All General merchandise articles – Page 26
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AnalysisRetailer sentiment improves as store reopenings near
Retailers have become more optimistic about how long the coronavirus pandemic will disrupt business as they prepare to reopen stores at the start of next month.
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NewsUsing furlough scheme is ‘moral judgement’ for retail, says Pets at Home boss
Pets at Home chief executive Peter Pritchard has said retailers with strong liquidity should think carefully before using the government furlough scheme.
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NewsPets at Home full-year profits rise as sales surpass £1bn
Pets at Home has reported a surge in its full-year profits and sales but warns that coronavirus costs will impact its bottom line in the year ahead.
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AnalysisAnalysis: The steps retailers need to take before reopening stores
Non-essential retailers are gearing up to reopen stores in two weeks’ time. What action should they be taking to make sure staff and customers are safe?
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AnalysisRetailers expect post-pandemic recovery to take up to a year
Retailers expectations about the length of time for recovery following the coronavirus pandemic have lengthened, despite some easing of lockdown measures.
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AnalysisAnalysis: How WHSmith is preparing for travel retail to take off again
The world’s travel plans have gone awry during the coronavirus pandemic, depriving WHSmith of shoppers in its travel stores, but boss Carl Cowling is confident he can pilot the retailer to a safe landing.
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NewsWHSmith sales decimated by coronavirus as first-half profits dip
WHSmith’s sales have been obliterated by the coronavirus as lockdown restrictions decimated its travel division.
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VideoFace time: Poundland boss Williams on trading on pandemic-hit high streets
Poundland managing director Barry Williams talks to Retail Week about the challenges of trading during the coronavirus pandemic, which has seen “10 years of consumer behaviour condensed into 10 weeks”.
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AnalysisRetailer sentiment worsens over coronavirus recovery time
Retailers have become more pessimistic about how quickly the industry can recover from disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
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VideoFace time: Theo Paphitis says retail ‘will never be the same’ after coronavirus
Retail entrepreneur Theo Paphitis discusses the impact of the pandemic on retail property and trading, and says none of his stable of brands will trade in the same way that they did before the pandemic.
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NewsStudio poaches Dixons Carphone director to helm trading division
Studio has strengthened its senior team by appointing Rupert Nichols as its new trading director.
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NewsThe Works sales rise as shoppers ‘beat the boredom’ of lockdown
The Works has registered an increase in full-year revenues with a strong online performance during the coronavirus pandemic.
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NewsHalfords expects full-year profits at top end of range
Halfords has said it expects full-year profits for this financial year to come in at the top end of the expected range, while noting a downturn in overall group sales for the current trading period.
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OpinionPeter Pritchard: How to win the trust of colleagues and customers after lockdown
I think the entire retail community would agree with me when I say that we’ve simply never experienced anything like the current situation before.
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AnalysisLockdown boom: Five retailers given a boost by housebound shoppers
Although coronavirus is hitting most non-food retailers hard, some businesses have been given a boost by the lockdown. Retail Week looks at some of those winning right now.
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NewsTK Maxx restarts online trading with ‘significant’ safety measures
Discount variety retailer TK Maxx has relaunched its online business more than two weeks after it stopped taking orders having made “significant changes” to operate safely.
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NewsWilko profits and sales fall in ‘incredibly difficult’ year
Wilko has reported a slide in full-year pre-tax profits and a fall in sales, which it attributed to the “challenging” UK retail environment, Retail Week can reveal.
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VideoHas retail changed forever? Inside the mind of the post-coronavirus consumer
The coronavirus pandemic has already sparked a seismic shift in the way people behave and shop, but what longer-lasting effects will it have on the retail industry and its customers?
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NewsSharpest decline in retail sales on record as store closures bite
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has recorded the steepest decline in retail sales in March since the tracker was launched in 1996.
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VideoFace time: Pets at Home boss Pritchard on the Covid-19 ‘war’
Pets at Home boss Peter Pritchard tells Retail Week how the business is “fighting a war” during the coronavirus pandemic, what the future holds now that “normal has gone”, and explains why he is supporting our CaRe20 fundraising campaign.
