More on Me + Em – Page 381
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News
Asos bolsters top team with chief commercial officer
Asos has hired José Antonio Ramos Calamonte as its chief commercial officer as another new addition to its leadership team.
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N Brown taps up investors for £100m fundraising as half-year profits fall
N Brown has launched a £100m fundraise to accelerate its strategy alongside reporting a decline in interim profits and sales.
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Mike Ashley fails to match Debenhams price tag and retracts offer
Mike Ashley is out of the running to acquire Debenhams after refusing to match the £300m price tag for the beleaguered department store chain.
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Sainsbury’s to axe 3,500 jobs as interim sales climb
Sainsbury’s has unveiled strong underlying results at the half-year mark as it revealed plans to streamline its Argos stores estate and shutter food counters in store, putting 3,500 jobs at risk.
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Opinion
Michael Jary: ‘New normal? Retail needs to get used to the new weird’
Back in March I wrote on Retail Week that coronavirus would bring a tipping point: a permanent change in industry structure. At the time some readers wondered whether I might be hyperbolising. It turns out I hardly knew the half of it.
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Opinion
‘Don’t forget about stores this ecommerce Christmas’
Almost £3bn in sales might shift online this Christmas, but don’t underestimate the draw of the store, writes Gemma Goldfingle
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Analysis
Retailer-supplier collaboration key to reacting to market trends, says Kraft Heinz
Retailers and brands must boost collaboration in order to overcome data lags and ensure lightning-fast responses to market trends, Kraft Heinz Company vice president of EMEA marketing Victoria Sjardin has told Retail Week.
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Analysis
Lockdown 2.0: How to look after your mental health through Covid Christmas
As England goes back into national lockdown, fears are rising that the country could be about to be gripped by a mental health crisis.
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Video
Watch: TK Maxx Christmas ad acknowledges ‘hard year’
TKMaxx’s Christmas ad encourages customers to buy gifts for everyone, even the goat, after a tough year for all.
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Analysis
Lockdown 2.0: The new regulations and how they affect your business
With England set to be plunged into a second lockdown from midnight tonight, Retail Week highlights the changes in the new government guidance and what they might mean for your business.
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Analysis
From M&S to MS2 – can pureplay shift turbocharge fashion performance?
Marks & Spencer’s half-year results again spotlighted the accelerated shift to online shopping that has accompanied the Covid-19 pandemic.
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News
Clarks puts thousands of roles at risk in store management restructure
Clarks has told almost 4,000 UK store staff that their roles are at risk of redundancy as part of radical plans to revive the struggling business.
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John Lewis to axe further 1,500 jobs in head office shake-up
Department store chain John Lewis has announced plans to cut a further 1,500 jobs between now and April, in a bid to create a “more flexible” head office.
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M&S boss Rowe calls for extended Sunday trading before Christmas
Marks & Spencer chief executive Steve Rowe has joined Primark in calling for extended trading hours in the run-up to Christmas.
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Zalando raises profit forecast after ‘exceptional’ sales boost
Zalando has reported “exceptionally strong” growth in the third quarter, raising expectations for the full year.
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Iceland swings to profit as pandemic buying sends sales skyrocketing
Sales at Iceland surged in the six months to September as consumers shopped locally and stocked up on frozen food.
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Marks & Spencer suffers first ever loss as coronavirus batters clothing sales
Marks & Spencer has slumped to its first loss as a listed business after the coronavirus crisis hammered sales in its clothing division.
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News
Walmart scraps use of Bossa Nova’s stock-checking robots
Walmart has cut ties with inventory robotics start-up Bossa Nova and will return to staff-based methods of stock-checking in its stores.
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Retail Voice
Lessons for the West from China’s retail recovery
Asian markets, particularly China, are often looked at by those in the West as leaders in applying cutting-edge technology and innovation to the retail sector.
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Analysis
Data: The retailers expanding and retreating from high streets in 2020
New data compiled by the Local Data Company charts both the toll the coronavirus crisis has taken on many UK retailers but also highlights the categories that are proving more resilient.