More property – Page 10
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Analysis
Analysis: Lewis is planning Tesco’s future, not just succession
There was one moment in Dave Lewis’ penultimate press conference as Tesco chief executive this morning that perfectly encapsulated his transformative tenure.
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Opinion
Move of the Week: Amazon swoops for property high-flyer
I’ve commented before on how Amazon tends to keep its recruitment close to its chest and this week it has emerged that former Sainsbury’s director of commercial operations Matt Birch has been working with the company since May in a director role with a focus on scoping out sites for physical stores, according to The Times.
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Opinion
Bryan Roberts: Tesco isn’t putting Jack’s back in the box
The British can sometimes take a degree of pleasure seeing the mighty stumble.
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Analysis
Analysis: Sainsbury’s Coupe sets out new five-year manifesto
“I wouldn’t consider this to be a plan B”, Sainsbury’s boss Mike Coupe said as he lifted the lid on the grocer’s strategic update today.
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Interview
Interview: Making Ikea relevant for millennial shoppers
After an 11-year hiatus from the Swedish homewares retailer, Peter Jelkeby has returned to Ikea as its new UK and Ireland boss. He tells Retail Week his plan to make living affordable, sustainable and convenient for today’s shoppers.
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Analysis
Thomas Cook collapse – what it means for high streets
The liquidation of Thomas Cook is a disaster for 150,000 holidaymakers and the travel agent’s 22,000 staff, including 9,000 in the UK.
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Opinion
Opinion: Next gets that the future of ecommerce is stores
To be relevant in retail today, you have to acknowledge that stores are no longer purely about selling.
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Analysis
The Body Shop reclaims activist roots with new-look store
The Body Shop has unveiled a new store concept on London’s Oxford Street that taps into the retailer’s mission-led heritage with a keen focus on sustainability
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Analysis
Analysis: Retail rents – how low can you go?
The wave of CVA activity this year has seen retailers begin to demand comparative rent cuts from landlords. Retail Week analyses whether rents will come down across the board.
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Analysis
Analysis: Why is the east end of Oxford Street still so grotty?
What looked like a renaissance for the east end of Oxford Street appears to have stalled, but what are the prospects for a revival?
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Analysis
Analysis: How the St James centre will realign Edinburgh retail
The developers behind the new Edinburgh St James shopping centre believe that once completed, the scheme will put the city’s retail offering on the world stage. Retail Week explores how the scheme is playing a part in a wider realignment of the city’s traditional retail hubs.
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Analysis
Analysis: Has time run out for Forever 21?
Forever 21 was the ‘American Primark’, the retailer all the teens flocked to. Now it faces bankruptcy. Retail Week looks at what went wrong and what lessons can be learned.
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Opinion
Opinion: Retail property owners need to fix their trust issue
There were many reasons for the 2008 financial crisis. Blame is often laid at the door of the subprime crises in the USA. But look deeper and some point to Bill Clinton repealing the Glass Steagal Act, which in turn, it is suggested, was a response to a lack of meaningful wage growth in middle America.
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Analysis
Analysis: The risks and rewards of facial recognition in retail
Facial recognition technology burst into the headlines this month following an exposé in the Financial Times about its use in London’s King’s Cross.
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Opinion
Jacqueline Gold: We won’t let landlords jeopardise our success
You don’t have to be the chief executive of a retailer to know there has been a fundamental shift in the retail property market.
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Analysis
Analysis: Ashley’s House of Fraser – one year on, what’s changed?
Today marks a year since Sports Direct tycoon Mike Ashley’s acquisition of House of Fraser. Retail Week looks at how his dream of creating a ‘Harrods of the high street’ is shaping up.
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Analysis
Analysis: Can apps save the shopping centre?
As the rash of retail CVAs batters the bottom line of some of the UK’s biggest retail landlords, Retail Week looks at whether data can save the shopping centre.
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Analysis
Greggs adds evening meals and multichannel to the menu
Food retailer Greggs has served up a fresh business model in recent years.
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Analysis
The many faces of Mike Ashley: Deal maker, drinker, disruptor
“It’s like he’s playing Pokémon or something – trying to catch ‘em all.”
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Opinion
Opinion: Token gestures cost less than rent and rates reform
Last year’s announcement of yet another high street taskforce had me channelling the cultural icon that is Brenda from Bristol as I shouted across the office “What, another one??!!”.