More on Me + Em – Page 218
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Analysis
Strategic report: Aldi raising prices quicker than grocery rivals, exclusive data finds
Aldi is raising prices at a quicker rate than its mainstream grocery rivals, according to findings from Retail Week’s new strategic report.
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Analysis
Analysis: Setting a new direction – How Gymshark, Lick and Farmison are evolving DTC
Online-only DTC brands were expected to transform retail a few short years ago, but recent struggles have raised questions about their long-term viability. Does the model have a future?
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Retail Voice
Making in-store sustainability stack up: can carbon neutral be cost neutral?
Retailers of all sizes are waking up to the importance of sustainability. It’s good for the planet, brand reputation and the bottom line, too, according to LoweConex chief operating officer Ian Lowry.
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Analysis
Strategic report: Aldi raising prices quicker than grocery rivals, exclusive data finds
Aldi is raising prices at a quicker rate than its mainstream grocery rivals, according to findings from Retail Week’s new strategic report.
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News
Shop prices hit new records as retail calls for business rates freeze
Shop prices hit record highs in September as retailers looked ahead to the next business rates revaluation with trepidation.
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News
John Lewis unveils initiatives to ‘help customers spread Christmas costs’
Department store business John Lewis has detailed plans to enable customers to “manage Christmas costs as they suffer from the high cost of living”.
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Analysis
Analysis: What are the implications for retail as sterling takes a pounding?
The new government’s mini-budget last week proved to be anything but. Indeed, it was so dramatic that it has spooked financial markets and sent the pound to record lows against the dollar.
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News
Gymshark raids Asos for new chief financial officer Dunn
Gymshark has continued its recent run of new senior management additions by poaching Asos finance boss Mat Dunn.
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News
Morrisons chief operating officer Trevor Strain steps down
Morrisons chief operating officer Trevor Strain has today informed the grocer’s board that he wishes to leave the business.
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News
JD Sports fined £1.4m over Rangers FC price-fixing controversy
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has fined JD Sports after it admitted to fixing the prices of Rangers FC merchandise.
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News
Card Factory swings back to black as consumers return to high street
Card Factory has noted a “shift of customer spend back towards the high street and reversal of lockdown effects”.
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News
Amazon unveils new Prime Sales event to help customers ‘spread seasonal spending’
Amazon has today announced the launch of a new two-day shopping Sale, Prime Early Access, in mid October, designed to help customers “spread out their seasonal spending”.
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Analysis
Aldi boss Hurley on cost of living, Christmas and its ‘unbreakable contract’ with customers
Having just dethroned Morrisons as the fourth-largest grocer in the UK, Aldi is gunning for further growth despite a slump in profits. The discounter’s boss Giles Hurley discusses the key issues facing the business – and how it is planning to take further share in a fiercely competitive market.
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News
Matalan names Nigel Oddy as interim chief executive as it searches for buyer
Matalan has appointed retail veteran Nigel Oddy as chief executive on an interim basis, while founder and chair John Hargreaves is to step down.
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News
River Island invests in stores as it returns to profit
River Island swung back into the black in 2021, beating pre-pandemic figures.
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News
Frasers makes mandatory offer for online player MySale
Frasers Group has made a mandatory offer for online fashion specialist MySale after the rebuffal of earlier interest.
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News
Boohoo cancels orders and Wilko delays payments amid tough trading conditions
Online fashion specialist Boohoo has cancelled orders and variety store group Wilko is delaying supplier payments as disrupted trading conditions take a toll.
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News
Aldi pledges to 'double down' on low prices as profits fall
Value grocer Aldi has vowed to deliver the lowest prices to shoppers after posting a slide in annual profits.
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Interview
Interview: Poundland’s Barry Williams on Christmas, cost of living and gunning for the grocers
Retail Week sits down with Poundland boss Barry Williams to discuss the challenges and opportunities presented by the cost-of-living crisis, the retailer’s growing focus on new categories and building a profitable online business from a standing start