All Retail Week articles in November 2024 – Page 9
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FeatureInditex: how Zara’s parent company is thriving while other high street brands are barely surviving
From a small family-run business to a global fashion phenomenon, Inditex is dominating the high-street fashion space and has established itself as a firm favourite among a broad range of shoppers. But while it remains under the radar, staying out of the headlines for all the right reasons, Retail Week looks at how the Zara owner reached its royalty status
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Retail VoiceRetailers must step up collaboration to meet net-zero obligations
With businesses struggling to meet the publicly stated net zero goals, Wincanton’s James Hurrell examines what retailers can do to drive better ways of working.
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AnalysisThree strategies retailers can learn from the UK’s most innovative grocers
As the grocers employ increasingly innovative strategies in the fight for market share, there are crucial lessons wider retail must learn from their wins, and losses, to inform their own plans for 2025
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NewsKingfisher has tightened its profit guidance as sales remain flat
DIY giant Kingfisher has tightened its full-year profit guidance after sales remained flat in the three months to October 2024.
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NewsFormer boss Allan Leighton returns to Asda as executive chair
Allan Leighton, who was chief executive of Asda from 1996 to 2000, is set to return to the grocer as the executive chair as the supermarket struggles with a sales slump.
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NewsAnn Summers owners are exploring potential sale options
The Gold family, which owns Ann Summers, is exploring options for the business that could include a partial or majority sale.
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NewsThe Retail Week Awards 2025 shortlist has been revealed
The Retail Week Awards, which have been celebrating excellence in the UK’s retail industry for 30 years, have today revealed the 2025 shortlist.
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Opinion‘Christmas adverts have become too centred around a carrot and a bunch of copy-carrots’
Christmas adverts have become centred around a carrot and a bunch of copy-carrots, and it’s time retail led the industry through some well-needed step changes once again, writes Lucky Generals chief executive Cressida Holmes-Smith.
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Retail VoiceSix steps to successful stock accuracy
When it comes to tackling loss prevention, it helps to reframe it as profit protection. Zebra Technologies’ Mike Finch explains how doing so can lead to 99% stock-counting accuracy
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InterviewQ&A: Amazon UK country manager John Boumphrey discusses the responsibility of sustainability as a global giant
Retail Week visited Amazon’s Sustainability Accelerator demo day and spoke with UK country manager John Boumphrey about the programme and what it does for start-ups, how Amazon strives to be sustainable, and the role customer feedback plays
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NewsAO upgrades guidance again as profits and sales soar
Electricals giant AO has again upgraded its full-year guidance as both profits and sales soared in the first half.
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NewsHalfords urges government to reform apprenticeship levy as sales and profits stall
Halfords has called on the government to urgently reform the apprenticeship levy, as sales and profits trended down in the first half.
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NewsSosandar sales drop as it moves away from promotions
Sales at Sosandar dropped by almost 30% in the last six months as it changed its pricing to encourage more shoppers to pay full RRP on their purchases.
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NewsTopps Tiles sales hit by big-ticket slowdown
Topps Tiles saw sales drop as shoppers held back on big-ticket home improvement spending.
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NewsNext to triple its store footprint as it takes on former House of Frasers in Bluewater
Exclusive: Fashion giant Next is taking on a new space, currently occupied by House of Fraser as it looks to triple its footprint at Bluewater shopping centre, Kent.
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NewsIncreasing shop prices herald return of inflation, BRC warns
The British Retail Consortium has warned we are beginning to see the return of inflation due to the measures announced in the Budget, as shop prices rose in October.
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NewsMiniso is opening its debut outlet store in London
International lifestyle retailer Miniso has announced at annual global retail property show Mapic, which is being held in Cannes, France, this week, that it is opening its debut outlet store in the UK.
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NewsSosandar eyes more stores and partnerships as it builds reach
Fashion retailer Sosandar is targeting further store openings after the success of the first few, and aims to strike deals to sell through other retailers as it has with Marks & Spencer and Next.
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NewsFrasers acquires South African sportswear retailer as it snaps up stake in Marks Electricals
Frasers Group has snapped up South African sportswear retailer Holdsport Group for an undisclosed sum on the same day it took a £3m stake in British brand Marks Electricals.
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NewsNumber of retail employees using unapproved generative AI at work skyrockets
The number of retail employees using generative AI at work that’s unapproved or unprovided by their employer has soared year on year.