All Virtualstock articles
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InterviewQ&A: Virtualstock chief growth officer on staying digitally competitive
Speaking to Retail Week, Virtualstock chief growth officer Ed Bradley explored the ways retailers can grow their business effectively, including dropshipping and getting to grips with AI, and warned of the danger of falling behind if they can’t meet their customers’ needs
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Retail Navigator AnalysisAsda (Strategy)
Asda’s former boss Allan Leighton will return to the business as executive chair. Leighton replaces current chair Lord Stuart Rose. Asda said Rose will remain on the board “to ensure an orderly transition before stepping down”.
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NewsAsda teams up with Decathlon for new sportswear partnership
George at Asda is adding hundreds of Decathlon products to its website under a new partnership.
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Retail Navigator AnalysisJohn Lewis (Strategy)
John Lewis brings back its ‘Never Knowingly Undersold’ price promise “for the Modern Age”. The department store will match 25 retailers’ prices - including M&S, AO and Amazon – both in store and online, adopting AI technology to carry out the checks.
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AnalysisStrategy spotlight: Five ways John Lewis can deliver on its Partnership Plan
As the John Lewis Partnership (John Lewis and Waitrose) approaches the midway point in its five-year Partnership Plan – an ambitious strategy launched in 2020 through which it is targeting £400m profit by year five – is it on track to achieve its goals? The Retail Week analyst team investigates how its department store arm can succeed in a challenging retail environment
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Retail Navigator Analysis
Robert Dyas (Overview)
Robert Dyas is one of four businesses within the Theo Paphitis Retail Group and offers a wide range of home and kitchenware through its 90 plus stores.
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Retail Navigator AnalysisThe Range (SWOT)
The Range’s staunch value stance should chime well with cash-strapped consumers during the current cost-of-living crisis, positioning the retailer for further growth. However, the UK value sector is becoming increasingly competitive and saturated following the expansion of several players including Home Bargains, B&M and Poundland. In addition, discount retailers Aldi and Lidl also continue to open new stores and have diversified their product ranges beyond groceries. The intense competition in the sector has been highlighted by the collapse of Wilko in 2023, although this does provide scope for other value retailers to gain share as a result of its demise and created opportunity for The Range, which acquired the Wilko brand, website and intellectual property and has since relaunched Wilko.com and started ‘reintroducing’ Wilko stores.
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AnalysisAnalysis: The BT Retail Week Technology award winners 2014
The BT Retail Week Technology Awards, which took place at the London Hilton on Park Lane on Wednesday, unearthed some brilliant technology projects.
