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Coronavirus: Homebase trials 20 store reopenings
Homebase has reopened 20 of its bricks-and-mortar stores on a trial basis, one month after closing its entire estate due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Debenhams warns business rates change could spark Welsh shop closures
Debenhams may have to shut branches in Wales unless the government changes its stance on business rates.
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Sunday trading hours to be reviewed to smooth food shopping
Business secretary Alok Sharma has begun a review of Sunday trading restrictions to enable grocers to operate more effectively during the coronavirus outbreak and its aftermath.
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John Lewis and Greggs prepare to reopen stores as lockdown eases
Department store business John Lewis is making plans to reopen stores next month as other retailers also move out of the coronavirus lockdown.
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Opinion
The dos and don’ts of coronavirus emergency financing
Alistair Lee of Argyll Debt Advisory shares advice for businesses applying for emergency funding
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Analysis
Deep dive: Retail’s road to recovery post-coronavirus
Coronavirus has had a devastating impact across all business – the Office for Budget Responsibility forecast that the UK economy could shrink 35% in the second quarter – but retail has been particularly hard hit. Retail Week looks at what steps should be taken.
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Opinion
Helen Dickinson: Retail is stronger together in war on coronavirus
Coronavirus has triggered the biggest retail crisis of our lifetime and the impact of this pandemic on businesses continues to be enormous.
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Has retail changed forever? Inside the mind of the post-coronavirus consumer
The coronavirus pandemic has already sparked a seismic shift in the way people behave and shop, but what longer-lasting effects will it have on the retail industry and its customers?
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BRC and Usdaw issue guidance for non-food retailers ahead of future store reopenings
The British Retail Consortium (BRC) and shopworkers’ union Usdaw have issued guidance on social distancing for non-food retailers in anticipation of a wider reopening of stores.
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Coronavirus: JD Sports boss Cowgill takes 75% pay cut
JD Sports has launched a range of cost-cutting measures and delayed the publication of its preliminary results amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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Analysis
Analysis: How coronavirus forced the Co-op to fix what wasn’t broken
Buoyed by six consecutive years of like-for-like growth, the Co-op could have justly looked forward to another bumper year in 2020. But the coronavirus has forced it to fundamentally rethink a strategy that was reaping rewards.
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Sainsbury’s to extend trading hours at supermarkets and convenience stores
Sainsbury’s chief executive has written to customers saying the grocer will be extending trading hours at supermarkets and convenience stores to reduce queuing inside and outside stores.
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Sharpest decline in retail sales on record as store closures bite
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has recorded the steepest decline in retail sales in March since the tracker was launched in 1996.
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Coronavirus: Consumer confidence stabilises after early-April crash
Consumer confidence has stabilised after crashing at the start of the coronavirus crisis, although experts have refused to rule out a further slump to record lows.
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Co-op warns of £200m coronavirus costs as profits rise
The Co-op has warned that it faces additional costs of more than £200m associated with the coronavirus crisis as it ramps up efforts to “feed the nation”.
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Unilever boss: Coronavirus to spark ‘inflection point’ for ecommerce
The boss of consumer goods giant Unilever has warned that the coronavirus crisis will spark an “inflection point” for online food shopping.
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Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group settles €674m Belgian tax dispute
Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group has settled its long-running €674m (£588m) tax dispute with Belgian authorities.
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Amazon donates £250,000 to help bookstores through coronavirus
Amazon has donated £250,000 to a fund set up to help its physical bookshop rivals that have been hammered by coronavirus.
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Analysis
The Big Question: Are retailers failing their suppliers if they don’t pay for cancelled orders?
As Asda comes under fire for cancelling clothing orders with suppliers and Primark pledges a further £370m in its supplier support package, are fashion retailers doing enough to support their wholesale partners? Retail Week asks industry experts for their views.
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Marks & Spencer acts to support clothing suppliers during pandemic
Marks & Spencer has implemented a raft of measures to help suppliers ride out disruption during the coronavirus outbreak.