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News
Tesco launches first double Clubcard points event in a decade
Tesco has launched its first double Clubcard points drive in over a decade.
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Analysis
Boycotts and outcries: can retailers really get cancelled?
Brands and retailers being held accountable for their actions by customers is nothing new, but is cancel culture a real threat for retailers and can it lead to brand oblivion?
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News
Retailers fear spring price rises and shortages due to Red Sea attacks
Non-food retailers and suppliers are preparing for possible price rises and even product shortages in the spring, as the unrest in the Red Sea continues.
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News
Asda launches Aldi and Lidl price match in UK supermarket first
Asda has become the first UK supermarket to match both Aldi and Lidl on price across what it called a “broad range of popular everyday products”.
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News
Ocado slashes prices on a further 1,700 products
Ocado has added 1,700 products to its Big Price Drop today, its fifth round of price cuts since June 2023.
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Analysis
The top retailers for CX as voted for by UK shoppers
Marks & Spencer and eBay are among the businesses named by consumers in Retail Week’s How They’ll Spend It 2024 report for offering the best shopping experiences.
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News
Christmas shopping boosts December footfall
Retail footfall across all UK destinations increased in December as shoppers flocked to stores ahead of Christmas.
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News
Superdrug cuts up to 50% off its own-brand prices
Superdrug has announced up to 50% price cuts across a range of everyday items, from healthcare products to cosmetics, as it looks ”to make everyday more affordable for shoppers.”
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Morrisons invests £15m in January price cuts
Morrisons has invested £15m into cutting the prices of over 200 popular products to help customers “through the January squeeze”.
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Shop price inflation remains flat as food prices fall
Shop price inflation remained steady in December as food inflation fell for the eighth consecutive month, dropping to its lowest since June 2022.
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Analysis
The stories that rocked retail in 2023
2023 was frequently a tough year for retail. From the ongoing cost-of-living crisis to the travail of the pureplays and the collapse – and rebirth – of a much beloved high street institution, here are the stories that shook the industry
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Interview
Q&A: Ann Steer on reinventing Freemans in a year of ‘aggressive’ transformation
Freemans chief executive Ann Steer speaks to Retail Week about a year of “aggressive” change for the business following the move that transformed Freemans from a traditional mail-order catalogue business to a modern digital department store
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News
November sales boost reflects ‘tactical’ spending ahead of Christmas
Retail sales increased in November, helped by Black Friday and “increased spending in the run-up to Christmas each year”, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
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Retail hopes rest on big Christmas weekend ahead of ‘new year’s chill’
Retailers are holding out hope for a last big weekend of trading ahead of Christmas Day, despite the economic outlook being decidedly gloomy.
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News
Red Sea attacks causing rising costs and increased shipping line rates
Global supply chain disruption in 2024 is a “possibility”, according to experts, as the world’s biggest shipping companies are re-routing their journeys to avoid the Red Sea.
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Analysis
Grey pound: which retailers are best at capturing over-50s spend?
To find out which retailers hit the mark with the older generation, CACI has used transaction data to reveal the brands that over-index with the over-50s and which Acorn consumer profile types they register with the most
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Sainsbury’s doubles own-label products in c-stores
Sainsbury’s has doubled the amount of the cheapest own-label products in its Local convenience stores this year, in a bid to offer more affordable items for customers.
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Analysis
Discover the digital strategies of John Lewis, H&M and Gousto
Retail Week’s Digital Summit takes place on Wednesday, February 7, and will lift the lid on retailers’ digital strategies for the year ahead. Here we look at how three of our speakers are making tech pay
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Opinion
‘Could AI-generated consumers shine a light on shoppers of the future?’
AI can be transformative but will only deliver a return on investment when harnessed with human intelligence, says Brian Kalms
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News
UK consumer confidence ‘firmly in negative territory’ despite rise
UK consumer confidence had a “modest improvement” as it rose two points in December but remained “firmly in negative territory” as the cost-of-living crisis continues.