More on Me + Em – Page 376
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News
Online sales soar as golden quarter spending moves early and online
Ecommerce sales in the UK had their strongest year-on-year growth since June as golden-quarter spend was brought forward and much of the UK was plunged back into lockdown.
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News
M&S reshapes grocery team in ‘full shop’ push
Marks & Spencer has made changes to its grocery team as it bids to win a greater share of spend.
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Opinion
‘Don’t even try to compete with Amazon this Black Friday’
It’s been a year fraught with difficulties and challenges almost from the outset, and now another huge test is looming for retailers.
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News
Asda sales rise as Christmas spending is brought forward
Asda has posted an increase in sales during its third quarter as demand for “key Christmas products” was brought forward.
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News
Second lockdown footfall ‘more resilient’ as Christmas nears
Retail footfall during the UK’s second lockdown has proved “more resilient” than in March, as shoppers head to stores in the lead up to Christmas.
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News
Naked Wines names new finance boss
Naked Wines has appointed Shawn Tabak as new chief financial officer after promoting current finance boss James Crawford to the role of managing director of its UK business.
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Boohoo appoints McCabe to chair audit committee following slavery allegations
Boohoo has appointed Shaun McCabe to its board as new audit committee chair following the modern slavery allegations made against the group earlier this year.
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Video
Face time: Lord Rose on Christmas, the future of cities and limiting screen time
From bricks and mortar to online, Lord Stuart Rose’s experience spans all of retail and the industry’s ups and downs. The Ocado chair and former Marks & Spencer chief executive shares his thoughts on the second lockdown, vaccine hopes, Christmas prospects and the industry’s future.
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Analysis
Retail Horizon: Felixstowe chaos hints at bigger Brexit challenges to come
The UK has resumed talks with the EU in Brussels this week in a last-ditch bid to secure a post-Brexit trade deal.
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Opinion
Fran Minogue: Retail leadership lessons for our stop-go times
There was a horrible novelty to the first lockdown. We’d never been there before and the first priority was colleague safety and then to focus on keeping operations going.
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Gallery
Store gallery: Majestic debuts new branding and fine wine push
Majestic Wine has debuted its refreshed branding at its newest store inside Beckenham’s iconic Chinese Garage.
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Retail Voice
Need to know: Solutions simplifying selling across multi-marketplaces
Marketplaces are hot property as retailers look to capitalise on the recent explosion of ecommerce, which is only intensifying further as some parts of the UK navigate a second lockdown. These solutions are making it easier for businesses to buck this trend and reach more customers worldwide.
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News
Walmart sells majority stake in Japanese supermarket chain Seiyu
US retail giant Walmart has sold its majority stake in Japanese grocery chain Seiyu for $1.6bn, continuing its retreat from international markets.
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News
Greggs makes 820 redundancies as new lockdowns hit business
Food-to-go giant Greggs has made 820 redundancies across the business with boss Roger Whiteside warning the “battle with Covid hasn’t gone away”.
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Video
Watch: Tesco’s celebratory Christmas ad after year of pandemic gloom
Tesco is encouraging shoppers to treat themselves this Christmas after a year dominated by the Covid pandemic and associated lockdowns.
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News
Topshop owner Arcadia in talks to secure £30m loan
The Arcadia group led by Sir Philip Green is understood to be urgently seeking fresh funding after the second national lockdown in England put paid to its recovery plans.
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News
JD Sports mulls Debenhams rescue bid
JD Sports has emerged as a prospective bidder for the Debenhams and is understood to be running due diligence on the business.
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News
Stores might never reopen if lockdown extended, retail bosses warn
More than 60 high street bosses have signed a letter calling for the lockdown in England to not be extended beyond December 2.
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Opinion
Julian Richer: ‘Questioning Sunak’s rates decision is not selling out retail’
Following Retail Week’s recent article about retailers squabbling like “cats in a bag”, I felt the need to write after some comments I made at the recent Confederation of British Industry (CBI) conference may have been misunderstood.