All Amazon articles – Page 16
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Opinion
‘New partnerships such as Next and Reiss are shaping retail’s future’
Agility and partnerships go hand in hand with brand relevance and evolution. So do innovation and investment.
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Analysis
The Disruptors: Seven businesses changing the face of food retail
Our new series, The Disruptors, highlights the businesses that traditional retailers should be keeping a close eye on as a new breed of competitors emerges post-pandemic.
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News
Morrisons sales rise but profits battered by relief repayment
Morrisons has recorded an uptick in like-for-like sales during the year where the grocer’s “resilience has been severely tested”.
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Analysis
Super-deduction: what it is and the retailers that could benefit
As part of the Budget last week, chancellor Rishi Sunak unveiled a ’super-deduction’ allowance to provide relief for certain businesses – but what does it mean for retail?
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Opinion
‘Amazon stores are an ally, not an enemy, of town centres’ retail revival’
As once-powerful names such as Debenhams and Topshop exit town centres, there has been an unlikely newcomer to UK bricks-and-mortar retail – Amazon.
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Video
Watch: First visit to the new Amazon Fresh cashierless store
Retail Week visits the new “just walk out” cashierless Amazon Fresh convenience store in Ealing, West London on the day it opens to customers. Is it going to revolutionise grocery in the UK, or will it only ever be something of a fad?
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Gallery
Store gallery: Amazon unveils first UK store in fresh assault on grocery sector
Amazon has unveiled its new format convenience grocery store in London today, Amazon Fresh, which marks the online giant’s first foray into bricks-and-mortar retail outside of the US.
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Analysis
Analysis: What’s the best alternative to the broken business rates system?
Everyone seems to agree the UK’s outdated business rates are broken and its many detractors claim the system is crippling hopes of retail recovery post-lockdown. Yet there is less unanimity about finding a fairer alternative, as Mark Faithfull discovers.
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News
Amazon Go to open first UK store this week
Amazon will open its first in a tranche of contactless grocery stores in the UK this week.
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Analysis
Favourite websites: Where retail bosses love to shop online
After a year that saw ecommerce accelerate like never before as consumers flocked online, Retail Week asks CEOs to name their favourite retail websites and tell us what they love about them.
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News
Amazon embroiled in fresh zero-hour contract controversy
Amazon is at the centre of a fresh storm over the use of zero-hour contracts for temporary workers.
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Opinion
Lisa Byfield-Green: ‘As Amazon grows, many retailers still struggle with online basics’
Online will remain the fastest-growing channel even when stores reopen, but are retailers really prepared?
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Analysis
Data: Top 10 retailers ranked for best online UX
Retail Week’s inaugural Ecommerce 2021 report surveyed 1,000 UK shoppers to discover which retailers are winning in UX, where the new consumer is starting their online journey and what is driving them to purchase
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Analysis
Six ways to fast-track ecommerce strategy in 2021
Online sales have soared 46% year on year, with the pandemic changing consumer shopping behaviour as we know it. As RWRC’s Accelerating Ecommerce Week kicks off, we look at the steps retailers must take to expedite their digital propositions.
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Opinion
'Why ultimate disruptor Amazon values a safe pair of hands at the top'
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is among a very few who can claim to have revolutionised global retail, but his decision to stand aside as chief executive barely registered on the online giant’s share price.
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News
Amazon creates 1,000 new apprenticeships in the UK
Global etail giant Amazon has announced it is creating 1,000 new apprenticeships in the UK across 25 different programmes within the business.
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Analysis
Amazon’s new boss Andy Jassy – the man filling the biggest shoes in retail
The international business community was shocked last night when Amazon founder Jeff Bezos announced he’d be stepping down as chief executive of the company he built. Retail Week looks at what Andy Jassy will bring to the role and the challenges he may face.
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Opinion
‘Bezos hasn’t killed the high street – he’s transformed retail for the better’
Put the customer first. Invent. Be patient.
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News
Amazon boss Jeff Bezos steps down as quarterly sales pass $125bn
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos will resign as chief executive later this year and step into the role of executive chair.
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Opinion
Jonathon Ringer: ‘Next wave of digital transformation will be inside retailers’
Even before the Covid-19 crisis, retail had been transformed by the impact of digital.