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OpinionOpinion: Was Ocado’s first overseas deal worth the wait?
It’s been a long time coming, but was news of Ocado’s hotly anticipated maiden international tie-up worth the rather protracted wait?
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AnalysisAnalysis: Five ways Iceland delivered cool profits
Just two years ago, Iceland suffered plunging profits and sales as boss Malcolm Walker admitted his business was going through “exceptionally challenging” times.
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DataInfographic: Seasonless fashion trends at a glance
Retail Week’s report on seasonless fashion reveals what 50 of the UK’s most well-known fashion bosses think about the sector.
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InterviewAsos boss: ‘We are never going to grow old’
Asos chief executive Nick Beighton tells Retail Week how it’s keeping relevant in the online fashion world it invented.
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InterviewListen: Morleys’ MD on growth, rivals and staying local
Morleys has been bucking the trend of department stores by growing both its store estate and revenue. David Hordle discusses the factors affecting the sector.
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AnalysisProfile: M&S’ new strategy director Melanie Smith
Marks & Spencer’s new strategy director Melanie Smith joins the retailer this week. Retail Week takes a closer look at her background and career.
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OpinionOpinion: Quest for frictionless shopping misses a trick
Current wisdom has it that retailers must smooth away ‘friction’ from the shopping journey.
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OpinionBlog: Why is DIY so behind the multichannel curve?
I’ve been having my bathroom renovated over the past couple of weeks, which has given me my first real taste of shopping DIY, and I’m not impressed.
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InterviewListen: Pennycook on Co-op rescue and life at Fenwick
Richard Pennycook helmed the most dramatic turnaround in modern retailing – here he discusses his role at the Co-op and his latest career move.
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AnalysisOnline secret shopper: Is Ocado the Betamax of grocery?
Ecommerce expert James Hammersley puts the Ocado website through its paces to see if it can match the scale and breadth of the big four online supermarkets.
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AnalysisIs Amazon Prime’s subscription the future of delivery?
With Amazon Prime reported to have 80 million subscribers in the US alone, retailers such as Next and food delivery firm Deliveroo are following in its footsteps.
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InterviewListen: The Future Laboratory boss on AI and equality
Trevor Hardy, chief executive of trends forecaster The Future Laboratory explores some of the factors that will come to define the retail sector.
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OpinionOpinion: Why mobile will kill the multi-brand etailer
When Amazon and Ebay launched they sold via the world wide web, which was created for desktop computers.
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OpinionOpinion: The complex data of the customer journey
Think of that last significant purchase you made. New laptop? A holiday? New sofa? At this time of year maybe it was a new barbecue.
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OpinionBlog: Follow Ocado and make drivers brand ambassadors
Ask a retail chief executive what differentiates their business and nine times out of ten the response is service.
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OpinionOpinion: Lessons to learn from the Debenhams data hack
The Debenhams Flowers website hack reveals the risk retailers take when conducting business online, while highlighting some useful lessons for future security.
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OpinionOpinion: Should Sainsbury’s bank its own Booker?
Sainsbury’s delivered a mixed bag of a full-year results statement when it updated the market last week.
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AnalysisAgenda: Zalando and Supergroup update the market
Retail Week looks ahead to the next seven days, with updates from Zalando and Supergroup on the agenda.
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OpinionBlog: Witnessing the rise of the retail robot
Hermes’ David Turner explains how the company’s proposed self-driving delivery robots will work alongside its human couriers.
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AnalysisWhat tech will be the biggest disruptor to retail?
Technology is transforming retail. We ask the visionaries on our Tech. advisory board which development will be the biggest disruptor to the sector.