All Retail Week articles in November 15 2013
Browse all news stories and articles from this date or time period.
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NewsWaitrose sales up 6.5% as shoppers stock up on frozen festive goods
Waitrose shoppers stocked up their freezers with frozen festive goodies in the week ending November 23 as total sales excluding petrol rose 6.5%.
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NewsPosh Middle Eastern brand gets straight to the point
Usually luxury brands like to remain rather understated but it seems they do things differently in the Middle East.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on Asda, Bonmarché, business rates, Arnotts and more
Retail news round-up November 20, 2013: Asda launches click-and-collect in tube stations, Bonmarché lists on AIM stock exchange and business secretary Michael Fallon blasts Labour’s business rates reduction plan.
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NewsUPDATED: MyWardrobe.com boss exits as business bought in pre-pack administration
My-wardrobe boss David Worby has left the etailer after the business was bought in a pre-pack administration deal.
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NewsSupermarkets misleading shoppers with promotions, Which? survey finds
Supermarkets are still selling products with misleading multibuy promotions, according to research by Which?
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NewsPressure mounts on Chancellor George Osborne to tackle business rates
Chancellor George Osborne faces pressure to tackle business rates in his Autumn Statement next month, as Labour plans to freeze business rates for small retailers if it comes into power.
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OpinionComment: Retailers' Christmas ads - the good, the bad and the ugly
Mid-November and it’s little more than a week since stores were festooned with vampire costumes and we’d all been merrily sending a week’s wages up in multicoloured smoke.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on Marks & Spencer, business rates and supermarkets
Retail news round-up November 18, 2013: M&S unveils its Christmas food ad, Chancellor George Osborne under pressure to tackle business rates and Which? finds supermarkets have been misleading shoppers with promotions.
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NewsFootfall suffers worst decline of the year in October
Footfall in October dropped 2.9% year on year despite news last week that recovery had ‘taken hold’.
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NewsMajestic Wine first half profits sparkle
Majestic Wine pre-tax profit rose 4.2% to £9.5m in its half to September 30.
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NewsJohn Lewis breaks through £100m-a-week sales barrier
John Lewis broke through the £100m sales barrier last week for the first time this year.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on Majestic, Morrisons, LK Bennett, Tesco and more
Retail news round-up November 18, 2013: Majestic Wine half year profits rise 4.2%, LK Bennett owners forced to pump millions of pounds after bank row and Morrisons to put fresh food at heart of online business.
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GalleryStore gallery: Replay fuses technology with vintage in Barcelona store
Mixing high-tech and vintage under one roof is a tricky thing to pull off, but when done well it works to the advantage of both.
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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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NewsInfographic: John Lewis sales rise 7.1% as Christmas trading gets under way
John Lewis sales rose 7.1% to £91m last week as the Christmas trading period started in earnest.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on Morrisons, Sainsbury's and LK Bennett
Retail news round-up November 15, 2013: Morrisons’ head of mobile leaves; Sainsburys overtakes Asda’s market share, LK Bennett roles out online merchandising software
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AnalysisWebsite review: Mountain Warehouse Vs Nomad
Mark Jenkins, user experience manager at Havas Media, shares his view of good and bad sites.
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NewsMalcolm Walker puts pen to page as he settles retail scores
Iceland owner Malcolm Walker has sensationally lifted the lid on the highs and lows of his retail career in an autobiography published this week.
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NewsCustomers object to use of their data by retailers
Shoppers have warned retailers off using mobile and bank data as worries over big brother-style intrusion into personal information mounts.
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OpinionComment: Mobile technology will continue to revolutionise the way we shop
We’ve already heard the major retailers predicting that this Christmas there will be explosive growth in m-commerce as consumers increasingly make purchases from their tablets or smartphones.