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Analysis
The Big Question: Can department stores survive coronavirus crisis?
As Debenhams tumbles into administration for the second time in a year and Fenwick makes sweeping leadership changes, Retail Week asks industry experts for their view on whether department stores can survive the coronavirus crisis.
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Opinion
Opinion: Relax Sunday trading laws during coronavirus crisis
It is an age-old debate that splits opinion like few others in the world of retail: should Sunday trading laws be relaxed?
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Opinion
Opinion: Get exec pay right to ensure credit in the bank with shoppers
As many businesses are forced to furlough staff or in the worst cases make redundancies, the remuneration of high earners has understandably come under the microscope.
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Digital edition
Retail Week magazine: April 10
This week, you’ll find lessons from retailers experiencing lockdowns around the world, insight into the challenges facing online retailers from grocery to fashion, and how businesses are connecting with customers using TikTok. We hope you find it useful and thought-provoking.
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Analysis
Analysis: How coronavirus is really impacting Tesco
Tesco unveiled its full-year results today, but another stellar 12 months of profit and margin gains played second fiddle to its ongoing response to the coronavirus crisis.
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News
Marks & Spencer turns pyjamas into NHS scrubs to help in coronavirus fight
Marks & Spencer is donating pyjamas to be used as scrubs by the NHS as part of several initiatives to support the health serviced during the coronavirus outbreak.
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News
Morrisons and Deliveroo launch grocery home delivery partnership
Big-four grocer Morrisons has announced a new partnership with Deliveroo to offer home grocery delivery from stores.
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News
Coronavirus: Holland & Barrett remains open despite staff calls for closures
Holland & Barrett has qualified as an ‘essential’ retailer as defined by government guidelines, but staff are campaigning for closures.
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News
Asos profits jump as it orders £200m equity raise to cope with coronavirus
Asos has launched an equity share raise and extended its revolving credit facility to deal with the impact coronavirus on its business.
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News
Tesco full-year profits rise as it incurs ‘significant’ coronavirus costs
Tesco has warned that the impact of coronavirus could cost its business as much as £925m as the grocer posts uplifts in full-year profits and UK sales.
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Opinion
What next? Asos, Boots and Pets at Home bosses on the post-pandemic future
You will be relieved to hear that I’m not writing about the current situation – we’re all deluged with information already and anything I wrote would be out of date before you read it.
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Opinion
Opinion: Supporting suppliers now will pay dividends tomorrow
The coronavirus pandemic has not only decimated retailers’ performance, its effects are being felt by the industry’s suppliers too.
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News
Easter trading to be ‘unrecognisable’ due to coronavirus
Trading over the coming Easter weekend will be “unrecognisable” due to the government’s mandated lockdown and closure of non-essential stores, according to data from Springboard.
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Analysis
Analysis: H&M’s China sales trend offers fashion retailers coronavirus hope
With almost 4,000 of its 5,065 stores closed worldwide, H&M has been hit hard by the coronavirus outbreak affecting sales in its 54 markets.
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News
Eve Sleep promotes CMO Calverley to top job as Sturrock steps down
Eve Sleep has named chief marketing officer Cheryl Calverley as its new boss as current chief executive James Sturrock steps down to take up a new job elsewhere.
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News
Waitrose rows back on coronavirus pay policy
Waitrose has rowed back on a policy that suggested workers who were self-isolating because of their family would have to make up the hours they owed at a later date.
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News
WHSmith raises £165m through share placing amid coronavirus crisis
WHSmith has successfully raised more than £165m to shore up its balance sheet amid the current ongoing health crisis.
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News
Tesco to open pop-up stores at NHS Nightingale sites
Tesco plans to open pop-up shops at NHS Nightingale sites across the UK to give healthcare workers easy access to food and essential household items.
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Analysis
Analysis: Seven inventive ways grocers across the globe are tackling coronavirus
From persuading people not to panic-buy to ensuring shoppers and staff are safe, supermarkets have had to overcome some Herculean challenges following the onset of coronavirus.
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News
Schuh resumes online trading with ‘exhaustive welfare measures’ in place
Footwear specialist Schuh has resumed trading online after putting in place “exhaustive welfare measures” to protect staff from coronavirus.