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Analysis
International news analysis: Is Black Friday a Thanksgiving turkey?
Black Friday sales figures in America have declined from previous years. So is it unwise to put too much stock in the retail event?
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News
Black Friday hits high street footfall as shoppers descend on retail parks
High street footfall took a hit following Black Friday as shoppers stayed away from the shops after descending on retail parks to snap up promotions.
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Interview
Bonmarché: Q&A with chief executive Beth Butterwick
As Bonmarché posts soaring half-year profits, we speak to boss Beth Butterwick about its growth and how it plans to offset milder weather.
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Opinion
Comment: What can supermarkets learn from the automotive sector?
The difficulties supermarkets are currently facing with discounters mirror changes the automotive industry underwent 15 years ago.
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News
Card Factory appoints Twitter head of content marketing as non-executive
Card Factory has hired Twitter head of content marketing EMEA Paul McCrudden as non-executive director as it looks to bolster its online credentials.
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Opinion
Comment: Black Friday and Singles Day improve the retail calendar
Seasonal retail promotions imported from overseas can be tricky for retailers but are still a great way to engage customers.
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News
Alliance Boots acquires skincare brand Soap & Glory
Alliance Boots has acquired skincare brand Soap & Glory from founder and entrepreneur Marcia Kilgore.
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Analysis
Retailer in the news: Express Gifts boss Philip Maudsley
Other companies could learn a thing or two from Philip Maudsley’s 27 years at Findel, which has involved a turnaround in the last three years.
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News
Austin Reed hires Deloitte to draft turnaround plan
Clothing brand Austin Reed is close to appointing Deloitte to work on a turnaround plan that could include closing some of its shops.
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Opinion
Comment: Does Christmas signal shutdown time for store design?
Christmas is normally a slack time for the store design and build sector, but this year things look a little different.
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News
Retailers to face 600,000 returned Cyber Monday items
More than 600,000 orders made today could need re-delivering after Christmas, new research shows.
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News
Amazon runs hundreds of Cyber Monday deals as it eyes Black Friday record
Amazon recorded its busiest ever day on Black Friday with 5.5m orders but could break that record today as it offers hundreds of deals to mark Cyber Monday.
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News
Black Friday mania helps Hammerson centres smash half a million visitor mark
Hammerson recorded a 17% year-on-year increase in footfall this Black Friday at its shopping centres as visitor numbers topped half a million.
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News
Bonmarché profits and sales surge as product and pricing overhaul pays off
Bonmarché has posted a surge in half-year profits as sales rise following an overhaul of its product, pricing and supply chain.
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News
Breakfast briefing: Retail news on Cyber Monday, Boots, the Co-op and more
Retail news round-up on December 1, 2014: Retailers braced for £600m Cyber Monday bonanza; Boots buys Soap and Glory; Co-op touts renaissance; Vodafone eyes Tesco’s Blinkbox.
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Gallery
Retail Week's 12 days of Christmas: The best festive window displays
Retailers’ Christmas window displays this year vary from fantastical at House of Fraser to fashion-forward at Debenhams.
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News
In pictures: How John Lewis prepared for the Black Friday rush
By the end of this week 30 tonnes of cardboard boxes will have made their way in and out of John Lewis’s distribution centre at Magna Park.
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News
Spanish footwear retailer The Seeker enters UK with Seven Dials signing
Spanish footwear retailer The Seeker has signed for its debut UK store and its first outside Spain as it looks ahead to Northern European expansion.
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Analysis
Video report: Behind the scenes of Black Friday at Asda Wembley
Shoppers descended on Asda’s Wembley superstore to take part in Black Friday as Retail Week visited to film the good, the bad and the ugly.
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News
Video: How Shop Direct planned for a successful Black Friday
The home shopping group aims to capitalise on the Black Friday phenomenon and prepared well in advance for the spike in trade.