More on Me + Em – Page 379
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News
New Look completes financial restructuring
New Look has completed a major recapitalisation of its finances.
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News
Supreme acquired by Timberland owner VF in $2.1bn deal
Iconic streetwear brand Supreme has been sold to VF Corporation, which owns brands including Vans and North Face, in a deal valued at $2.1bn (£1.6bn).
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News
Landsec signals further fall in rents likely
Landsec, the retail property group, expects shopping centre rents to fall because of the impact of the Covid pandemic and an “ongoing structural shift to a lower rent model”.
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News
Grocery sales rise in October as record numbers flock online
Grocery sales jumped last month as a record number of shoppers turned to online.
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News
Aldi to roll out click and collect to 200 stores before Christmas
Aldi is to extend its click-and-collect trial to more than 200 additional stores before Christmas as it ramps up its online proposition.
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News
Tesco to pay Christmas bonus as Lidl ups hourly wages
Grocery giants Tesco and Lidl have handed their staff pay fillips ahead of the crucial Christmas trading period.
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News
Retail sales rise in October boosted by pre-lockdown splurge
Retail sales recorded a year-on-year uplift in October, which British Retail Consortium (BRC) boss Helen Dickinson says demonstrated many retailers “finding their footing” prior to the second lockdown.
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Opinion
‘Retailers must be smarter than ever to pass Black Friday demand test’
With ecommerce sales already at a record high, the anticipated spike in online orders expected over the Black Friday and Cyber Monday period will put even greater strain on retailers and logistics providers alike.
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Retail Voice
How product experience helps drive ROI
In today’s retail market, it is not enough for websites to display a solitary product image with a few bullet points providing washing instructions. Consumers are looking for much more than this.
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Analysis
Retail Horizon 2021 – introducing our new strategic toolkit
Retail Week has launched Retail Horizon 2021 – Winning Strategies to Navigate Disruption, a strategic toolkit available exclusively for our subscribers.
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News
BRC unveils sustainability roadmap to hit net zero by 2040
The British Retail Consortium has launched its Climate Action Roadmap with the aim for the industry to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2040.
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News
In pictures: Fenwick unveils Newcastle Christmas window to 250,000 online
More than 250,000 viewers streamed the unveiling of Fenwick’s Christmas window at its Newcastle flagship.
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Opinion
‘As lockdown bites, retailers can’t afford to squabble like cats in a bag’
As the retail industry labours under the restrictions of a second lockdown, some are adopting a beggar-thy-neighbour attitude that is in the interests of nobody.
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Data
Coronavirus Consumer Pulse: Web traffic spikes ahead of second lockdown
Amid the coronavirus crisis, it has arguably never been more important, nor more difficult, for retailers to understand their customers.
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Video
Watch: Kevin the Carrot returns for Aldi’s Christmas ad
Aldi’s 2020 Christmas ad brings the next instalment in the adventures of Kevin the Carrot.
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Video
Watch: Amazon’s emotional Christmas advert
Entitled ‘The show must go on’, Amazon’s Christmas campaign tells the story of a young dancer.
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News
Harrods lockdown closure prompts credit renegotiation
Department store Harrods has renegotiated the covenants of a £200m syndicated loan following the latest Covid-19 lockdown.
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News
John Lewis leads calls for clarity on Christmas reopening
John Lewis has urged the government to provide clarity urgently about whether stores can reopen in December when the latest lockdown in England is scheduled to end.
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Opinion
‘Retailers’ cash is stronger than expected, but the outlook has weakened’
HSBC UK head of retail and leisure James Sawley takes the temperature of retail performance and finances as a new lockdown begins.