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NewsAsda adopts owner Walmart’s parcel towers in UK first
Asda has launched its first automated parcel tower designed to speed up online collections and returns for customers.
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NewsSteinhoff loses another executive as finance boss exits
Steinhoff’s finance boss has become the latest executive to step down from the embattled business in the wake of its accounting scandal.
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VideoThe Retail Week: Who won the battle for Christmas?
The Retail Week team discuss which businesses they expect to emerge as the winners and losers from the crucial Christmas trading period.
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OpinionFocusing on the customer experience in 2018
Hermes chief executive Martijn de Lange on how to keep up with the consumer in the year ahead.
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NewsDecember shop prices fall amid Christmas discounting
Shop prices dropped in December as festive price cuts to non-food items offset rising inflation in grocery prices.
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AnalysisNext or Debenhams: Which tells the real story?
Two big retailers issued very different Christmas updates over the past 48 hours – Next reported a solid performance but Debenhams warned on profits.
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NewsWestfield's London malls hail festive footfall increase
More than 14 million shoppers flocked to Westfield’s London malls over the crucial Christmas and Black Friday period.
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NewsJigsaw Christmas sales rise driven by online
Jigsaw has reported a healthy boost in Christmas sales as it continued to shun Black Friday.
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AnalysisCould FMCG ads on Amazon's Alexa change search forever?
Amazon has held talks with several brands to allow greater promotional opportunities on its Alexa voice platform. PlanetRetail RNG senior editor Howard Lake looks at the implications.
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NewsBoots sales slip in ‘challenging’ first quarter
Boots has recorded a drop in its first-quarter UK retail sales as Walgreen’s Boots Alliance’s US arm shored up sales.
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NewsAldi Christmas sales soar as it ups store staff pay
Aldi has recorded surging Christmas sales, pushing the discounter over the £10bn total sales mark in the UK and Ireland for the first time.
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NewsDebenhams warns on profits as Christmas sales fall
Debenhams’ Christmas like-for-like sales dropped despite increased promotional activity in what boss Sergio Bucher called a “challenging” period.
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NewsMountain Warehouse records Christmas sales hike
Mountain Warehouse has recorded a dizzying ascent in Christmas sales driven by strong international demand, Retail Week can reveal.
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NewsPoundland parent: Financial ties to Steinhoff ‘severed’
Poundland parent company Pepkor Europe’s chief operating officer Sean Cardinaal said the subsidiary has financially “severed any kind of alliance” with Steinhoff through a newly secured £180m loan.
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NewsNisa Christmas sales rise driven by store expansion
Nisa has delivered strong Christmas sales bolstered by aggressive expansion, demand for fresh food products and healthy like-for-like growth.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Asda boss Roger Burnley's to-do list
Asda started the New Year with a new boss, after former chief executive Sean Clarke’s right-hand man Roger Burnley stepped up earlier this week.
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AnalysisOpinion: What new City rules will mean for retail
New rules on how research is paid for and used will have a big impact on companies – including retailers – that publicly report their results.
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AnalysisEcommerce surges move away from one-day Sales events
Consumers are increasingly less inclined to spend online during allotted one-day Sales events and instead prefer to take advantage of extended discount periods.
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NewsPoundland, Bensons and Harveys secure £180m new funding
Poundland’s parent company Pepkor Europe has been thrown a lifeline with a new two-year independent loan which will replace planned Steinhoff investment “in full”.
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NewsCo-op Christmas sales jump ahead of 'challenging' year
The Co-op has hailed its “best Christmas ever” after its core convenience business registered a spike in sales during the festive season.