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AnalysisHow-to guide: cracking Spanish ecommerce in three steps
Some 20% of Spanish consumers are shopping on their mobile every day, highlighting the opportunity for UK retailers to engage with the country's digitally savvy shoppers.
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AnalysisAnalysis: What’s behind Walmart’s pounce on Flipkart?
Only a week after lining up a deal for Asda with Sainsbury’s, US titan Walmart has made the biggest acquisition in its history with the capture of India’s Flipkart.com.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Five international retailers making space pay
As the shockwaves of the latest retail CVA – House of Fraser – echo across the industry, the pressure mounts on traditional retailers to eke out profit from their store estate or risk suffering the same fate.
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AnalysisHow chatbots have brought Marks & Spencer to a new audience
In a fast-paced digital environment where the competition is just one click away, offering a great customer experience is important.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Five lessons for retailers from Arsène Wenger
Veteran Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger takes charge of his final game at the North London club this month, 22 years after his appointment.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Why Walmart is scaling back its stake in Asda
Walmart’s decision to scale back its stake in Asda – by selling a chunk of its stake to Sainsbury’s – is representative of a wider change in the US giant’s strategy.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Will Amazon now pounce on a UK grocer?
The monumental proposed merger between Sainsbury’s and Asda has surely caught the attention of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.
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AnalysisMade in China: Grow your business in a booming market
The scale of the retail opportunity in China is overwhelming. Head of retail and leisure at HSBC UK Corporate Banking James Sawley breaks down how Western brands can approach a launch.
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DataData: 70% of consumers want more flexible delivery
Retailers are failing to deliver on high consumer expectations around fulfilment, new research has found.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Four ways Boohoo is hitting the accelerator
Boohoo revealed stellar results, having managed to supercharge growth across all three of its brands.
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OpinionOpinion: Competing with Amazon – without its budget
Amazon’s ambition was on display recently with the disclosure that it spent close to $23bn (£16.5bn) on research and development in 2017.
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AnalysisAnalysis: How digital is central to JD’s growth plan
JD Sports has hit the acquisition trail hard recently, but key to the success of its spending spree will be digitally integrating its businesses into a global network.
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OpinionOpinion: Retailers should fear a more direct approach
With more consumer packaged goods companies now going direct to consumer, what does this mean for retailers?
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AnalysisAnalysis: How JD.com will open 1,000 stores a day
Chinese online retail giant JD.com is plotting the biggest store expansion in retail history. Retail Week looks into why and how.
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OpinionOpinion: Primark is the non-digital elephant in the room
Online or offline: it’s not a binary choice – both need to be in place for retailers.
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AnalysisAmazon's Jeff Bezos on the keys to a brilliant business
Amazon founder and boss Jeff Bezos’ annual letter to shareholders never fails to hit the headlines – and this year’s edition was no exception.
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InterviewQ&A: JD.com boss Liu on robots, millennials and the UK
JD.com boss Richard Liu talks to Retail Week at the World Retail Congress about his UK ambitions, Cambridge vs. Silicon Valley and staying relevant.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Why 44% of retailers are launching marketplaces
Some 12% of retailers have launched their own marketplace and a further 32% are planning to launch one, exclusive Retail Week research has found.
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Report StoreA Marketplace Mindset
Why retailers are operating their own marketplaces to increase choice and win customers