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OpinionBlog: How landlords fit into the need for delivery speed
When eBay snapped up speedy delivery specialist Shutl it was the final confirmation of the latest online battleground.
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OpinionComment: Argos offers a vision of a digital future
It is half a decade since the news broke that Woolworths was collapsing, a watershed event in the development of UK retail that heralded a period of unprecedented change on the high street.
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Blog: 5 Reasons technology is changing everything in retail
It’s clear to see that the digital world is shifting the way we do things not least how we shop. Economic slow down and technological advances are reshaping the landscape.
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OpinionNick Bubb’s verdict: Poundland - will investors in the IPO be quids in?
Five years on from the demise of Woolworths, fund managers will soon have a new discount retailer to invest in.
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OpinionComment: Blockbuster has run its course on the high street
The final credits have seemingly rolled for Blockbuster on both sides of the Atlantic. The UK chain has entered administration again - the second time in 12 months.
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OpinionWoolworths collapse 5th Anniversary: My tour of Woolworths' old stores
My ongoing UK tour – photographing ex-Woolworths stores, and tracking what they’ve become – gives an intriguing snapshot of how our retail centres are changing.
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AnalysisVideo: How Westfield and Hammerson’s Croydon redevelopment will look
Westfield and Hammerson’s £1bn redevelopment of Croydon’s Whitgift Centre was approved by Croydon Council last night.
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AnalysisVideo: Argos boss John Walden on his new digital stores
As Argos previews its new digital store model, managing director John Walden tells Retail Week executive editor George MacDonald about the changes he has introduced.
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AnalysisVirtual store tour: Argos shows off digital format
Take a look inside Argos’s new digital store in Old Street.
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OpinionComment: Calling time on the pop-up
These days it is increasingly diffcult to tell whether what you’re looking at is pop-up or permanent and perhaps ‘pop-up’ no longer means anything.
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OpinionComment: The retail competition for transport hubs has begun
This week it was revealed that London Underground will offer a 24-hour service on Fridays and Saturdays from 2015.
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AnalysisWoolworths collapse 5th Anniversary: How has the high street changed?
The news that Woolworths was collapsing broke half a decade ago. Five years on, what have retailers learned from Woolworths’ demise?
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AnalysisRetail Week Live: Flying Stores, Philip Clarke and a Big Cheese
Next year’s Retail Week Live will be bigger and better than ever. Here are just a few of the highlights and some of the speakers who will be helping to make the 2014 event our best yet.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Malcolm Walker recalls the aftermath of his hostile Bejam bid in exclusive book extract
In an exclusive extract from his autobiography, Best Served Cold, Iceland founder Malcolm Walker recalls the aftermath of his hostile bid for Bejam, including the sale of Majestic Wine.
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OpinionBlog: Is development on the horizon for UK retail property market?
For the past few months there’s been talk of returning confidence in the UK retail property market. Reports of incoming foreign investment, acquisitive retailers and a property development pipeline thaw have all contributed to a general feeling of cautious optimism.
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OpinionBlog: Shopping is a hungry business
British consumers spent £31 billion on eating out last year and it’s estimated that this will grow to £32 billion by the end of 2013 according to a recent report by MIntel.
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AnalysisIn numbers: October's UK footfall and vacancy rate
Footfall slumped to its worst level this year in October, according to the British Retail Consortium’s data, despite positive reports that the economy is showing signs of recovery.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Retail property in a multichannel world tops Mapic agenda
Tapping into the skill set of a younger generation that have grown up “in the internet age” and future-proofing retail property have been at the top of the agenda at annual global retail property show Mapic.
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OpinionBlog: What did we learn from Mapic?
Every year the European – and increasingly global – retail real estate industry gets together in Cannes on the French Mediterranean for two and a half days of frantic networking.
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OpinionComment: Only Government can deliver fairness on business rates – not councils
As much as political reshuffles are hyped in the media as hugely important, most people know it’s a case of ‘meet the new boss, same as the old boss’.