All Retail Week articles in November 2021
Browse all news stories and articles from this date or time period.
-
NewsJohn Lewis Partnership inks £420m financing deal tied to sustainability targets
John Lewis Partnership has agreed to a new, five-year revolving credit facility in which the interest rate is linked to environmental ambitions.
-
DataData: Black Friday sales outlook bleak as discounts span whole month
Black Friday sales are likely to be down this year against strong comparables in 2020.
-
Retail VoiceHow AI and robotics can help solve the UK’s labour shortage crisis
Companies that embrace AI technology will reap the benefits, says Nigel Lahiri, general manager, EMEA, at GreyOrange
-
AnalysisAnalysis: Could recycling go mainstream in high street fashion?
Clothing retailers are grappling with the realities of operating more sustainably – could recycling reduce fashion’s huge environmental footprint and what needs to happen for that to be possible?
-
NewsAsda owners eye continental Europe c-store expansion
Asda’s billionaire owners the Issa brothers are eyeing a European debut for the UK grocer through its c-store format on petrol forecourts.
-
AnalysisAnalysis: Will fast fashion be dead in a decade?
Zalando boss Robert Gertz sensationally claimed that the fast fashion model is unsustainable in a greener future - is he right?
-
Future Leaders‘Can I say that?’ How retailers can lean in to D&I conversations
The language retailers use can help to champion diversity and inclusion, but it can be daunting to know what to say and it requires terms and practices to be unlearned.
-
Retail VoiceWhat loyalty can learn from the payments landscape
Loyalty schemes are in need of transformation – and fast. Retailers should be looking to payment tech for the answers, says Bink chief executive Mike Jordan.
-
DataData: Fashion stores to lose £15bn in sales by 2025
Clothing stores across the UK will lose almost £15bn in sales between now and 2025, according to stark forecasts set out in a new report.
-
AnalysisRetail Horizon: Frictionless sustainability, lean machines and digital-first – the trends that will shape retail in 2022
Retail Week has relaunched its subscriber-exclusive strategic toolkit, Retail Horizon, mapping out the winning strategies for businesses in 2022 and beyond. Retail Week research director Lisa Byfield-Green explores the key macroeconomic trends that will shape the sector in the coming year
-
AnalysisRetail Horizon: Your exclusive strategic toolkit for the year ahead
Retail Week has relaunched its subscriber-exclusive strategic toolkit, Retail Horizon, mapping out the winning strategies for businesses in 2022 and beyond. Retail Week research director Lisa Byfield-Green explores the key macroeconomic trends that will shape the sector in the coming year
-
NewsFrench Connection takeover approved by shareholders
French Connection shareholders have backed a £29m takeover deal to save the struggling fashion brand.
-
NewsNew Look moves into resale with tech tie-up
New Look has formed a partnership with second-hand platform Re-Fashion in a bid to reduce clothing waste.
-
NewsMarks & Spencer to roll out in-store opticians branches
Marks & Spencer is to take on health retail giants such as Boots and Specsavers by opening opticians branches across its estate.
-
NewsTHG shares plummet to record low as BlackRock sells half its stake
THG’s largest institutional investor BlackRock has sold almost half of its shares as the online retailer faces ongoing concerns around its corporate governance and business model.
-
NewsBezos pledges $2bn to fight climate change in COP26 speech
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has pledged to donate $2bn for land restoration in Africa as part of his Bezos Earth Fund.
-
Retail VoiceForging an unbreakable chain: How solving the supply chain crisis starts with identity
Retailers must embrace identity solutions to overcome supply chain issues, says Ian Lowe, director of marketing solutions for EMEA at Okta.
-
Opinion‘Amazon’s Christmas costs warning is bad news – not good – for rivals’
Amazon’s update last week showed that it is not immune to the disruptive forces battering retail at present – but any smugness about the online Goliath’s challenges is missing the point.
-
Opinion‘We have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to create an industry with people at its core’
Amidst ongoing pressures facing the retail industry, Chris Brook-Carter from the Retail Trust explains why the charity has launched a new fundraising appeal.
-
NewsPets at Home boss Peter Pritchard to step down next year
Pets at Home chief executive Peter Pritchard will stand down from his role next May, with a search for his successor underway.