All Stores and property articles – Page 116
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GalleryStore gallery: Chinese ecommerce giant JD.com launches robotic stores in Europe
JD.com has unveiled tech-driven shops in two cities in the Netherlands, marking the opening of the Chinese company’s first physical stores in Europe.
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GalleryStore gallery: Aldi opens first ever cashierless store in Greenwich
Value grocer Aldi has become the latest food retailer to unveil a checkout-free store.
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AnalysisHow Currys’ Baldock is preparing to navigate another year of supply chain challenges
Electricals market leader Currys is preparing for another year of supply chain difficulties following a peak period hit by disruption and shortages.
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NewsBoots unveils lower prices in store for Advantage Card holders
Boots has introduced discounted prices on selected products in store for Advantage Card holders.
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NewsFortnum & Mason hails strong Christmas but swings to first loss in over a decade
Fortnum & Mason has reported a strong Christmas trading period after Covid restrictions and store closures caused it to swing to its first full-year loss in 12 years.
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AnalysisSuper Thursday delivers a Christmas cracker – but is the retail party over?
Despite surging numbers of Covid-19 cases and a perfect storm of external pressures threatening to derail the golden quarter, retail has delivered a merry Christmas. What did Super Thursday’s trading updates tell us about the sector’s seasonal performance – and the year ahead?
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NewsHalfords and Poundland post golden-quarter growth
Halfords and Pepco, which owns Poundland, have both reported quarterly sales growth despite ongoing challenges presented by the pandemic.
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NewsTesco upgrades profit guidance as festive sales rise
Tesco has reported an uplift in sales over the Christmas period as its share of customer grocery spend online and in store hit a four-year high.
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AnalysisThe most bankable retail trends of 2022
With Christmas 2021 now over, Retail Week unpacks the key consumer trends and asks what they could mean for the golden quarter in 2022.
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Retail VoiceThe supply chain situation room: managing January returns
Retailers must ensure their returns experience is as slick as possible says Akash Gupta, chief technology officer at GreyOrange.
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NewsWilko to axe 15 stores putting hundreds of jobs at risk
Home and garden retailer Wilko is to close 15 stores across the UK in the next year, threatening more than 300 jobs.
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NewsWest End retail revival threatened by ‘longest ever’ Tube strike
A six-month series of weekend Tube strikes threaten the recovery of London’s West End.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Next boss Wolfson’s five key questions that will shape retail in 2022
Next beat expectations over Christmas but chief executive Lord Wolfson, one of the industry’s most respected leaders, said that working out prospects for the year ahead was “unusually difficult”.
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NewsFootfall slumps in post-Christmas week despite New Year’s Eve uplift
Footfall to retail destinations slumped in the week following Christmas despite an uptick in traffic on New Year’s Eve.
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NewsNew Selfridges owners plan to add hotel and apartments to Oxford Street flagship
Selfridges’ new Thai and Austrian joint owners are planning a revamp of its Oxford Street flagship that would include an upmarket hotel and food hall.
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NewsPret a Manger city sales slump amid latest coronavirus wave
Sales at food-to-go specialist Pret a Manger have slumped as the emergence of the Omicron Covid-19 strain kept city workers at home.
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NewsSelfridges sold to Thai-Austrian joint venture in £4bn deal
Luxury department store chain Selfridges has been sold by the Canadian Weston family to a joint venture between a Thai retailer and an Austrian property company for an estimated £4bn.
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Opinion‘Five key themes will drive success in fashion and retail in 2022’
Given its exposure to the ebbs and flows of Covid-19, the fashion industry has been a useful bellwether for the wider retail landscape.
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AnalysisWho will be the retail winners and losers of 2022?
Which retailers will fly and flop in the year to come? We asked retail experts to share their tips for 2022.
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DataData: Weekend footfall slumps as Omicron dampens last-minute Christmas sales
Surging cases of the Omicron variant have hit retail footfall and dampened any hopes of a sales surge on the last weekend before Christmas.