All Electricals articles – Page 11
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Data
Retail sales rise in November as Black Friday boosts trade
Retail sales advanced in November when Black Friday helped stoke shopper demand.
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News
Currys boss Baldock: No justification for more Covid trading restrictions on retail
Currys chief executive Alex Baldock believes there are almost no circumstances in which further trading restrictions should be imposed on retailers as the latest Covid variant takes hold.
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News
Currys profits rise despite supply chain disruption
Currys has reported an uplift in profits during its first half and insisted it will “ride out” ongoing supply chain challenges and “bumpy demand” heading into 2022.
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Opinion
‘There is still room not only to survive but thrive in an Amazon-dominated world’
Ask any UK retail exec or investor what keeps them awake at night and sooner or later they will mention Amazon.
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News
AO boss laments Xbox and iPhone shortages as Black Friday nears
AO chief executive and founder John Roberts told Retail Week that small consumer electricals have been the worst affected by supply chain issues in the lead up to the festive season.
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News
AO slashes profit guidance as product shortages batter festive forecasts
AO has swung to a loss and slashed its full-year profit guidance after ongoing supply chain disruption and the HGV driver shortage battered its golden quarter expectations.
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Opinion
‘Retailers are encouraging Christmas shoppers back in store with excitement and theatre’
Currys, Kingfisher and Primark are just three of the retailers demonstrating the importance of the store to boosting customer engagement this golden quarter, writes Fran Minogue.
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Gallery
Store gallery: First WHSmith and InMotion combined store touches down at Stansted
WHSmith has unveiled its latest travel store format: a combined WHSmith and InMotion store at London Stansted Airport.
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News
WHSmith losses narrow as retailer forecasts return to profitability in 2022
WHSmith has reported narrowing losses and forecasts a return to profitability next year as improving travel trends drove a sales recovery.
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Opinion
‘Currys’ strangers to friends strategy looks like a recipe for success’
Data has long been mooted as the key to customer loyalty, but Currys intends a personal and personalised strategy to set it apart from its competitors.
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Opinion
Alex Baldock: ‘Pasting on branding over nothing underneath just breeds cynicism’
“Baldock! Branding’s just flower-arranging, right?” The man firing this at me – years ago – was a Harvard professor of marketing, so I suspected a trick question. But it set me thinking.
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News
Currys ‘goes big’ on Black Friday and unveils on-demand delivery service
Currys will “go big” on Black Friday this year and is to launch an on-demand delivery service later this month.
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News
Sainsbury’s delays toy promotion as boss predicts Christmas shortages
Stock shortages due to the ongoing supply chain crisis have forced Sainsbury’s to delay its toy promotion by a week, with boss Simon Roberts predicting further shortages over Christmas.
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Opinion
‘It’s the power of imagination that makes technology deliver brilliantly for customers’
Retailers are still just scratching the surface when it comes to leveraging tech for the benefit of the consumer, writes Danny Emmett, chief operating officer of AO.com.
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News
Very Group profits soar as revenues jump to record levels
The Very Group reported surging profits and a record year for sales during the pandemic as the retailer ramps up for a “particularly strong” Christmas.
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News
AO warns supply chain ‘disruption’ will trigger profit decline
AO.com has said that “challenging market dynamics” across the UK and Germany have constrained its sales growth, and that it anticipates a decline in full-year profits as a result.
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Data
Ranking: The top 20 most trusted UK retailers
Exclusive Retail Week research reveals the UK’s top 20 most trusted retailers, as voted for by consumers.
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Gallery
Store gallery: Asda launches first ‘destination’ supercentres in Derby and Wigan
Asda has begun the process of transforming two of its supercentre stores into retail ‘destinations’ with extended selections from 13 partner brands under one roof.
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Analysis
Analysis: Supply chain snarl-up – how retailers can smooth out the kinks
Any time, any place, anywhere. Retail has pretty much lived by the Martini mantra for decades now as an ever more sleek and adaptable supply chain has enabled consumers to benefit from an abundance of goods always on the shelf, whether digital or in-store.
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Gallery
Store gallery: Selfridges ‘transforms’ tech offer with gaming destination launch
The opening of Selfridges’ permanent gaming outlet, in partnership with Smartech, aims to create a new era of experiential retail for gamers.