More on Me + Em – Page 1169
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Interview
Zalando interview: international etail giant with a start-up mentality
Since being launched from a flat in Berlin seven years ago, fashion etailer Zalando has gone from strength to strength.
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Opinion
Opinion: Will John Lewis' Britishness be lost in translation in Holland?
Do store-in-stores in de Bijenkorf give adequate space for John Lewis to sell itself to Dutch consumers not used to mixing homewares and fashion?
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News
Tesco to open larger stores at 5am instead of midnight on Black Friday
Tesco will open its larger stores at 5am instead of midnight on Black Friday this year to allow staff “more time” to prepare for the sales frenzy.
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News
Ikea considering first high street store on Oxford Street
Ikea is in discussions about trialling one of its ‘order-and-collection point’ store formats in the current BHS building on Oxford Street.
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News
Majestic Wine boss Gormley 'not losing sleep' over Aldi's online wine move
Majestic Wine boss Rowan Gormley has shrugged off the impact of Aldi launching wine online and claimed it doesn’t represent a “new threat.”
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News
Amazon slashes price of Prime membership to £59 ahead of Black Friday
Amazon has slashed the annual subscription fee of Prime membership as it seeks to steal a march on rivals ahead of Black Friday.
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News
Aldi and Lidl to open five times as many stores as big four
Aldi and Lidl are eyeing five times as many new store openings as their big four rivals combined as the duo ramp up their UK expansion.
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News
Booths profits slump as sales fall amid 'tough retail environment'
Booths has reported a 58.6% slump in full-year pre-tax profits following a turn down in sales amid the “tough retail environment”.
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News
Retail parks continue resurgence as high streets and shopping centres suffer
Retail parks continued their resurgence in October as footfall jumped 2.9% to outperform high streets and shopping centres.
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News
Majestic Wine half-year profits fall as it unveils three-year turnaround plan
Majestic Wine’s pre-tax profits dropped 50% to £4.3m for the half year driven by a series of charges following its acquisition of Naked Wines.
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Opinion
Life will get worse for bricks-and-mortar retailers who do not embrace tech
As online-only stores seek to establish a physical presence in retail, the importance of staying on top of the latest technology should not be forgotten.
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Analysis
The Connected Consumer: understanding a life lived online
New research from Retail Week explores how customer attitudes are evolving in the world of the constantly connected consumer.
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Analysis
Multichannel benchmarking: how do home and leisure retailers measure up?
New research from Retail Week assesses the multichannel capabilities of 45 retailers in the UK home and leisure sector
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News
New report shows retailers slower than predicted to transition to omnichannel
A new study has found achieving full omnichannel transformation takes longer and is more complex than retailers first thought.
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News
Breakfast briefing: Retail news on Black Friday, Aldi, Lidl, Kurt Geiger and more
Retail news round-up on November 16, 2015: Aldi and Lidl submit planning applications for 171 new stores, Cinven emerges as frontrunner to snap up Kurt Geiger.
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Analysis
Q4 trading conditions survey: share your views
As part of its Retail 2015 report, Retail Week is carrying out the last of its four sentiment analyses to gauge how retail chiefs’ views on trading shift throughout the year.
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News
John Lewis to anchor £850m Edinburgh St James development
John Lewis has agreed to anchor the 1.7m sq ft Edinburgh St James development after settling a disagreement with the city’s council.
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Analysis
Analysis: Will Asda's ToYou gamble attract retail partners and shoppers?
As grocers continue to be battered by a perfect storm, the problem arguably causing the greatest headache is one of excess store space.
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Opinion
Fashion retailers should be exploiting the 'chelfie' social shopping trend
Social media has changed the relationship between brands and consumers and retailers can take advantage of this by following the latest trends.
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Opinion
Blog: UK consumers gear up for the Black Friday bargain hunt
New research from Hermes shows two-thirds of consumers are planning to hunt for an attractive deal across the Black Friday weekend this year.