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OpinionBlog: Late Christmas shopper rush makes physical stores all the more vital
Online plays an undeniably huge role in retail, and especially so during the golden quarter. Yet it is the performance of retailers’ physical stores in the next few days that will prove make or break for some store groups this Christmas as shoppers leave it later than ever.
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AnalysisInnovation: Westfield trials same-day delivery in the US
Westfield Labs is trialling a same-day delivery pilot in two of its US shopping centres over the Christmas period.
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AnalysisIn numbers: November's footfall monitor
Footfall in November declined across all regions of the UK, indicating that shoppers have delayed their present-buying until December. Retail Week takes a look at the numbers.
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AnalysisVirtual store tour: John Lewis Oxford Street mapped on Google Street View
In what the retailer is calling a retail first, John Lewis’ Oxford Street store is the first department store in the world to be fully mapped by Google Street View.
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AnalysisAnalysis: The best video from 2013
Retail Week looks back over the 10 most popular videos of 2013.
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OpinionComment: High street retailers are feeling the property pinch
Most people won’t be surprised to hear that the Government’s high street rescue plan seems to have fallen rather flat.
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OpinionComment: Tackling business rates does not end the high street's struggle to survive
The Chancellor delivered an extremely welcome Christmas present for retailers in his statement last week. But while we feel grateful for the gift, the consensus from the industry is that it has not been packaged in quite the right way.
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OpinionWest Elm: What do retailers need to know?
The US furniture and homewares retailer has made its UK debut and its parent company plans to introduce other brands here
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OpinionBlog: How digital and physical worlds have collided in 2013
Convergence has been the watchword of 2013. In the past 12 months that has manifested itself in how the digital and physical retail worlds have collided as technology is embraced within shopping centres and stores.
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OpinionBlog: The race for Third Place
In ancient Rome the citizens had a propensity for hanging out in public baths, the French, at least as far as the stereotype goes, spent all their time sitting and chatting outside cafes and of course the English had their Renaissance coffee houses, Gin Lane and of course the pub.
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OpinionRetail surgery: How can retailers best utilise the pop-up format?
How can retailers best utilise the pop-up format?
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AnalysisTwitter debate: Reactions to the Autumn Statement announcements
Retail Week asked Twitter what they thought of the announcements made in the Autumn Statement. Here are the key points made by retailers and property experts.
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OpinionComment: West Elm will reinvigorate the UK home market
West Elm’s entrance to the UK furniture and home market will help reinvigorate the premium end of this sector, filling a gap that is currently underserved.
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OpinionBlog: Etailers on the hunt for smaller stores with more flexible terms
It wasn’t so long ago that many in the property world were predicting the demise of the high street. High profile administrations suggested that the high street and, consequently, retail were in permanent decline.
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AnalysisInfographic: How the Government will tackle business rates
The Government today confirmed it will cap business rate rises at 2% next year, cut business rates by up to £1,000 for smaller businesses and extend small business rate relief.
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AnalysisThe Chancellor's Autumn Statement: Retailers' reaction
The Chancellor George Osborne revealed a raft of measures to tackle the burden of business rates today and boost high streets. Retail Week takes a look at what retailers think.
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OpinionComment: Business rates cap is welcome but unfit system must be overhauled
This morning, Retail Week has reported that there may be some good news in tomorrow’s Autumn Statement.
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OpinionComment: 2013, the year that shops got better
After being in the doldrums for half a decade, this year has seen store openings that show physical retail is alive and kicking.
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OpinionComment: The Autumn Statement needs to go beyond easing business rates
Growth is firmly on the agenda for George Osborne’s much anticipated Autumn Statement next week and the Chancellor is under increasing pressure to ease business rates on the high street.
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OpinionComment: Retail tenants turn landlords
The recent announcement that Carrefour is seeking to acquire the malls that surround more than 100 of its hypermarkets, is a reversal of the previous management’s intention to sell off many of the group’s European property assets to fund overseas expansion.