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NewsFortnum & Mason profits jump spurred by heritage items
Fortnum & Mason has recorded a spike in full-year profits and its fifth consecutive year of double-digit sales growth.
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NewsAgenda: BRC-KPMG retail sales and Mulberry interims
Retail Week looks ahead to the next seven days, with an update from Mulberry and the BRC-KPMG retail sales monitor on the agenda.
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NewsFurniture Village warns on market as profits slump
Furniture Village’s bottom line was dented last year as it invested to defend itself against a ‘deteriorating economic backdrop’.
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AnalysisInfographic: Harrods' revamp costs and Tesco-Booker
Words and numbers, December 1, 2017: Harrods store revamp costs, Andy Clarke on Tesco-Booker, plus Sports Direct’s mooted £11m payment, John Lewis, and Neon Sheep.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Five lessons for retailers from Lotus
Intense competition, financial shortfalls and senior management disruption. Sound familiar?
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NewsMove of the week: Fenwick hires Feather as CEO
I must confess to being surprised at Robbie Feather’s appointment as Fenwick chief executive.
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VideoThe Retail Week: Is Tesco becoming a department store?
The Retail Week team discuss this week’s shifts in the grocery sector and ask, is Tesco becoming a department store?
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NewsTheo Paphitis and Peter Jones sell Red Letter Days
Red Letter Days owners and Dragons’ Den alumni Theo Paphitis and Peter Jones have sold the experience business to Smartbox Group.
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OpinionOpinion: Next's Tesco tie-up hard to fathom
The news that Next’s shop-in-shop trial in the Surrey Quays Tesco is the biggest surprise since the retailer announced its Black Friday Sale.
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NewsWatch: Co-op unveils community-focused Christmas ad
The Co-op has unveiled its Christmas advert featuring real community music groups who have collaborated on its song.
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NewsM&S raids Dixons Carphone for new digital director
M&S has hired Vic Self as its new digital director of clothing, home and food as it ramps up plans to become a digital-first retailer.
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NewsIceland and Co-op back plastic bottle deposit scheme
Iceland and Co-op are the first UK supermarkets to back a plastic bottle deposit scheme aimed at reducing pollution.
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DataData: Cyber Monday flops as Black Friday shifts online
Cyber Monday failed to lure shoppers this year, according to data, as consumers shopped for deals online across the Black Friday weekend.
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AnalysisThe disruptors: Footwear retailers treading new ground
The footwear sector is the latest focus of Retail Week’s ‘The disruptors’ series, which looks at the up-and-coming businesses shaking up retail.
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AnalysisHow-to guide: Cracking the German ecommerce market
The German online retail market is one of the most attractive in the world and also one of the most difficult to navigate.
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NewsConsumer confidence tumbles during November
Shopper sentiment declined over the last month as ‘household jitters’ and squeezed incomes conspired to dampen the consumer mood.
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AnalysisDesktop maintains slight lead over mobile
The use of desktop for UK online shopping has been marginally ahead of mobile in 2017, according to PCA Predict.
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NewsFirst look: Tesco and Next launch shop-in-shop tie-up
Tesco is piloting a shop-in-shop tie-up with fashion giant Next as the grocer seeks new ways to utilise excess store space.
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GalleryStore gallery: Aldi’s fresh South Ruislip project
Aldi is in the midst of implementing ‘Project Fresh’ across its store portfolio. John Ryan visits its South Ruislip branch to look at what’s involved.
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CartoonBlower’s retail cartoon: Ecommerce wins on Black Friday
Cartoonist Patrick Blower’s take on Black Friday’s ‘lacklustre’ high street footfall, as ecommerce sales were higher than those in-store.