All Retail Week articles in September 11 2015 – Page 4
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News
Sports Direct faces down shareholder rebellion as directors backed at AGM
Sports Direct has weathered a rebellion by shareholders as all its senior directors were backed in a vote at today’s AGM.
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News
Retail chiefs fear revealing true impact of living wage, according to Morgan Stanley
Retail bosses are reluctant to reveal the true impact the living wage will have on their businesses, claims Morgan Stanley.
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News
Superdrug to move loyalty scheme on to mobile with app launch
Superdrug is to move its loyalty scheme on to mobile as it seeks to target customers with promotions when they walk into stores.
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Opinion
John Lewis management reshuffle shows shape of things to come in retail
Success in retail these days is frequently neither easy nor cheap so retailers should look to John Lewis’s changes to see how it is adapting.
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Video
Watch: What are the reasons for the rise in food sales and will it last?
Senior analyst, European food retail at Bernstein, Bruno Monteyne discusses the findings from the BRC’s most recent retail sales report.
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News
Shop Direct to fold online and catalogue business Isme into Very
Shop Direct is to merge its online and catalogue brand Isme, which sells goods from womenswear to electricals, into its Very brand at the end of the month.
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News
Marks & Spencer reveals it will slowdown its international ambitions
M&S has admitted it will not meet its target to open 250 stores by 2017 as a result of the Middle East crisis and economic woes in China.
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Analysis
How Conviviality Retail's £200m acquisition will shake up the drinks sector
Conviviality Retail’s acquisition of drinks distributor Matthew Clark has given it enormous buying power that could seriously disrupt the drinks retailing sector.
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News
Jaeger chief exec Colin Henry poised to leave two years into turnaround
Jaeger chief executive Colin Henry poised to leave two years after being brought in to revive the fortunes of the fashion retailer.
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News
Sports Direct maintains full-year guidance ahead of AGM showdown
Sports Direct has revealed its summer trading was “in line with expectations” and has maintained its revised full-year profits target.
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News
Laura Ashley like-for-likes up 7% in first half but profits slip
Home and fashion retailer Laura Ashley has reported a slip in profits but a strong increase in like-for-likes in its first half.
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Analysis
Analysis: August Retail Sales Monitor, sector by sector
Total retail sales were flat in August and down 1% on a like-for-like basis. However total food sales were up 0.3%, suggesting there may be light at the end of the tunnel for the category.
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Opinion
Opinion: Why pricing by spreadsheet is a risky business
All retailers, no matter their size, need the ability to quickly and efficiently manage and execute accurate prices to drive profit.
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News
Fashion retailers hit hardest as shop prices dip in August
Shop prices fell by 1.4% year on year during August on the back of intense competition and falling commodity prices.
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News
Breakfast briefing: Retail news on shop prices, Jaeger, M&S and more
Retail news round-up on September 9, 2015: Fall in shop prices, Jaeger boss on the verge of leaving and M&S slows foreign expansion.
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Opinion
Tesco Korean sell-off paves the way for further overseas retrenchment
The slimmed down Tesco of today looks remarkably different from the Tesco we have all come to know and fall out of love with.
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News
John Lewis shakes up senior management team to put customer at its heart
Department store group John Lewis has reshaped its top team as it positions itself to power ahead in omnichannel retail and reflect changing shopper habits.
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Gallery
In pictures: retailers and architects team up to create amazing windows
Retailers including Anthropologie and Levi’s have worked with architects to create windows designed to wow shoppers on London’s Regent Street.
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Analysis
Start-up of the week: In-store image recognition and analysis platform Trax
Start-ups in retail technology are growing and Retail Week is highlighting some of the best. This week Trax is in the spotlight.
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News
Interiors strategy survey: share your views
As part of a research report into the current trends in retail interiors, Retail Week is carrying out a survey on retailers’ interiors plans.