Retail Week staff
- Analysis
Personalisation: Retailers blazing a trail on the customer journey
Retailers all over the world are taking a more personal approach to their customers in a bid to stand out from the crowd.
- Analysis
Personalisation: A selection of the best-in-class bespoke products
From Burberry monogrammed capes to Coke bottles emblazoned with names, the must-have items of the past year have been personalised.
- Analysis
Analysis: Supermarkets fight it out on the fashion front
Lidl’s push into fashion could open up a new front against established grocers. Retail Week compares the tactics of the supermarkets
- Analysis
Analysis: Waitrose spends money to make money
Waitrose’s investments aim to position it well for the future but will hit first-half profits – Retail Week asks where the grocer is spending.
- Analysis
Analysis: What's the best route to international markets?
As trading conditions in the UK remain tough, retailers are looking overseas for growth. We look at the potential and pitfalls of the various routes to international markets.
- News
Trading fears as festive countdown kicks off
Retailers cautiously optimistic for Christmas sales, but deep fears about the run-up persist.
- News
Worse to come?
More misery expected as retailers collapse and pressure on disposable income mounts
- News
Restore confidence to win our vote, retailers demand
Retail leaders call for clarity from political parties on key issues to allay consumer fears
- News
Retailers insist Christmas trade can be clawed back this weekend
Retailers cling to hopes of a last-minute flurry of Christmas shoppers this weekend but fear trading conditions will be desperate in the new year.
- News
Retail on the ropes
Sector left reeling as relentless financial crisis leads to dramatic sales slump over past fortnight
- News
Christmas in the balance
Sector braced for toughest season since the 1980s, with December like-for-like drop expected.
- News
Relief as bank holiday sun brings out the shoppers
The sunny bank holiday weekend provided a much-needed ray of light for many retailers as the arrival of warmer temperatures drove shoppers back to the high street.
- News
Shoppers lap up Sales after playing it safe at Christmas
Retailers have celebrated a strong start to the post-Christmas Sales after facing harsh trading conditions for much of December.
- News
Everything to play for
Retailers to scrape through Christmas with heavy discounting, but the new year bodes ill
- News
Everything to play for
Retailers to scrape through Christmas with heavy discounting, but the new year bodes ill