All Retail Week articles in October 20, 2017
Browse all news stories and articles from this date or time period.
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News
New Look turns to ex-boss McGeorge in turnaround bid
Former New Look boss Alistair McGeorge has returned to the ailing fashion chain following the departure of chief executive Anders Kristiansen, Retail Week can reveal.
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News
John Lewis raises bar on in-store experience
At a sneak preview of the new John Lewis store in Oxford, boss Paula Nickolds stated ambitions to reinvent the shopping experience.
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News
Intu trials 'Europe’s first' robotic retail assistant
Intu will test new technologies in its outlets over the next month including a queue jumping app and ‘shop-bot’ as part of its start-up accelerator initiative.
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News
John Lewis launches ‘concierge-style’ shopping
John Lewis is launching a ‘concierge-style’ shopping service as part of wider plans to “reinvent” its department stores.
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Opinion
Theo Paphitis: Every employee needs a workplace pension
Business leaders must make sure all employees have a workplace pension, urges Theo Paphitis.
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News
Retail Diary: Retailers go trick or treating for Halloween
Wilko and Walmart’s skeletons in the closet, Tesco’s ghoulish green fruit, and a trick taken too far.
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Analysis
Boomerang CEOs: Leaders who returned to ex-employers
Flying Tiger Copenhagen co-owner Philip Bier is to return to the business as executive chairman, Retail Week revealed this week.
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Video
The Retail Week: Sainsbury’s job cuts, Asos and Topshop
The Retail Week team discuss the biggest stories from the past week including Sainsbury’s job cuts, Asos’ profits and Topshop’s store ‘reset’ programme.
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News
Data: Toys and games market to be worth £4.9bn by 2022
The UK’s toys and games market will be worth almost £5bn by 2022 with online sales expected to drive the sector’s growth.
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Analysis
Infographic: Paperchase, WHSmith and Karen Millen
Words and numbers, October 20, 2017: Paperchase profits fall; WHSmith’s travel arm overtakes high street arm and Karen Millen boss talks the retailer losing its mojo.
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Video
Watch: Testing Tesco and Dixons Carphone’s tie-up
Retail Week visits Tesco Extra in Milton Keynes to see how the first Dixons Carphone shop-in-shops are shaping up three months into the fledgling partnership.
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News
Agenda: Debenhams updates the market
Retail Week looks ahead to the next seven days, with a preliminary update from Debenhams on the agenda.
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News
Data: Fashion sales back in growth after 14-month slump
The UK fashion market returned to growth last month as full-price sales boosted the sector’s performance.
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News
Move of the week: Bier’s Flying Tiger Copenhagen return
There’s a received wisdom in the sporting world that you should never go back to your old team in a bid to recapture former glories – think Kevin Keegan at Newcastle or Kenny Dalglish at Liverpool.
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News
Today in retail: Harrods boosted by Brexit Britain
Harrods was boosted by the influx in foreign tourists over its last full-year, becoming a rare retail beneficiary of the weakened pound.
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News
Shop Direct’s Barclay brothers to scoop £200m in deal
Shop Direct owners the Barclay brothers will receive over £200m in a refinancing deal, following their decision to abandon a sale of the business.
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News
Retail sales slide in September amid price rises
Retail sales volumes declined 0.7% in September, reversing a jump in August, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
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News
Debenhams appoints former HoF executive Adams to board
Debenhams has appointed former House of Fraser deputy chief executive David Adams as a non-executive director.
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News
Games Workshop sales and profits 'well above' last year
Fantasy game specialist Games Workshop has said that its sales and profits are running “well above” the level they were at last year.
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News
Wickes like-for-likes slow in ‘difficult’ market
Wickes like-for-like growth slowed to 2.4% in its third quarter as it faced an “increasingly difficult market environment”.