suffered one of the biggest ever shareholder revolts over pay after online grocer Ocado was removed from a peer comparison group. Industry experts share their views.
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OpinionOpinion: Lululemon’s Mirror deal should usher in new type of retail acquisition
Sports apparel and leisurewear specialist Lululemon’s $500m purchase of interactive home gym start-up Mirror may turn out to be one of retail’s most inspired deals this year.
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AnalysisGo Outdoors rent day pre-pack – is JD Sports right to shaft landlords?
JD Sports has become embroiled in controversy after putting subsidiary Go Outdoors into administration before promptly buying it back and seeking to secure better rent deals. But should JD be cheered or jeered?
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AnalysisAnalysis: Is UK retail turning its back on internationalism?
With both Tesco and Superdry pulling out of international ventures on the same day, Retail Week asks whether UK retail is scaling back its global ambitions.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Is Kingfisher’s new strategy enough to rebuild it?
Under the management of chief executive Thierry Garnier, who joined the group in September, Kingfisher has announced its new strategy, ‘Powered by Kingfisher’ – but will it be enough to turn things around?
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AnalysisAnalysis: What’s next for Boohoo, fashion’s new conglomerate?
Boohoo has wasted no time making good on its plan to snap up distressed fashion brands for a song in the post-pandemic retail landscape.
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AnalysisAnalysis: What high street will emerge from the pandemic?
Already under enormous pressure before the arrival of the coronavirus pandemic, the high street has taken another battering. What will it look like as the crisis subsides?
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OpinionOpinion: Time for a reset of retail rent and rates
In 2015 I closed the last of my stores due to spiralling property costs. There’s not a day since that I haven’t missed them.