All Retail Week articles in July 2023 – Page 8
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News
Revolution Beauty says ‘compromise’ with Boohoo near
Revolution Beauty says “a compromise position with Boohoo is close” as it sets out a date for a requisition meeting.
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Morrisons to stock Savers products in c-stores
Morrisons has become the first supermarket chain to stock entry-level products on convenience store shelves.
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Iceland ‘confident’ about making highest profit for a decade
Iceland has revealed forecasts that show it will make its highest profit for a decade this year.
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Boohoo to take Revolution argument to AIM stock market regulator
Boohoo is making a complaint to the junior stock market regulator as a war of words with Revolution Beauty continues.
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Innovation of the Week
Innovation of the Week: Estée Lauder launches sustainable store programme
Innovation of the Week is a subscriber-only series highlighting retail initiatives that have caught the eye of our analysts.
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Analysis
Send it back: can online fashion turn its returns problem around?
With return rates on the increase, Retail Week looks at what fashion retailers can do to transform this perennial pain point into a potential opportunity
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Events
Innovation Summit 2023
Virtual fitting rooms. Metaverse makeup labs. Frictionless checkouts. Fresh meal vending machines. Hyper-personalised marketing. The age of innovation has arrived and it’s here to stay. But how can you keep up?
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Analysis
What Currys and AO results tell us about electricals sector
Two of the UK’s biggest electricals retailers announced their full-year results this week, which revealed a mixed picture for both groups.
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Sephora to open second London store
French beauty retailer Sephora is set to open its second store in the UK in Westfield Stratford City, London.
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Exclusive: New roles for Gold and Hollins in Ann Summers restructure
Ann Summers has shuffled its top team as part of a restructuring of the business, with Vanessa Gold taking up the role of company chair and Maria Hollins being promoted to chief executive, Retail Week can reveal.
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Value retailer OneBeyond opens 100th store
OneBeyond has opened its 100th store in the UK as it looks to accelerate its expansion on the high street.
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ProCook names new chief executive
Kitchenware retailer ProCook has named Lee Tappenden as the group’s new chief executive, starting in October.
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Argos to close 100 stores by March next year
Argos plans 100 store closures in the UK over the next year as it shuts more stores starting next month.
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JD Sports strengthens position in Iberia with £427m acquisition
JD Sports is set to buy out the minority shareholders in Iberian Sports Retail Group (ISRG) to acquire 100% of the brand as it strengthens its foothold in the Iberian peninsula.
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Analysis
Are fashion influencers still influential in 2023?
With several fashion brands including Boohoo and Abbott Lyon naming influencers and celebrities as brand ambassadors, collection designers, and in PrettyLittleThing’s case creative directors, influencers have certainly stolen the show in recent years.
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Home Bargains adds bakeries to UK stores
Home Bargains has added in-store bakeries to 64 of its stores across the UK with plans to open more over the coming year.
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THG’s Matt Moulding eyes potential sale of head office
Matt Moulding, chief executive of THG, which owns brands like Lookfantastic and Myprotein, is weighing up the sale of its headquarters, located at Manchester’s Icon business park.
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Clarks poaches new managing director from Under Armour
British footwear retailer Clarks has named former Under Armour global vice-president of retail Bob Neville as its new managing director for the UK and Ireland.
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Virgin Wines announces partnership with WHSmith
Virgin Wines has announced a new partnership with WHSmith as part of the retailer’s “strategic focus on commercial partnerships”.
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Asda owner Mohsin Issa to face MPs over fuel prices
Entrepreneur Mohsin Issa, the co-owner of Asda, is set to appear before MPs again following issues over Asda’s fuel pricing as well as an “unclear” fire-and-rehire policy.