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AnalysisAnalysis: What the parties promise for retail
The general election will define the nation for decades to come, AO founder John Roberts believes – and few would disagree.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Why shopping centres need Wi-Fi
Based on exclusive research from a new Retail Week report, Isobel Chillman examines how the UK’s top centre operators are using Wi-Fi to capitalise on untapped potential.
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Report StoreUnleashing Shopping Centre Profitability
How the UK’s top operators are capitalising on untapped potential
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OpinionOpinion: Retailers urgently need to invest, not cut
We are at the beginning of the crunch period in retail history. The critical indicators are all there.
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OpinionOpinion: Aldi and Lidl still try customers' patience
There is more to life than low price when it comes to grocery retailing. Time is also an important commodity.
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AnalysisRetail diary: Brands take flight and fold for shoppers
Burberry takes flight at Heathrow Terminal 2 and there is an unexpected windfall for Intu shopping centre visitors.
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OpinionOpinion: London’s West End is changing for the better
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan continues to spread the message to the world that ‘London is open’.
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OpinionOpinion: Want to succeed? Use the lipstick effect
Being inexpensive and desirable are not exclusive notions – just look at Aussie stationer Smiggle.
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OpinionDo Oasis, Warehouse and Coast really need stores?
Are bricks-and-mortar stores a vital sales channel or an unnecessary overhead for some fashion specialists?
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OpinionOpinion: Giving ’em reasons to come back to John Lewis
There is more to good retailing than decent product and interesting merchandising – that can be done online, but what else is possible?
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AnalysisAre retailers falling short on customer strategies?
Economic uncertainty plus the evolution of the connected consumer is allowing nimble retailers to cash in while some legacy brands being left out in the cold.
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OpinionOpinion: Why would fashion etailers open stores?
The changes in the retail landscape continue, in terms of brands and consumer behaviour.
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OpinionOpinion: Debenhams and ‘redesigning’ a department store
There is more to boosting department store sales than offering a better version of the tried, tested and tired.
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AnalysisAnalysis: The rise of the multi-brand store
Retailers are under pressure to make maximum use of their real-estate portfolios and, as Ben Cooper reports, the multi-fascia store could be the answer.
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OpinionNick Bubb’s verdict: Will Debenhams' profits suffer?
Debenhams boss Sergio Bucher says the department store group has “a successful and profitable future”, but will the redesigned business be more or less profitable?
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AnalysisBHS one year on: Which retailers took its stores?
The future of almost half of BHS’ former stores has been secured a year after the department store chain collapsed into administration.
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OpinionOpinion: Does St Albans really need two Bunnings?
The opening of the second UK branch of Bunnings in the same town as the first looks a little puzzling.
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AnalysisBHS one year on: Where are the key players now?
A large cast of characters featured in the bleak plot of BHS’s high-street demise. One year on, what’s happened to them all?
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AnalysisHas Farfetch connected the physical and the digital?
What does the future of retail look like? Will our high-street shops morph into showrooms? Will staff be replaced by robots?
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OpinionWhat to expect from Debenhams' strategic update
When Debenhams’ new chief executive Sergio Bucher unveils his strategy next Thursday, expect to hear about what might be described as social shopping.