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News
Waitrose and Co-op to slash prices in run-up to Christmas
Both Waitrose and the Co-op are set to cut prices on products by up to 15% this week as the supermarkets prepare to fight it out for customers in a value-dominated market.
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Analysis
TV or TikTok? Where should marketers spend their budget right now?
Marketing teams have been met with a tough challenge throughout the pandemic as consumers’ lives and behaviours change. Retail Week explores how best to reach customers right now.
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Opinion
The Secret Retailer: ‘Colleagues doubt my ability because of my upbringing’
I always knew I was different to my colleagues, but about eight months ago I realised just how much.
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Analysis
Six ways Amazon, Levi’s and more are transforming their businesses
With retailers forced to rethink their operations to meet new customer demand, cut costs and ultimately survive, RWRC’s latest report reveals where retailers should be placing their time, money and energy in the year ahead.
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Opinion
‘Alibaba’s $3.6bn splurge cements value of stores in retail’s future’
Alibaba, one of the world’s largest ecommerce players, this week splashed $3.6bn on its latest big-money acquisition.
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Retail Voice
Three big decisions retailers make when choosing a new logistics facility
The growth of the online retail sector had already resulted in a surge of warehouse enquiries before the pandemic, but with the busy Christmas period fast approaching, the demand for fulfilment is about to get even greater.
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In pictures: Asda unveils landmark ‘sustainability store’
Grocery giant Asda has opened a pilot “sustainability store” including product refill options, loose and unwrapped produce and a pledge that “customers will not pay more for greener options”.
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Analysis
Digital tools have empowered staff during the pandemic, says M&S stores boss
New technology and tools have helped store staff to make quicker decisions and better serve customers, a panel of experts told Retail Week’s Building tomorrow’s workforce: how to work smarter’ virtual event.
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Iceland ramps up same-day delivery plans with ‘Swift’ trademark
Iceland has ramped up plans to offer a rapid grocery delivery service after registering the ‘Swift’ trademark with the Intellectual Property Office (IPO).
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Retail footfall slumps as three-tier Covid restrictions take effect
The government’s three-tiered Covid restrictions have had an “immediate impact” on retail footfall across the UK after coming into force late last week.
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‘Non-essential’ retail ordered to close in Welsh and Irish lockdowns
All ’non-essential retailers’ in Wales and the Republic of Ireland must close as a new Covid-19 lockdown comes into force.
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Edinburgh Woollen Mill tycoon Philip Day plots bid to buy back Peacocks
Edinburgh Woollen Mill tycoon Philip Day is plotting a bid to save budget fashion chain Peacocks and jettison the rest of the group.
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Boohoo auditor quits over corporate governance concerns
Boohoo’s auditor PwC is stepping down amid concerns over the online retailer’s corporate governance.
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Store closures hit record levels as 11,000 shut in first half of 2020
A record number of stores closed during the first half of 2020 as the coronavirus crisis hammered high streets, shopping centres and retail parks across the UK.
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Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group makes fresh bid to buy Debenhams
Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group has revived its efforts to buy struggling department store chain Debenhams.
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Ex-Tesco boss Dave Lewis to speak at Virtual Leaders' Summit
Tesco’s former chief executive and chair of the WWF’s board of trustees, Dave Lewis, has joined the line-up for Retail Week’s Virtual Leaders’ Summit in association with Be Inspired, running from November 9 to 13.
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Analysis
Recovery 2021: How retailers can emerge stronger in the year ahead
As we race towards the end of the year and strategies for 2021 start to take shape, we take a look at how retailers can make easy wins and face the year ahead with confidence – themes that are central to RWRC’s Recovery 2021 masterclass
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Retail Voice
Retailers can't delay making customer experience effortless
Customers are not waiting patiently for laggard retailers to catch up with their digital offerings. Capita explains why agility and adaptability is not a nice-to-have but a prerequisite for success – and is easier than many may think
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Online sales growth slows despite new lockdown restrictions
While more lockdown restrictions were introduced across the UK in September, online sales growth normalised to pre-Covid levels.