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OpinionBlog: Try, not buy – how rental could save retail
Rent the Runway’s chief executive and co-founder Jennifer Hyman is emphatic that leasing clothes could reverse fashion’s flagging fortunes.
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OpinionBlog: Why Amazon will eventually conquer grocery
Online might be in its infancy in grocery – the channel currently accounts for 7.5% of the UK grocery market – but it’s growing fast.
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OpinionOpinion: Where retailers are getting it wrong
It’s that time of year again. In the first few weeks of January, retailers report their trading over the Christmas period.
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AnalysisFive lessons from the US for UK department stores
With Christmas sales ringing alarm bells for department stores, we examine how US operators are facing up to the numerous challenges for the format.
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OpinionOpinion: Sense of purpose needed as retail polarises
Why does your company exist? If you run shops, what is their point?
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DataData: Cost of online returns hammering third of stores
One in three stores are being hammered by online returns by having refunds given to customers stripped out of their sales figures, new research has found.
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AnalysisWho will be retail’s winners and losers in 2018?
Who will thrive in 2018 and who will flounder? Retail experts share their tips for the year ahead.
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AnalysisKnowing the consumer: A guide to a customer-centric 2018
With consumers feeling the pinch of ongoing political and economic uncertainty, measuring sentiment and understanding how they want to shop will be critical in 2018.
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AnalysisFriction at online checkout will be costly this Christmas
Complicated or overly time-consuming online checkout experiences cause consumers to abandon shopping baskets, and failed deliveries prevent the majority returning to that retailer.
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AnalysisMondays draw the most shoppers online in 2017
Mondays were the biggest day for online shopping in 2017, while numbers were at their lowest over the weekend, according to PCA Predict.
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OpinionOpinion: Walmart dropping ‘Stores’ is sign of the times
Christmas may not be out of the way yet, but Walmart has already made one New Year’s resolution.
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AnalysisDigital-first M&S and Christmas doubts
Words and numbers, December 8 2017: Patrick Bousquet on M&S’ digital strategy, Cyber Monday slumps, Black Friday’s online returns and the Co-op/Costcutter supply deal.
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OpinionOpinion: Surviving 2018 will require vision and courage
No one will be sorry to see the back of 2017. It’s been the toughest year I have ever seen and I’ve yet to meet a senior retailer who would disagree.
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AnalysisMobile online shopping likely to surge on Christmas Day
Online shopping through mobile devices is expected to surge over the festive season, particularly on Christmas Day.
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AnalysisVodcast: Why two-man delivery is the ultimate game changer
Watch the second in a three-part series, as Retail Week finds out from John Lewis and DHL why two-man delivery is crucial.
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OpinionOpinion: It’s game over for outdated furniture firms
Time is running out for the furniture retailers attempting to operate with outdated models in today’s volatile and fast-changing market.
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OpinionOpinion: Casino deal proves Ocado stock is not a gamble
The Ocado stock had always looked like an investment more akin to a gamble, rather than an odds-on winner.
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CartoonBlower’s retail cartoon: The spirit of Christmas yet to come
Cartoonist Patrick Blower’s take on how etail will affect the future of Christmas shopping
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OpinionOpinion: How Alibaba is really reinventing retail
I’m sure, like me, most of you find China a bit of an enigma. Therefore you probably also don’t really know what Alibaba is all about.
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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.