More on Me + Em – Page 191
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Analysis
Coupang: What can UK retailers learn from the Amazon of South Korea?
Coupang has turned industry heads around the world, with many claiming the Korean platform has even managed to ‘out-Amazon’ Amazon. So what sets it apart? And what might UK retailers be able to learn from its example?
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Analysis
Analysis: How consumers shopped the electricals sector this Christmas
Once a stalwart of Christmas and Boxing Day Sales shopping, the pressure from the cost-of-living crisis meant electricals presented a mixed bag for retailers over this festive season.
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News
Farfetch announces key leadership changes with new executives
Online luxury fashion retail platform Farfetch has made key changes to its leadership team with new executives joining the business.
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Gymshark poaches former Lacoste executive as first supply chain boss
Gymshark has announced that Laurent Madelaine will join the brand as its first-ever chief supply chain officer.
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Inflation dips in December but UK households still feel squeeze
UK inflation dipped in December but remains at one of the highest levels since records began as the cost-of-living crisis continues.
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Opinion
Stuart Machin: ‘Customers want great shops and our communities need them’
In the week in which M&S unveiled an investment of almost £500m in stores, chief executive Stuart Machin explains the benefits of a store rotation programme and how it supports the case for redevelopment of its Marble Arch flagship
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Burberry pins sales slowdown on Covid disruption in China
Burberry has reported a slow growth in sales over Christmas as a result of Covid-related disruption in China.
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CMA launches inquiry into £600m Asda forecourt c-stores deal
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched an inquiry into Asda’s proposed £600m acquisition of 129 Co-op forecourt convenience stores.
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Aldi increases base rate of pay for warehouse workers
Discounter Aldi has raised the base rate of pay for its warehouse workers by 20%, following on from an increase for store staff earlier in the month.
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WHSmith in ‘strongest ever position’ as international travel opens up
WHSmith is in its “strongest ever position as a global travel retailer” after travel revenues across its UK and international travel businesses soared.
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Currys confident UK performance will offset decline in international arm
Currys’ revenues fell over the festive period, although the retailer’s UK and Ireland business delivered better-than-forecast results to offset issues internationally.
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Analysis
Analysis: After festive footfall miracle, is bricks-and-mortar having a renaissance?
As a fuller picture of Christmas trading begins to take shape, it is emerging that retailers with stores fared better. Is bricks-and-mortar back for good, or will a new year bring new headaches?
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News
Exclusive: Kingfisher tech chief to leave as ‘next phase of digital journey’ begins
Kingfisher chief digital and technology officer JJ Van Oosten is leaving the DIY giant, Retail Week can reveal.
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Iceland MD Richard Walker takes over as executive chair
Iceland managing director Richard Walker has been named as the new executive chair of the retailer, taking over from his father Sir Malcolm Walker.
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Hammerson proposes workplaces over retail at former John Lewis Grand Central store
Hammerson has submitted plans to repurpose a former John Lewis department store in Birmingham’s Grand Central shopping centre into “modern wellbeing-designed offices”.
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Burberry strengthens leadership with new executives
Giorgio Belloli and Delphine Sonder have been appointed to Burberry’s newly created roles of chief digital, customer and innovation officer and chief merchandising officer, respectively, with immediate effect.
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News
Sephora returns to the UK with new London flagship store
Sephora has announced its return to the UK and the opening of its London flagship store years after its British store closures in 2005 as it combines the use of “human touch and technology” for UK shoppers.
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Jollyes delivers 'all-time high' Christmas as shoppers pamper pets
Pets retailer Jollyes posted record Christmas sales across stores and online as a result of increased demand from shoppers pampering their animals despite financial pressures.
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Naked Wines increases profit guidance following ‘solid festive trading’
Naked Wines has increased its full-year adjusted EBIT after a solid trading period in the quarter ending December 26.
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News
The Edit LDN secures multimillion-dollar funding for international launch
Global trainer marketplace The Edit LDN has secured a $4.8m (£3.9m) seed round led by Regah Ventures as it accelerates growth in the US and MENA.