All Retail Week articles in October 29 2010 – Page 3
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NewsRetail job growth slows but is still the top sector
Retail employment grew 2.1% in the third quarter, creating 12,746 jobs in the sector, the BRC-Bond Pearce Employment Monitor shows.
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NewsMorrisons innovations go on show at Leeds store ‘lab’ trial
First fruits of Philips’ experimentation drive include vegetables displayed on ice at Kirkstall store
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OpinionStores’ future hinges on multichannel success
You know the retail world is changing when Sir Stuart Rose stands on a podium and starts talking about Twitter and Facebook. Yet there he was at this week’s World Retail Congress (WRC) in Berlin sharing the stage with a man from Google.
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NewsOcado rises on expansion prospects
Ocado shares rose at the start of the week when the home shopping group, which sells Waitrose groceries as well as other brands, said it could cater for 1.5 million more potential customers by expanding delivery to the Southwest of England and South Wales.
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NewsGrainger Games plans rapid store expansion
Grainger Games will have doubled store numbers year on year by Christmas as it bucks the downbeat trend in the games market with a focus on value.
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AnalysisUS stores gear up for the third largest retail event
This week, US retailers will be getting out the fake spider webs and Lady Gaga costumes for the country’s third largest retail event. US Halloween sales are expected to reach $5.8bn (£3.7bn), according to the National Retail Federation (NRF).
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NewsTesco launches F&F Limited Edition range online
Tesco has launched an F&F Limited Edition range online.
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NewsRetail fears ebb but long-term risk stays
Fears for the retail industry because of the Government’s spending review seem to have been assuaged.
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OpinionDon’t underestimate the web’s impact
Invariably discussions about online retailing now refer to its ‘maturity’. While online sales growth mirrors the volatility of retail sales generally and exceptional growth rates are history, growth remains and will remain significantly above average.
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NewsDirectors stand down in New Look shake-up
New Look finance director Patrick Burrows and group business change director Adrian Thompson have left the value fashion retailer.
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AnalysisDelivering a decade of top shopping destinations
What is it that makes a great shopping development? Over the next five pages Mark Faithfull highlights the best of the past decade
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NewsDebenhams sticks to its guns over Christmas promotions
Debenhams will stick to its traditional promotional stance this Christmas, a strategy that it says is misunderstood by some observers.
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NewsGrocers jostle in chase for early festive spend
The grocery giants are making an earlier-than-ever play for Christmas spend and deploying new measures to appeal to shoppers inclined to spread the cost of the festivities.
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AnalysisHow online is changing the outlet model
EBay has made clear its ambitions for its online fashion outlet store. What does that mean for physical outlet centres? Mark Faithfull reports
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NewsSegal: ‘I can’t open in UK’
Crate & Barrel’s legendary founder says rents and lease structures are a barrier to new entrants
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OpinionBuild it, but will they come?
Looking back on the last 10 years of Retail Week Awards we see the very best centres that hit the headlines for all the right reasons. All demanded the unprecedented vision and conviction of a few; each believing in a new generation of regional or city centre malls that would ...
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NewsPhase Eight profits leap as changes bring flexibility
Womenswear chain Phase Eight more than doubled profits last year, after increasing its open to buy budget and focusing on refining its customer base.
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GallerySchuh pulls off a brand new look
The shoe retailer breaks many design rules usually held dear, but it works. John Ryan visits the newly refurbished store at Meadowhall
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NewsBooths to boost sales with new own-brand
Booths, the grocer based in the Northwest of England, has revealed a 1.3% uplift in pre-tax profits to £7.6m as it launches a new own-brand to appeal to customers seeking value.