More on Me + Em – Page 513
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NewsLidl store investment leads to £13.6m loss
Lidl reported sales of more than £6.9bn in the UK last year, but pre-Covid investment in new stores, logistics and supply chain drove it into the red.
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NewsJoules interim sales and profits slip as chief financial officer departs
Fashion retailer Joules has blamed store closures due to coronavirus for falling sales and profits on the day it announced its chief financial officer would be stepping down.
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AnalysisHow Dixons, Joules and Hotel Chocolat’s online prowess saved Christmas
Bricks-and-mortar retailers up and down the country had feared a Christmas washout as the UK veered in and out of lockdowns at the end of 2020.
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Opinion‘Retailers must rebuild after Covid crisis – start-ups can help’
Last year’s Retail Week Discovery 50 (which I was also lucky enough to judge) feels a bit like it was a lifetime ago.
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Retail VoiceHow fulfilment can be an advantage in 2021
In March 2020, no one knew what to do. Everyone scrambled to adapt, consumers and retailers alike. There was a migration of new customers to the online market, brought there by convenience and a lack of other options.
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NewsPoundland records festive sales uptick
Poundland parent company PepCo has reported an uplift in first-quarter revenue boosted by the introduction of new price points and product lines.
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NewsWalgreens poaches Starbucks’ Rosalind Brewer to succeed Pessina as CEO
Walgreens Boots Alliance has appointed Starbucks chief operating officer Rosalind Brewer to succeed Stefano Pessina as the group’s chief executive.
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NewsLuxury conglomerate LVMH records year of two halves
LVMH reported an overall decline in revenues for 2020 but the final quarter showed signs of promise for the coming year.
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NewsScS sales rise as post-lockdown orders soar
ScS has recorded an uptick in sales after orders following the first lockdown in 2020 significantly increased.
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NewsPaperchase rescued in pre-pack administration deal
Paperchase is set to be rescued in a pre-pack deal led by a lender connected to private equity firm Permira.
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Retail VoiceStay light on your feet – there will be more challenges for retailers in 2021
As we begin to slowly find a way out of the current health crisis, the threat of a financial crisis will soon become front of mind for many consumers and retailers, writes Richard Brassey, director at Barclays Partner Finance
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NewsLandmark Jenners store to close after landlord row
Edinburgh department store Jenners, owned by Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group, is to shut after almost two centuries of trading.
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NewsJD Sports considers fundraising for acquisition warchest
JD Sports is pondering raising new equity to fund deals as the retail landscape is transformed by the Covid pandemic.
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AnalysisThe power players: the acquisitive retailers snapping up brands
As Boohoo snaps up Debenhams, Retail Week takes a look at the pack of retailers taking advantage of the acquisition opportunities Covid has created to boost their business. Who are the sector’s new power players?
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Retail VoiceWhy store footfall control should be a top priority
With managing store footfall more important than ever before, Adam Presdee, service director at GEZE UK, explains how technology can help retailers keep both shoppers and staff safe.
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AnalysisBoohoo boss: How we will make Debenhams a force to be reckoned with
In news that took the sector by surprise, Boohoo has acquired the intellectual property assets of struggling department store Debenhams for £55m – but what does the fashion etailer plan to do with the business?
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Opinion‘Asos and Boohoo swoops for Topshop and Debs are changing of the guard’
If proof were needed of the scale of change underway in retail, it came this week as pureplays Asos and Boohoo swooped on two of retail’s most venerable high street names.