More on Me + Em – Page 433
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News
Primark to reopen all 153 English stores on Monday
High street giant Primark has confirmed it will reopen all 153 of its stores in England on Monday with “rigorous health and safety measures” in place.
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Aldi extends Deliveroo partnership into London
Aldi has extended its trial with Deliveroo into London, less than a month after launching the pilot in the Midlands.
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Liberty rebrands digital flagship as it celebrates 145 years
London department store Liberty has completed a rebranding including a new logo and redesigned website, as it celebrates its 145th birthday this year.
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Analysis
Analysis: What high street will emerge from the pandemic?
Already under enormous pressure before the arrival of the coronavirus pandemic, the high street has taken another battering. What will it look like as the crisis subsides?
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Morrisons hit by investor revolt over exec pension payments
Morrisons has been rocked by a shareholder revolt over the pay packages of its executive team.
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UK economy suffers worst-ever slump during coronavirus lockdown
The UK economy suffered its worst-ever collapse during April as the coronavirus lockdown wiped out a fifth of GDP.
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Opinion
Opinion: How social distancing can be ‘baked in’ to new store designs
One-way systems, hygiene stations, duct tape on the floor. All of this adds up to just one thing – retailers doing what they can to make their stores safer places for those choosing to frequent them.
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Opinion
Opinion: Retail leaders need to think big post-lockdown
When non-essential stores reopen their doors from Monday, almost three months will have passed since the UK went into lockdown.
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Analysis
Retail 100 exposes lack of BAME industry leaders
RWRC’s annual ranking of the industry’s 100 most influential people has been published and features just one black retail executive. With the Black Lives Matter movement dominating headlines and conversations in boardrooms, Megan Dunsby asks: where are all the BAME leaders in retail?
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Analysis
Analysis: What Inditex’s strategy tells us about the future of fashion
Inditex has unveiled plans to better integrate its online and offline propositions, invest in larger flagship stores and harness RFID technology within its new ‘in-store mode’ app. But what do such plans tell us about the direction of travel in fashion retail?
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Data
Data: New forecasts for the post-pandemic retail landscape
New data from Edge by Ascential shows a vastly changed outlook for retail channels across the UK as the Covid-19 pandemic has drastically altered the retail landscape and consumer spending habits.
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B&M full-year profits and sales rise despite coronavirus disruption
B&M has posted an uplift in full-year profits bolstered by strong sales growth, and reports that revenues throughout the coronavirus pandemic have been “strong”.
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Report Store
Retail 100 2020
Retail Week’s ranking of the industry’s top 100 most influential individuals
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Video
Face time: John Lewis ops chief Andrew Murphy on post-lockdown stores comeback
John Lewis Partnership executive director of operations Andrew Murphy talks to Retail Week about store reopening plans, the retailer’s ‘customer-led’ post-pandemic strategy and the ‘exciting opportunity to reshape the business’ in future.
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Retail 100 2020: Industry’s most influential leaders revealed
Tesco boss Dave Lewis has retained his position at the top of RWRC’s annual Retail 100 list, following a year in which Britain’s biggest retailer completed its turnaround and played a crucial role in feeding the nation during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Analysis
More women leaders celebrated in Retail 100 than ever before
With a 27% rise in women executives since 2019, increased gender diversity is one of the trends that characterises this year’s ranking of the most influential people in retail. Megan Dunsby reflects on what this means and why it is time for retail to become truly diverse
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Data
Retail 100 2020: In numbers
RWRC has published its annual Retail 100 list, ranking the most influential people in the industry right now, decided by Retail Week’s team of expert journalists.
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Analysis
Retail 100 2020: Four of the biggest trends
Following the publication of the annual Retail 100 ranking, produced in association with Braze, ChannelAdvisor and Salesforce, Retail Week explores key trends shared by the industry’s most influential people
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Retail Voice
Five ways to get ready for the recovery
Does it seem a little odd to be talking about investing and spending more money during what is arguably the largest ever crisis the retail industry has faced? Perhaps, but hear me out.
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News
Updated: Ocado launches £1bn fund raise to capitalise on online shift
Ocado has launched an ambitious bid to raise £1bn in fresh funding to help it capitalise on the “significant acceleration” in online shopping during the coronavirus pandemic.