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AnalysisOracle Retail Week Awards: The Entertainer scores with principles and profits
The Entertainer takes home the Zolfo Cooper Growth Retailer of the Year award, after driving profits and expansion in the wake of the downturn.
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AnalysisEastleigh shopping centre rolls out beacon technology
A south coast shopping centre has become first in the UK to use beacon technology, which enables retailers to contact shoppers via their mobile phones.
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OpinionComment: The myths and reality of public versus private ownership
Shareholders can often be the thorn in the side of a visionary retail chief executive, but private ownership is not always the better option.
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OpinionComment: Oracle Retail Week Awards - New rules, old values
The rules rules of retail may have changed, but the winners of this year’s Oracle Retail Week Awards have adapted to them and thrived.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on Home Retail, M&S and Irish consumer prices
Retail news round-up on March 14, 2014: Argos owner Home Retail gets pulled into PPI scandal, Marks & Spencer casts Doreen Lawrence in ad campaign and Irish consumer prices up 0.5% in February
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GalleryIn pictures: Oracle Retail Week Awards 2014 party
Guests enjoying the Oracle Retail Week Awards 2014 at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London.
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GalleryIn pictures: Oracle Retail Week Awards 2014 VIP Reception
Guests at the Oracle Retail Week Awards 2014 VIP Reception.
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GalleryIn pictures: Oracle Retail Week Awards 2014 winners revealed
Ray Kelvin CBE, founder and chief executive of Ted Baker, won the Outstanding Contribution to Retail Award at the prestigious Oracle Retail Week Awards 2014 last night.
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OpinionRetail surgery: How can vouchers link the digital and physical worlds of shopping?
Vouchers have long been accepted as a mechanism for generating sales, recognising loyalty and attracting new customers.
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OpinionRetail surgery: How can retailers optimise time spent on staff training programmes?
Retailers don’t have a usual nine-to-five working day, so finding the time to organise effective training programmes for staff and management can be difficult.
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NewsRetail Week Live: 'Omnichannel will trump pure-play', says John Lewis boss Andy Street
John Lewis boss Andy Street believes omnichannel retail will win out over pureplay as shoppers seek to interact with brands across a range of touchpoints.
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NewsRetail Week Live: Retailers are yet to get under the skin of technology
The majority of retailers are not implementing technology despite so much noise about it, said Kiddicare founder Scott Weavers-Wright.
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NewsRetail Week Live: Expand product choice but stay true to the brand, advise panel
Retail Week Live panel focuses in on choice and projecting a strong brand image as key to winning customers.
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NewsRetail Week Live: 'Innovation is critical', says Argos digital director Bertrand Bodson
Argos digital director Bertrand Bodson has said trialling innovations is critical in retail.
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NewsRetail Week Live: Shop Direct ramps up testing to boost sales, says boss Baldock
Shop Direct is ramping up testing as it seeks to use its “treasure trove” of data to boost sales, boss Alex Baldock told Retail Week Live.
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NewsRetail Week Live: Game claims expert data analysts are integral to growth
Getting the right experts to analyse customer data is key for good performance and growth, says Game insight and reward director Fred Prego.
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NewsRetail Week Live: Tech firms in talks to launch interactive fitting rooms in UK
Microsoft and Accenture are in talks with British retailers to launch their connected changing rooms concept ‘as soon as possible’.
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NewsRetail Week Live: Bricks-and-mortar retailers have edge over pure-plays, says Hointer boss
With the right technology, retailers can exploit their network of stores to gain the upper hand over pure-plays, says US store boss.
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NewsNick Bubb’s verdict: Morrisons - from dividends to discounters
Morrisons’ beleaguered management is focused on one D, the discounters, but shareholders are focused on another - the dividend.
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NewsRetail Week Live: Big brands don't need to pay Google, says Vente-Privee founder
Vente-Privee founder Jacques-Antoine Granjon insisted that big brands don’t need to pay Google to drive traffic.