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VideoThe Retail Week: Is it 2008 revisited for retail?
As Toys R Us and Maplin both go into administration this week, the team discuss whether the past is repeating itself, and what steps retailers need to take to avoid it happening to them.
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NewsShop Direct reshuffles product team amid further exits
Shop Direct has reshuffled its product top team, promoting its group merchandising director to group product director as its group fashion director exits the business.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Lessons from Maplin and Toys R Us’ collapse
The air of inevitability about Toys R Us and Maplin’s collapse into administration can teach other retailers a great deal.
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NewsMaplin enters administration after rescue talks collapse
Maplin has plunged into administration just hours after last-ditch talks with potential buyer Edinburgh Woollen Mill failed.
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NewsMaplin rescue talks break down at eleventh hour
Maplin is teetering on the brink after talks between its owner Rutland Partners and prospective buyer Edinburgh Woollen Mill (EWM) collapsed.
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NewsMaplin and EWM race to secure rescue deal
Maplin’s negotations with potential buyer Edinburgh Woollen Mill have reached a standstill despite the imminent prospect of administration.
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AnalysisWhat are the job roles shaping the future of retail?
Chief intelligence officers, AI resources officers and heads of storytelling; these job roles sound rather fanciful but they will help to define the future of retail.
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AnalysisWatch: Six of retail's best digital marketing campaigns
Retail Week shares inspiration from some of the best digital marketing campaigns across the sector.
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DataData: Top 50 UK retailers’ online performance
Following another bumper month of online sales, we look at how the top retailers’ transactional websites compare.
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NewsJohn Lewis sales slip as home and tech disappoint
Sales at John Lewis department store stalled last week as the retailer lost momentum in its technology and home categories.
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NewsMaplin in talks with EWM as it races to secure sale
Maplin is understood to be in crunch talks with potential new suitors, including Edinburgh Woollen Mill, as the struggling electricals firm urgently seeks a “solvent sale”.
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AnalysisStore of the Week: Huawei Experience Store, Milan
Phone and tech shops that actually make you take a second look are pretty thin on the ground, but one that might do so and which opened recently is the Huawei Experience Store in Milan’s CityLife shopping district.
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NewsJohn Lewis sales boosted by home technology
John Lewis department store sales advanced last week driven by shopper interest in audio and connected devices.
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AnalysisStore of the Week: O2 Live Concept Store, Berlin
O2 has had several high street iterations, but for an outpost that’s a thing apart, head for Berlin’s Tauentzienstraße – home to its Live Concept Store.
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NewsJohn Lewis sales slide as home disappoints
John Lewis department store sales slipped last week due to low demand in its home category.
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NewsRetail sales rise in January despite non-food plunge
Retail sales increased last month as the divide between the fortunes of food and non-food retailers continued to deepen.
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OpinionOpinion: Stores must act like stores or die
Although somewhat irreverent, it’s tempting to see the lid being placed on Ingvar Kamprad’s coffin, last week, as a rather apt metaphor for the legacy of this giant retail genius of the 20th century.
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NewsAmazon sales and profits surge, driven by Prime
Amazon’s sales and profits jumped last year, helped by an uptick in demand for Prime.
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VideoWatch: Are retail leaders prepared for 2018?
There have been some mixed messages emanating from the retail industry in recent months, so how have the industry’s leaders planned for 2018?
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NewsProlonged promotions drive shop prices down in January
Shop price deflation persisted this month as retailers extended their Christmas promotions into January.