All Department stores articles – Page 67
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AnalysisAnalysis: Why Jill McDonald has her work cut out at M&S
The M&S top job is often spoken about as being the trickiest job in retail but the clothing and home role must come a close second.
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OpinionOpinion: Giving ’em reasons to come back to John Lewis
There is more to good retailing than decent product and interesting merchandising – that can be done online, but what else is possible?
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NewsToday in retail: M&S eyes online as Debs bolsters team
Marks & Spencer was centre of attention today after declaring its intentions to finally board the online grocery train later this year.
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NewsDebenhams bolsters top team with double exec hire
Debenhams has appointed two new executive directors, Angela Morrison and Sally Hyndman, who will join the retailer next month.
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VideoThe Retail Week: Shop Direct, Oddy joins The Range and BHS
The team discuss the week’s biggest stories, including Shop Direct’s possible sale, Nigel Oddy’s move to The Range and how BHS’s demise has impacted retail one year on.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Why has ex-HoF chief Oddy joined The Range?
Nigel Oddy quit the top job at House of Fraser last year and was this week named chief executive of homewares retailer The Range.
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NewsFashion etailer Hope to crowdfund expansion finance
Hope, the fledgling fashion etailer and brand founded by former Marks & Spencer stores director Nayna McIntosh, has launched a crowdfunding campaign to finance expansion.
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NewsGreen claims Field used him as ‘political football’
Sir Philip Green has lashed out at Frank Field MP, accusing the politician of using him as “political football”.
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NewsToday in retail: The Arcadia exodus rolls on
It seems that Sir Philip Green’s troubles are far from over, with the news that Topshop trading director James Mooney is exiting the business.
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NewsWaitrose revenues slump as late Easter drags on sales
Waitrose sales slumped last week as the late fall of Easter “heavily distorted” the upmarket grocer’s figures.
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VideoWatch: BHS one year on – the property fall-out
Twelve months after the collapse of BHS, retail and property experts Graham Soult of CannyInsights and Jonathan De Mello of Harper Dennis Hobbs discuss what has happened to the retailer’s stores.
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AnalysisBHS one year on: Staff struggle to move on
BHS’s demise left 11,000 people out of work. Retail Week finds out how the collapse has affected some of its shopfloor staff at both ends of the country.
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NewsToday in retail: Could Woolworths make a comeback?
Former Woolworths director Tony Page still believes the brand has a place on the high street, despite its slump into administration nearly ten years ago.
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NewsBHS international boss David Anderson heads to Wyevale
BHS International managing director David Anderson has been appointed retail operations director at Wyevale Garden Centres.
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OpinionOpinion: Debenhams and ‘redesigning’ a department store
There is more to boosting department store sales than offering a better version of the tried, tested and tired.
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NewsBoden to open concessions in John Lewis stores
Home shopping specialist Boden is to open concessions in five John Lewis department stores.
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NewsBHS: Sir Philip Green still ‘on the hook’ says MP Field
Former BHS owner Sir Philip Green “has not done enough to hold on to his knighthood” according to MP Frank Field.
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OpinionOpinion: Bucher is not a showman, but he’s thorough
Yesterday morning, new Debenhams boss Sergio Bucher unveiled his vision – Debenhams Redesigned – for the retailer’s next five years.
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VideoThe Retail Week: May’s snap Election, Debenhams and M&S
The team discuss the week’s biggest stories, including Theresa May’s decision to call a snap General Election, Debenhams boss Sergio Bucher’s strategy and M&S’s store plans.
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AnalysisAnalysis: The rise of the multi-brand store
Retailers are under pressure to make maximum use of their real-estate portfolios and, as Ben Cooper reports, the multi-fascia store could be the answer.