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OpinionOpinion: How social distancing can be ‘baked in’ to new store designs
One-way systems, hygiene stations, duct tape on the floor. All of this adds up to just one thing – retailers doing what they can to make their stores safer places for those choosing to frequent them.
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OpinionOpinion: Retail leaders need to think big post-lockdown
When non-essential stores reopen their doors from Monday, almost three months will have passed since the UK went into lockdown.
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AnalysisRetail 100 exposes lack of BAME industry leaders
RWRC’s annual ranking of the industry’s 100 most influential people has been published and features just one black retail executive. With the Black Lives Matter movement dominating headlines and conversations in boardrooms, Megan Dunsby asks: where are all the BAME leaders in retail?
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AnalysisAnalysis: What Inditex’s strategy tells us about the future of fashion
Inditex has unveiled plans to better integrate its online and offline propositions, invest in larger flagship stores and harness RFID technology within its new ‘in-store mode’ app. But what do such plans tell us about the direction of travel in fashion retail?
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DataData: New forecasts for the post-pandemic retail landscape
New data from Edge by Ascential shows a vastly changed outlook for retail channels across the UK as the Covid-19 pandemic has drastically altered the retail landscape and consumer spending habits.
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NewsB&M full-year profits and sales rise despite coronavirus disruption
B&M has posted an uplift in full-year profits bolstered by strong sales growth, and reports that revenues throughout the coronavirus pandemic have been “strong”.
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Report StoreRetail 100 2020
Retail Week’s ranking of the industry’s top 100 most influential individuals
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VideoFace time: John Lewis ops chief Andrew Murphy on post-lockdown stores comeback
John Lewis Partnership executive director of operations Andrew Murphy talks to Retail Week about store reopening plans, the retailer’s ‘customer-led’ post-pandemic strategy and the ‘exciting opportunity to reshape the business’ in future.
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NewsRetail 100 2020: Industry’s most influential leaders revealed
Tesco boss Dave Lewis has retained his position at the top of RWRC’s annual Retail 100 list, following a year in which Britain’s biggest retailer completed its turnaround and played a crucial role in feeding the nation during the coronavirus pandemic.
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AnalysisMore women leaders celebrated in Retail 100 than ever before
With a 27% rise in women executives since 2019, increased gender diversity is one of the trends that characterises this year’s ranking of the most influential people in retail. Megan Dunsby reflects on what this means and why it is time for retail to become truly diverse
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AnalysisRetail 100 2020: Four of the biggest trends
Following the publication of the annual Retail 100 ranking, produced in association with Braze, ChannelAdvisor and Salesforce, Retail Week explores key trends shared by the industry’s most influential people
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DataRetail 100 2020: In numbers
RWRC has published its annual Retail 100 list, ranking the most influential people in the industry right now, decided by Retail Week’s team of expert journalists.
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Retail VoiceFive ways to get ready for the recovery
Does it seem a little odd to be talking about investing and spending more money during what is arguably the largest ever crisis the retail industry has faced? Perhaps, but hear me out.
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NewsUpdated: Ocado launches £1bn fund raise to capitalise on online shift
Ocado has launched an ambitious bid to raise £1bn in fresh funding to help it capitalise on the “significant acceleration” in online shopping during the coronavirus pandemic.
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OpinionOpinion: Monsoon and Quiz pre-packs punish staff for management mistakes
The pre-pack administrations unveiled by Monsoon Accessorize and Quiz this morning were certainly portrayed as good news for the businesses and their respective workforces.
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NewsCMA delays final Amazon-Deliveroo decision until August
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has delayed publishing its final decision on the proposed tie-up between Amazon and Deliveroo until the first week of August.
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NewsZara owner Inditex posts first-ever quarterly loss
Zara owner Inditex has reported its first-ever quarterly loss as the coronavirus crisis took its toll on the group’s bottom line.
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NewsMonsoon and Accessorize bought out of administration by founder
Peter Simon has bought Monsoon and Accessorize out of administration with cash from a new holding company in a bid to “rescue a significant number of stores”.
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NewsQuiz property arm slips into administration as it eyes store portfolio restructure
Struggling fashion brand Quiz has said it will seek to appoint administrators to its wholly owned subsidiary in a bid to restructure its failing retail store portfolio.