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AnalysisInternational analysis: Amazon moves upmarket with luxury beauty store
Amazon has made its first move to capture the high-end health and beauty market with the launch of a dedicated luxury beauty store on Amazon.com.
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OpinionComment: Watch and learn from the best retailers
We’re exposed to a mountain of visual stimuli every day. The power of observation is a great gift and I love walking
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AnalysisWebsite review: Loaf Vs Made.com
Alice Huntley, strategy director at RKCR/Y&R, shares her view of good and bad sites.
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AnalysisIn the news: B&Q's customer and marketing director Chris Moss profiled
B&Q has appointed a marketing boss whose colourful career includes creating Orange, a bomb scare at Virgin Atlantic and getting 118 118 out of the blocks.
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InterviewQ&A: Moonpig.com's managing director Iain Martin
Iain Martin, managing director at Moonpig.com, speaks to Retail Week about his life working in retail.
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AnalysisAnalysis: The evolution of the online marketplace
From eBay and Rakuten to Amazon and Asos, marketplaces are becoming a central part of retailing in the UK. Tamsin Brown takes a look at how they are evolving.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Apps are here to stay, so how can retailers best use them?
The boom in smartphones has given rise to new forms of marketing. Jennifer Whitehead assesses how retailers and brands are using apps to target customers.
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OpinionComment: How Amazon changed UK retail in 15 years
Only a handful of retailers can genuinely claim to have turned the industry upside down. But surely Amazon, which this week celebrated its 15th anniversary of operating in the UK, can legitimately be said to have done just that.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on Waitrose and Ikea
Retail news round-up October 17, 2013: Waitrose to start selling beef bone marrow and Ikea to launch integrated marketing campaign
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OpinionBlog: Retail property industry must find ways to embrace change
It’s those in the retail property industry who find a way to embrace change and evolve who are most likely to win out.
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NewsVirtual reality centre opens to help retailers develop loyalty schemes
Marketing firm TCC has created a virtual reality centre to help retailers develop loyalty schemes from the shopper’s perspective.
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NewsWHSmith to reopen site by the weekend after porn book scandal
WHSmith is to reopen its website within the next 48 hours, it is understood, after it was taken down to remove pornographic books.
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NewsChinese giant Bosideng buys UK menswear retailer Greenwoods
Chinese apparel giant Bosideng has bought loss-making menswear retailer Greenwoods to build scale in the UK.
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OpinionComment: Government must act fast to simplify Chinese visas
China is an absolutely vital market for the UK. The Chinese are one of the key groups for driving growth in our retail economy, and also for business expansion.
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NewsRegent Street's biggest ever Christmas lights display sponsored by Dreamworks
Regent Street’s Christmas lights will be sponsored by Dreamworks’ new animated film Mr Peabody and Sherman this year in the shopping destination’s biggest ever festive display.
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OpinionComment: Burberry's new boss Christopher Bailey faces a shift in the luxury retail landscape
As Angela Ahrendts moves on to take a senior post at Apple, Burberry’s incoming chief executive could be facing a shift in the geography of the luxury retail landscape.
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OpinionComment: Can Christopher Bailey take Burberry to new heights?
The Burberry share price fall that greeted news of Angela Ahrendts’ departure on Tuesday showed understandable nerviness.
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NewsTesco to provide 7 million meals a year to food charities
Tesco is to strengthen its partnership with food redistribution charity FareShare, providing the equivalent of 7 million meals a year in the UK.
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NewsAmazon eyes partnership with HTC to enter the smartphone market
Amazon is thought to be developing a range of three smartphones with handset manufacturer HTC as it ramps up competition with Apple and Google.
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NewsThe Works launches loyalty scheme in 'value sector first'
Discount bookseller and stationer The Works has launched a loyalty scheme, which it has called a first for the value sector.