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Retail like-for-likes slump as Olympic fervour fails to drive sales
Retail sales recorded their worst performance since September 2014 despite warm weather and promotional activity among non-food retailers.
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Analysis
Personalisation: Structure your business to power customer loyalty
Ever since Amazon pioneered personalisation – using data to recommend products to consumers – numerous retailers have followed suit.
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Breakfast briefing: Retail news on BRC retail sales, Metro and Sainsbury’s
Retail news round-up: Hot summer drags down August sales, Metro board approves business split, and Sainsbury’s food waste report
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Analysis
Data: As M&S cuts 525 jobs, how does its staff productivity stack up?
Marks & Spencer is cutting jobs to become a leaner business, but boss Steve Rowe may have limited room to drive productivity further.
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Opinion: How the Apprenticeship Levy could transform the retail workforce
The Apprenticeship Levy is certain to change the UK’s workforce, and we can already see how it is starting to uniquely affect different sectors.
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Opinion
Opinion: M&S is right to control costs but higher fashion sales matter more
While Steve Rowe is expected to unveil his long-term strategy in November, he is accelerating the process of bringing M&S back into style.
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Personalisation: The quest to develop one-to-one relationships with customers
Retail Week’s personalisation special is essential reading for any retailer aiming to stand out in a market defined by promiscuous shoppers.
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M&S confirms 525 job cuts and moves 400 staff out of central London
Marks & Spencer has confirmed it intends to cut 525 jobs, and hundreds of logistics and IT staff will be moved out of central London.
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Sainsbury's launches Mini Habitat and rolls out more Argos concessions
Sainsbury’s unveils plans to launch a clutch of Mini Habitat concessions, just days after it completed the acquisition of Home Retail Group.
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Analysis
Profile: Morrisons' new trading director Barry Williams
Morrisons has hired former Asda executive Barry Williams to a key trading role and analysts believe he will boost the grocer’s purchasing power.
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Data
Data: Which in-store technologies do shoppers rate as cool or creepy?
How do shoppers respond to the new technologies that are being increasingly used by retailers in-store? Do they rate them as cool or creepy?
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Opinion
Opinion: Sainsbury’s will have to improve Argos's customer service
The Argos takeover by Sainsbury’s may prove fruitful, but not without much work from the supermarket to improve its new charge’s service
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Koovs enjoys summer sales surge as online traffic rockets
Indian etailer Koovs’ sales more than doubled during the summer as its bosses hailed “significant growth” in brand awareness.
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Morrisons fires latest price salvo as it slashes cost of 160 products
Morrisons will slash prices on around 160 products this week as the grocer fires its latest salvo in the supermarket price war.
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Analysis
Etail evolution: A look at Amazon’s website through the years
Amazon’s online retail offer has been industry-leading since its inception, but how has its ecommerce website developed?
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M&S to cull 500 head office jobs as boss Rowe steps up turnaround bid
Marks & Spencer boss Steve Rowe will wield the axe on 500 head office jobs this week as he steps up his bid to turn around the business.
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Analysis
This week in retail: Sports Direct poised for crunch match
Sports Direct’s AGM will attract plenty of attention this week as the retailer remains under scrutiny from investors, unions, MPs and the media.
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Analysis
Personalisation: Innovative ways of turning shoppers into 'soulmates'
From reading customers’ minds to analysing a shopper’s DNA, brands are going to extraordinary lengths to push the boundaries of personalisation.
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Shop prices continue to drop as food deflation hits record low
Shop prices continued to fall last month as food deflation accelerated to a record low, according to latest industry figures.
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Evans Cycles boss Nick Wilkinson exits after profits slump
Evans Cycles boss Nick Wilkinson has left the bike retailer just over a year since new owners took on the business.