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Ocado eyes new French partners following Casino joint venture
Ocado has struck a joint venture with partner Groupe Casino that means it can offer its technology to other grocers in France and pick from the group’s stores.
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JD Sports ups profit forecast but delays results to address Footasylum fallout
JD Sports has upped profit expectations but delayed its full-year results so it can address the divestment of Footasylum and complete a governance review.
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Amazon reaches ‘global agreement’ with Visa on credit card fees
Amazon has agreed on a deal with Visa that will see it continue to accept payments from Visa credit cards, marking the end of a dispute over rising payment fees.
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Shopify warns of online slowdown despite soaring revenues
Shopify has warned that the likely absence of a “Covid-triggered acceleration of ecommerce” in the first half of 2022 looks set to impact revenue growth.
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Kingfisher reshuffles top team and creates new chief commercial officer role
Kingfisher has rejigged its top team across its European fascias.
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Gallery
Store gallery: WHSmith launches first ‘Just Walk Out’ store in the US
WHSmith has opened its first checkout-free store in LaGuardia Airport in New York.
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Opinion
‘Asda’s reaction to Jack Monroe reveals rise of a new style of influencer’
As the spiralling cost of living unsettles consumers – inflation now stands at a 30-year high according to this week’s ONS data – retailers’ value propositions are coming under the spotlight in new ways, sometimes in an unflattering light, from a new type of influencer.
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Marks & Spencer unveils £10-per-hour pay deal for all staff
All Marks & Spencer store staff will earn at least £10 per hour from the beginning of April under the retailer’s latest reward scheme.
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Boohoo’s ‘sexually suggestive’ advert banned by watchdog
Boohoo has had one of its adverts banned by the advertising watchdog following complaints that it was “sexually suggestive”.
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Reiss overhauls online fulfilment offer as it launches on Next Total Platform
Reiss has ramped up its online fulfilment proposition and relaunched its website in a bid to drive ecommerce sales.
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Analysis
Analysis: How can fashion retailers soothe their rising returns headache?
The returns headache for fashion was exacerbated over the Christmas period and is rising in line with online growth. How can retail tackle the issue head-on?
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Opinion
‘Booming demand has spurred creation of more resale businesses’
The rising cost of living will power the growth of second-hand products and resale, maintains eBay UK general manager Murray Lambell.
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Waitrose relaunches customer loyalty programme after doubling investment
Waitrose is set to relaunch its myWaitrose loyalty programme after doubling investment in the scheme, calling it “our biggest initiative to add value” for customers in a decade.
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Gallery
Store gallery: Greggs rolls into Primark with new cafe concept
Greggs has opened its shop-in-shop in Primark’s Birmingham flagship.
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Data
Data: Online retail grows at slowest rate on record in January
Ecommerce sales grew at the slowest rate on record in January as retailers battle the ongoing cost-of-living crisis and rising inflation.
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Interview
Interview: How Ikea’s property arm Ingka Centres is reinventing physical retail
As Ikea’s small-format store in Hammersmith prepares to open its doors next week, Retail Week sits down with Cindy Andersen – boss of the retailer’s sister company and property firm Ingka Centres – to discuss the new concept and how the Covid-19 crisis has reinforced its strategic shift to multi-purpose spaces.
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Cowgill hits back after JD Sports and Footasylum fined almost £5m by CMA
JD Sports has accused the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) of using “inflammatory language” and reaching misleading conclusions after it handed down a nearly £5m fine to the retailer and Footasylum.
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Studio tumbles into administration after failing to land £25m lifeline
Studio Retail Group has stated its intention to appoint administrators after it failed to secure a £25m loan.
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Gallery
Store gallery: Poundland launches new large-format store to focus on fresh food
Poundland has opened its first large-format store, offering more fresh food in a bid to attract cash-conscious customers to do their weekly shops with the discount chain.
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Boots suitors given until end of the month for fresh bids
Prospective bidders for Boots have been given until the end of the month to place first-round bids in the £7bn battle shaping up for the health and beauty retailer.