All Next articles – Page 6
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Analysis
Changing rooms: Why H&M, Next and Joules are making over the homewares sector
The homewares market has soared over the past two years as housebound consumers sought to redecorate and reimagine their living spaces. Retail Week explores how this trend has shifted the playing field across an already fragmented sector.
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Analysis
Tracker: Retail reacts to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Retail Week rounds up the actions being taken by retailers in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Last updated March 29, 2022.
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Opinion
‘Seismic shifts accelerated by Covid will redefine retail in years to come’
Technology will remain key to retail’s transition in a complex marketplace, believes Erin Brookes, managing director and leader of the European retail and consumer practice at Alvarez & Marsal.
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News
Reiss overhauls online fulfilment offer as it launches on Next Total Platform
Reiss has ramped up its online fulfilment proposition and relaunched its website in a bid to drive ecommerce sales.
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Analysis
Analysis: How can fashion retailers soothe their rising returns headache?
The returns headache for fashion was exacerbated over the Christmas period and is rising in line with online growth. How can retail tackle the issue head-on?
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News
Next launches first vegan skincare range as it bolsters health and beauty offering
Next has launched its own skincare brand, which consumers will be able to purchase directly from the retailer’s website.
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Analysis
Super Thursday delivers a Christmas cracker – but is the retail party over?
Despite surging numbers of Covid-19 cases and a perfect storm of external pressures threatening to derail the golden quarter, retail has delivered a merry Christmas. What did Super Thursday’s trading updates tell us about the sector’s seasonal performance – and the year ahead?
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Analysis
The most bankable retail trends of 2022
With Christmas 2021 now over, Retail Week unpacks the key consumer trends and asks what they could mean for the golden quarter in 2022.
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Analysis
Analysis: Next boss Wolfson’s five key questions that will shape retail in 2022
Next beat expectations over Christmas but chief executive Lord Wolfson, one of the industry’s most respected leaders, said that working out prospects for the year ahead was “unusually difficult”.
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News
Next ups full-year guidance again after bumper Christmas
Fashion giant Next has increased its full-year profit guidance again after enjoying a bumper Christmas trading period.
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News
Marks & Spencer buys stake in Nobody’s Child in brand push
Marks & Spencer has acquired a 25% shareholding in Nobody’s Child as it builds a platform of brands to complement its core offer.
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News
Next braces for supply chain woes to dampen Christmas trading
Next has reported a stronger than expected uplift in sales in its third quarter, but expects falling demand and availability issues to impact sales for the remainder of its financial year.
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News
PM rejects Lord Wolfson’s call for relaxed immigration stance
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has dismissed Next boss Lord Wolfson’s comments on the need for businesses to be allowed to hire more foreign workers to fill labour shortages.
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Analysis
Analysis: The solutions retailers are putting in place to navigate the supply chain crisis
A shortage of HGV drivers, increased Brexit red tape, not enough warehouse staff, high freight costs and a shortage of food-grade CO2. It feels that, from week to week, the supply chain issues facing UK retail have only piled up further, posing big questions for the industry.
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Analysis
Analysis: How Next’s Lord Wolfson aims to manage Christmas labour shortage challenge
As retail’s golden quarter nears, bosses of fashion and homewares giant Next are more concerned about a warehouse labour shortage than a lack of HGV drivers – and order cut-off times may be brought forward to manage demand.
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News
Next upgrades outlook as profits and sales soar beyond pre-pandemic levels
Next has reported significant increases in both full-price sales and profit before tax compared with 2019 levels and has upgraded its full-year profit guidance.
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News
Gap joins Next’s Total Platform to reboot UK operations
Next and Gap have announced a joint venture to manage the latter’s UK and Ireland operations.
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News
Next boss hits out at ‘insane’ policy blocking temporary foreign lorry drivers
Next boss Lord Wolfson has labelled the government’s immigration policy “insane” and said that retail “desperately needs drivers” in order to stop the ongoing crisis.
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Opinion
‘Climate change will collide with business as usual – retailers need to act now’
The Covid pandemic may finally be starting to cool down, but attention this week has shifted to another crisis that’s threatening to boil over – climate change.
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Data
Data: Must-see Next graphs reveal sales powered by weather and staycations
After stronger than expected trading, fashion and home giant Next has upped profit expectations. Data provided by the retailer showed the categories and factors that shaped consumer behaviour and powered the strong performance.