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NewsRiver Island to muscle in on £4.6bn childrenswear market
River Island has set its sights on a slice of the £4.6bn kidswear market, joining a raft of middle-market players taking advantage of parents shopping in its stores.
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Walmart to reduce supply chain greenhouse gas emissions
Walmart wants to eliminate 20 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions from its global supply chain by the end of 2015.The target figure represents 1.5 times the retailer’s estimated global carbon footprint growth over the next five years and is the equivalent of taking more than 3.8 million cars ...
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AnalysisCase study: What’s in store at Raise?
Discovering what separates your best and worst stores needn’t be based on guesswork - there are tools available that can expose the gaps in performance and provide a template for future best practice
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AnalysisHow to become a destination in the airport waiting lounge
For World Duty Free, understanding the unique environment and customer flow at the UK’s airports is vital to maximise sales. And having the right staff in the right place is key
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AnalysisThe benefits of thinking locally
Localisation could be the way for large and medium-sized retailers to win more customers with targeted offers. Alison Clements explains
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AnalysisCustomer service: Let’s get personable
Good management of staff and investment in training to help foster talent is key to maximising efficiency and achieving a consistently excellent service level
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AnalysisKeeping it consistent
The role of store operations in maximising staff productivity and in ensuring a consistent service offer is crucial
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AnalysisUS department stores see benefits of discount shops
The recession has breathed new life into US off-price clothing chains as consumers look for thrifty ways to shop without compromising on style.
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OpinionPrimark: the fashion retailer for our supermarket age
Primark celebrated its 40th anniversary last year, and its double success at the Oracle Retail Week Awards last night perhaps represented its coming of age.
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OpinionLatecomers join the online party
The arrival of big brands like Gap is a sign of ecommerce’s maturity, says Steve Robinson
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AnalysisNeed to Know: Oracle Retail Week Awards
Last night the Oracle Retail Week Awards celebrated the sector’s brightest and best in what is always a night to remember
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Analysis
Retail’s leaders of tomorrow
The appointments of Dalton Philips and Dido Harding reflect the emergence of a new generation of retail leaders. Here, Retail Week identifies 10 more stars tipped for the top
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AnalysisMédiacité: Taking the Cité by storm
Belgium’s third largest city has something to shout about with its striking Médiacité shopping centre, and British retailers are among its most prominent early tenants. John Ryan reports
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AnalysisWill Adderley
Last week Dunelm’s interims revealed soaring profits. Nicola Harrison looks at how its chief executive has taken the homewares retailer from strength to strength
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OpinionBlacks’ uphill struggle
Blacks chief executive Neil Gillis must feel like a mountain walker approaching the summit only to find there’s a steep rock face still to climb.
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Cash flow: Balancing the books
Cash is king in these difficult times, so what are retailers doing to ensure they have the money to run their business day to day? Joanna Perry reports
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OpinionDreaded needs test rears its head again
Yes, it’s election season and the Tories are going for the populist planning vote with their new Open Source Planning green paper.
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GalleryStore of the Week: Zigzag Liège, Belgium
Zigzag is a homewares store that uses Denmark as a convenient cipher for designed simplicity and all-round wholesomeness.
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AnalysisShopfitting: Fitter, happier, more productive
Retailing has changed and that means to be successful shopfitters need to change too. John Ryan takes the temperature of the shopfitting world
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NewsPortable scanners improve JD Sports customer service
JD Sports Fashion is expanding the use of hand-held scanning devices in stores to improve customer service and speed up in-store processes.