All Retail Week articles in October 2 2015
Browse all news stories and articles from this date or time period.
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Watch: How can furniture and big-ticket retailers transform online?
Attendees at the Retail Week DHL think tank debated the changing ways furniture and big-ticket retailers can attract shoppers.
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Analysis
Helen Dickinson: The Government needs to live up to its rhetoric
As the Autumn Statement looms, the Government and retail need to work together to increase productivity and improve prosperity
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Store of the week: Multiplex shines a light on the potential of pop-ups
London-based department store pop-up Multiplex brings a unique and strikingly designed proposition to a tried and tested formula.
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Store gallery: The verdict on new West End player The Toy Store
Middle Eastern retailer The Toy Store has opened its first UK branch in the West One shopping centre, at the heart of London’s West End.
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Analysis
Analysis: Wiggle's exit from Homebase reflects the pitfalls of concessions
A concession is often seen as a simply route way of extending a retailer’s presence. But the recent experiences of Wiggle and ScS have proved it’s not so easy.
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Analysis
House of Fraser introduces premium next-day delivery options
Department store group House of Fraser has added two premium next-day delivery options to its expanding range of fulfilment services.
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Sainsbury’s boss: ‘Netto stores have taught us a lot about discounters’
Sainsbury’s boss Mike Coupe has revealed the grocer is “learning a lot” about the discount market through the launch of Netto stores.
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Analysis
Ted Baker sales and profits rise driven by growth online and in the US
Ted Baker has reported “strong growth” in half-year sales and pre-tax profits, driven by booming performance online and in the US.
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Ocado to create almost 2,000 jobs before Christmas trading period
Ocado will recruit almost 2,000 staff before Christmas, but the etailer insisted the recruitment drive has nothing to do with an international deal.
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Shortcuts: A guide to how money from the plastic bag levy will be spent
The plastic bag levy landed this week in England. In 60 seconds we explain where the potential £780m raised over 10 years will be going
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News
Breakfast briefing: Retail news on Ocado, Apple and Net-a-Porter
Retail news round-up on October 6, 2015: Ocado on a hiring spree, Apple buys tech start-up Perceptio and Alison Loehnis named Net-a-Porter president.
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Analysis
Obituary: Clarks turnaround king Roger Pedder dies aged 74
Former Clarks chairman Roger Pedder, who turned the retailer around after a high-profile family dispute, has passed away aged 74.
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Analysis
Austin Reed losses balloon as unprofitable stores hit performance
Premium menswear retailer Austin Reed has reported ballooning full-year losses and falling sales in the year to January 31.
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Analysis
Yoox Net-A-Porter boss vows to make m-commerce a 'key priority'
The boss of newly-created Yoox Net-A-Porter has said that m-commerce will be a “key priority” for the online fashion retailer.
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George Osborne to hand local authorities power to set business rates
Chancellor George Osborne has revealed plans to abolish the uniform business rate and hand local authorities the power to set rates.
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Crossrail expected to boost West End revenues by £2.5bn a year
The opening of Crossrail is forecast to increase annual revenues in London’s West End by £2.45bn to £11.25bn by 2020.
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Analysis
HMV to drive international expansion with website roll-out
HMV is preparing to enter 10 foreign markets, primarily in Europe, via its website as part of an international offensive.
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Analysis
Morrisons scraps price-match scheme in favour of 'simpler' loyalty card
Morrisons has abandoned its Match & More price-match scheme and is poised to introduce a “simpler” loyalty card system in its place.
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Analysis
International analysis: New Aldi and Lidl formats driving 'supermarketisation'
These days the retail press is full of stories about new concept stores for the leading discount store operators Aldi and Lidl.
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Retail Diary: Secret Sales gets stuck in the mud as Aldi hits the right note
Brotherly love is no Secret at Tough Mudder, Aldi bids to strike a chord with new service and Retail Week cheques out of Bank of England event.