More online retail – Page 49
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CartoonRetail cartoon: Amazon's Deliveroo deal hits the brakes
Patrick Blower’s take on the CMA putting a stinger in the road of Amazon’s major investment in Deliveroo.
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DataData: Online to eat up half of retail sales by 2028
Online shopping will account for more than half of all retail sales in the UK within the next 10 years, new research has predicted.
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OpinionOpinion: Online retailers must face up to inconvenient truths
Online retail sales growth slowed to 0.6% in the 12 weeks to June 2, versus 8% in 2018. While we can point to the weather as being partly to blame, I think there are a few larger trends at play here.
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AnalysisAnalysis: How The Hut Group is supercharging its growth
The Hut Group has recorded another year of swelling sales and profits – Retail Week speaks to boss Matthew Moulding about how it has done it.
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InterviewInterview: Zalando womenswear boss on building ‘the Spotify of fashion’
Zalando’s vice president of womenswear Sara Diez talks to Retail Week about how the online retailer is aiming to become the ultimate go-to destination for fashion
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AnalysisAnalysis: Will Instagram be your biggest sales channel?
As Instagram sets out its plans to move from social to shopping, we ask if the platform can be retail’s next big sales channel?
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AnalysisAnalysis: How technology can save the high street
Hard times on the high street have been thrown into stark relief in the wake of news that Boots may close as many as 200 stores, while a CVA at Arcadia will result in about 50 closures.
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OpinionMissguided supply boss: Don’t demonise fashion’s democratisation
The retail sector’s issues around sustainability and ethics go much deeper than sounding off about a £1 bikini, says Missguided head of product quality and supply base Paul Smith
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AnalysisAnalysis: Six rules for retail's new normal
Former Game chief executive Ian Shepherd, author of Reinventing Retail: The New rules that Drive Sales and Grow Profits, defines six rules for retailers to abide by to navigate the new normal of our industry
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OpinionOpinion: Time to take a leaf out of Waterstones’ book
It seems a long time ago – some people won’t even remember it – that Amazon was simply an online bookseller.
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OpinionMove of the Week: Farfetch creates retail roles for the future
It is often said that the key to succeeding in digital commerce is the ability to create value from your data.
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InterviewHow Co-op’s Whitfield is making convenience more convenient
The Co-op’s food chief executive Jo Whitfield discusses her plans to build a grocery business based on what people actually want. Hugh Radojev reports
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AnalysisAnalysis: Waterstones boss begins new chapter at Barnes & Noble
Waterstones’ owner Elliott Advisors has acquired America’s biggest bookstore Barnes & Noble and made James Daunt boss of both. Retail Week looks at how he plans to make a success of the US institution.
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AnalysisInfographic: 44 retailers reveal transformation priorities
Store estates will shrink in the future, with a shift towards building community hubs, Facebook will defy the naysayers to deliver the most value and new tech such as in-store robotics will be in demand.
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OpinionOpinion: Will Majestic's plan be the toast of the City?
Majestic Wine will unveil the details of a radical strategic plan next week as it aims to bottle higher volumes of online and overseas growth.
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OpinionOpinion: Amazon could be source of new ideas on retail property
In a week in which Arcadia took its proposed store closures to a creditor vote, Amazon was opening shops.
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DataData: three key trends of UK’s 30 most productive retailers
Want to know the winning formula for staff efficiencies? Recent Retail Week data suggests there are three trends shared by the country’s most productive retailers: many are pureplay, based outside London and specialise in fashion or food.
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OpinionLeader: Backing Arcadia's CVA is best bet for creditors
As the fate of Arcadia hangs in the balance, there is a danger that this week’s CVA vote will turn into a popularity poll on owner Sir Philip Green.
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AnalysisHow 44 retail leaders plan to re-engineer their businesses
The next five years will be marked by investment in digital, in-store tech and head-office staff as retailers re-engineer their businesses for future growth, a report from Retail Week has found.
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