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Opinion
Opinion: The other frontline workers need emotional support too
Last week I wrote about the importance of furloughed employees looking after their own health and wellbeing during these turbulent times.
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Retail Voice
How essential retailers can keep customers calm through the crisis
As businesses continue to make dramatic changes to the way they operate, OKI Europe’s head of vertical solutions Javier Lopez highlights the role of in-store signage in reducing confusion and distress for shoppers, while complying with social distancing regulations.
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Digital edition
Retail Week magazine: April 24
This week, you’ll find advice on how to lead your business through the storm of a pandemic, how coronavirus is prompting innovation by grocers around the world, and what Asos believes the road to recovery looks like. We hope you find it useful and thought-provoking.
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News
Coronavirus testing expanded to all essential workers and families
All essential workers, including supermarket staff, will be able to book a coronavirus test for themselves online as the government looks to meet its testing target.
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News
Government bans ‘aggressive rent collection’ to safeguard high street stores
The government has placed a temporary ban on landlords issuing statutory demands and winding up orders over unpaid rent to protect high street businesses under strain from coronavirus.
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News
Hammerson’s £400m retail park deal in doubt as buyer tries to pull out
Institutional landlord Hammerson has said the previously agreed £400m sale of its retail park portfolio is hanging by a thread, as the prospective buyer is looking to pull out of the deal.
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Opinion
Opinion: ‘Business as usual’ will be anything but as lockdown measures ease
Travel forward in time – a few weeks, a few months, into the new year? – and imagine how retail might operate when, like moles blinking in the sun, consumers can emerge and go shopping in person again.
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News
Morrisons offers suppliers discount as thank you for ‘feeding the nation’
Supermarket chain Morrisons has announced it will be giving its farmers a discount on grocery purchases as a thank you gesture for their help “feeding the nation”.
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News
eBay teams up with NHS to bolster healthcare staff access to PPE
eBay has been drafted in by the NHS to build a dedicated portal on its website from which healthcare workers across the UK can order personal protective equipment (PPE).
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News
DFS raises £64m in new equity, braces for lockdown to last until December
DFS has raised £64m in its equity fundraising round, which the furniture retailer said will give the business headroom should the lockdown last “to December 2020”.
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Analysis
Analysis: Are subscription businesses the big coronavirus winner?
As recipe box business Gousto secures £33m in new funding following a coronavirus-prompted sales boost, Retail Week looks into whether all parts of the subscription market have benefited and whether it will leave a lasting impact on how consumer buy goods
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Retail Voice
Ambient commerce: the future of sensory shopping?
Post-lockdown, how can non-essential retailers win back consumers in-store? DLA Piper’s Chloe Forster and Robyn Palmer believe ambient commerce is one answer – but it comes with some veritable risks
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News
Abuse and assaults against shopworkers rise during Covid-19 crisis
Instances of abuse, threats and even assaults on shopworkers have all risen since the coronavirus crisis began, new research has found.
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News
Boots recruits new drivers as demand for delivery soars
Boots has recruited new delivery drivers to meet an increase in demand for prescription medicine deliveries as a result of the coronavirus.
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News
Primark endorses UN call for fashion supply chain worker support
Primark has lent it support the UN’s call for fashion industry stakeholders to help garment industry workers impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.
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News
CMA holds firm on JD Sports-Footasylum acquisition despite coronavirus crisis
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is set to maintain its stance on JD Sports’ acquisition of Footasylum despite the damaging impact coronavirus has had on the latter’s finances.
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News
Laura Ashley brand rescued by Gordon Brothers
Restructuring and investment firm Gordon Brothers has bought the Laura Ashley brand and its intellectual property from administrators PwC.
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Analysis
Analysis: How Boohoo has played to its strengths during coronavirus crisis
With the UK under lockdown and non-essential bricks-and-mortar stores closed, the coronavirus pandemic has been bruising for many fashion retailers. However, Boohoo bosses believe the challenging conditions have demonstrated the inherent strengths of their business, from an agile supply chain to social media resonance.
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News
Ted Baker snaps up former Next chair John Barton
Ted Baker has appointed easyJet chair John Barton as its new chair, with the experienced executive set to join the struggling fashion retailer’s non-executive board in July.