All Online retail & ecommerce articles – Page 164
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NewsN Brown boss Angela Spindler steps down
Angela Spindler is to step down as chief executive of N Brown at the end of September.
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AnalysisDigital Leaders 2018: Who are the ones to watch?
As Retail Week launches its Digital Leaders Power List 2018, we profile those with the potential to make waves over the next 12 months.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Zara Milan – how tech should be used in-store
As Zara vows to sell online in every single country by 2020, its new Milan flagship shows how it is putting digital at the heart of its stores.
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OpinionOpinion: Primark and JD show golden rules hold good
Retail may be changing at byte speed, but two stellar successes demonstrated this week that some of the oldest rules in the book still apply.
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AnalysisData: 75 retailers reveal digital transformation strategy
Some 87% of retailers say the pressure to digitally transform has increased and 75% believe new leadership is required, exclusive Retail Week research shows.
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AnalysisDigital Power List: Tech titans thrive but where are all the women?
Jeff Bezos may have topped the Digital Leaders Power List for the fourth year running but that doesn’t mean that UK retail is now controlled from a giant skyscraper in Seattle.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Where next for Debenhams?
Department store group Debenhams has hired KPMG to advise on options as it endures harsh trading.
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NewsAlibaba's Jack Ma stands down - his letter in full
Alibaba founder and chairman Jack Ma is to stand down in exactly one year.
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OpinionOpinion: No more Wild West – ecommerce has come of age
News headlines have been filled with reports painting a dismal picture of the retail industry lately, whether it is coverage of stores shutting for good or plummeting sales.
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NewsRevealed: Retail’s top 50 digital leaders ranked
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has retained his crown as the most influential person in digital retail.
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OpinionOpinion: Amazon should follow Coke into coffee shops
Whitbread’s surprise sale of Costa Coffee to Coca-Cola for £3.9bn prompts the question of who else might have been in the race for a caffeine fix – or who perhaps should have been.
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AnalysisVideo: 75% of retailers only planning three years ahead
The five-year plan is dead, with three quarters of retailers planning their digital transformation strategy three years ahead or less, exclusive Retail Week research shows.
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AnalysisResearch report: how to lead through digital transformation
Retail as it once was no longer exists. That means a new style of leadership and strategy is required – one that embraces newly available technologies.
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NewsThe Hut snaps up beauty specialist Acheson & Acheson
The Hut Group has bolstered its core beauty business with the acquisition of Acheson & Acheson, a contract manufacturer and product developer.
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AnalysisJD.com: Inside retail's global giants
In the first of Retail Week’s series looking at the new forces in global retail, we look inside JD.com, the Chinese online giant that has 292 million customers, turns over £42.4bn a year and has the UK in its sights.
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Retail VoiceHow Amazon has created the future shopper
It may have just been pipped to the first trillion-dollar company post by Apple, but there is no doubting Amazon’s position as one of the most successful and innovative companies doing business right now.
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AnalysisThe new tech shaping retail customer experience
Retail Week uncovers the cutting-edge technologies UK retailers should be aware of if they want to meet ever-increasing consumer demands.
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AnalysisAnalysis: How the warehouse is becoming the new shop
Retail in the old days used to be so much simpler. Location, location, location was a guiding mantra and chains raced to grab the best sites on the best high streets and top malls and parks.
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NewsRobin Phillips snares CEO role at Watch Shop
Robin Phillips has been appointed chief executive of jewellery giant Aurum’s online watch businesses Watch Shop and The Watch Hut.
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NewsThe Hut Group to open MediaCityUK tech base
The Hut, owner of etail sites including MyProtein and Glossybox, is taking space in Salford’s MediaCityUK to house its growing technology team.