More on Me + Em – Page 467
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Opinion
Bryan Roberts: Tesco’s Asian windfall would be better spent on stores
The ongoing unravelling of the great retail globalisation myth has taken its latest step with the news that Tesco has completed its withdrawal from Asia, through the proposed sale of its operations in Thailand and Malaysia.
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News
French Connection swings to loss as UK woes continue
French Connection has swung to a loss after a worse-than-expected year and says the chances of trading improving in the UK in the foreseeable future are unlikely.
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News
DFS profits fall as coronavirus plays havoc with full-year guidance
DFS has reported a decline in both profits and sales and warned that the developing coronavirus outbreak has made it impossible to give accurate guidance on its full-year results.
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Analysis
Brexit: The negotiating mandates and what they mean for retail
The EU and the UK have published their respective negotiating mandates, which outline a framework for their upcoming negotiations on the future trading relationship. Retail Economics and law firm Squire Patton Boggs pour through the details.
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Retail Voice
Why data will unlock a greener supply chain
Public concern over the environment has reached fever-pitch – and rightly so.
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News
Retail sales growth hampered by storms, says BRC
Retail sales in February were hampered by three named storms during the month, according to the latest BRC-KPMG retail sales monitor.
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News
Coronavirus: Government to grant supermarkets more flexible delivery times
Supermarkets will be granted the ability to set more flexible delivery times as the government looks to ensure people have access to products in the event of a wider coronavirus outbreak.
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News
AO.com co-founder Alan Latchford dies
AO.com co-founder Alan Latchford has died at the age of 61.
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News
Amazon starts selling checkout-less tech to retail rivals
Amazon has started selling the technology behind its checkout-less Amazon Go stores to other retailers.
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Opinion
Opinion: Retail’s coronavirus response could spark long-term change
As shoppers cleared the shelves of staple goods such as toilet roll and pasta in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, retailers acquitted themselves well.
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News
Usdaw calls on chancellor to ‘save our shops’ ahead of budget
Usdaw has added its voice to retailers in calling on the chancellor to deliver urgently needed business rates reforms to “tackle the retail sector crisis”.
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Analysis
Analysis: The store design trends and products you need to know
The world’s biggest retail trade fair, Euroshop, in Dusseldorf, took place last month, but what were the big store design trends businesses should be acting on?
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News
John Lewis launches first spring TV advertising campaign
John Lewis has launched its first-ever TV advertising campaign outside of Christmas and clearance, in a bid to push sales of its spring and summer collections.
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News
Reiss profits and sales soar after ‘strongest’ results in its history
Reiss has reported soaring profits and sales for the last financial year, in what the brand described as its “strongest” set of results in its history.
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Analysis
Data: The UK’s 15 most improved retailers for gender pay equality
Retail Week ranks the top-performing and most improved UK retailers for gender pay equality.
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News
Co-op boss Murrells calls for business rates reform to save small towns
The Co-op’s chief executive Steve Murrells has urged Chancellor Rishi Sunak to reform the business rates system ahead of the budget this week.
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News
Tesco to sell Thai and Malaysian business in £8.2bn deal
Tesco is set to offload its Thai and Malaysian grocery divisions to Thai business empire CP Group in a deal unanimously approved by its board.
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News
Supermarkets ration products to quell coronavirus stockpiling
Tesco, Asda and Waitrose have all started rationing sales of certain items, such as toilet paper and antibacterial hand gel, in store or online.
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Gallery
Store gallery: Inside Burberry’s AR-fuelled Arctic pop-up
Taking over the ‘Corner Shop’ at Selfridges, Burberry has launched an Arctic-themed AR pop-up experience.
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Data
Data: UK retail skills gap at crisis point
Digital skills are now required in 79% of UK retail jobs. Retail Week’s new report examines how leaders can resolve the missing links in their workforce.