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AnalysisRetail Week Live: Five issues impacting retail in 2018
Retail Week Live brings together the elite of the retail industry. We pick out five key themes of this year’s event.
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OpinionOpinion: Winning the battle for customers
In today’s fast-changing multichannel environment, retailers must follow the rules of engagement to emerge victorious.
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NewsEx-Sainsbury’s director named Holland & Barrett MD
Holland & Barrett has hired former Sainsbury’s Argos director Steve Carson for the newly created role of managing director.
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NewsRetail sales suffer worst December since 2010
December’s retail sales suffered their worst volume growth in seven years, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
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NewsAgenda: Dixons Carphone, WHSmith, Asos and more
Retail Week looks ahead to the next seven days, with updates from Dixons Carphone, N Brown, Pets at Home, WHSmith and Asos on the agenda.
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NewsRetail diary: Co-op’s digital foray could end in divorce
Co-op hopes to alleviate divorce stress, B&M unveils a food-tasting opportunity and Retail Week shares nuggets from NRF.
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OpinionOpinion: Did the blockbuster Christmas ads work?
Love or hate them, Christmas ads are the UK’s Super Bowl commercial. And big bucks are involved, too.
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NewsCarpetright boss Wilf Walsh: ‘It’s not Armageddon’
Carpetright chief executive Wilf Walsh insists that the retailer is “better positioned than most” to survive a prolonged consumer downturn.
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NewsBonmarché sales sink as golden quarter fails to deliver
Bonmarché has reported plunging sales during the golden quarter, with the festive period dragging down its half-year performance.
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NewsCarpetright issues profit warning after poor Christmas
Carpetright has issued a profit warning following a post-Christmas trading period that was “significantly behind expectations”.
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AnalysisInfographic: Maplin seeks cash and HoF's festive slump
Words and numbers, January 19, 2018: Maplin’s new boss on seeking investment, House of Fraser’s festive sales slump and B&M’s near-billion-pound golden quarter.
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OpinionBeating the January blues by engaging employees
Hermes HR director Jill Maples outlines key initiatives to boost staff motivation and performance amid the post-Christmas gloom.
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NewsMove of the week: John Colley back at Kingfisher
John Colley will have felt like he was returning home when he walked into Kingfisher’s Paddington headquarters this month.
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VideoThe Retail Week: Can retail keep squeezing suppliers?
The team discuss whether, in an era when technology makes setting up shop easy, retailers can afford to keep pressuring suppliers.
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NewsMarks & Spencer overhauls top marketing team
Marks & Spencer has unveiled a marketing department restructure as part of the latest phase of its transformation push.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Grocers can offer fashion a lesson in style
It’s been a mixed picture for fashion retailers these past few weeks, with online successes not enough to counter a struggling high street.
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OpinionOpinion: Smart tech’s growing pains are worth the wait
With so much groundbreaking retail-focused technology in consumer’s hands, it’s clear that the tide is shifting into a brave new era.
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GalleryIn pictures: Discount and digital in New York
There may be empty spaces in the Big Apple’s shopping districts, but there is also much to draw the eye. John Ryan reports.
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NewsSuperdrug Christmas sales spike spurred by brow kits
Superdrug has recorded an upsurge in its festive sales bolstered by ‘the selfie generation’ as shoppers snapped up highlighter and brow products.
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Tesco retreats on Clubcard changes after angry reaction
Tesco has delayed changes to its Clubcard loyalty scheme after customers reacted with outrage.