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News
Co-op brings businesses together in new ad campaign
The Co-op has launched a campaign that brings together its three core businesses for the first time and champions its investment into local communities.
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Analysis
Analysis: Why has Amazon invested in Deliveroo?
Amazon sent shockwaves across the grocery and food delivery sector today when it was revealed to have invested in takeaway delivery firm Deliveroo. Here, we look at the implications.
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Marks & Spencer people boss to step down
Marks & Spencer’s human resources director David Guise is leaving the retailer
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JD Sports faces CMA probe over Footasylum acquisition
The Competitions and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched an investigation into JD Sports over its £90m acquisition of Footasylum.
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Agenda: M&S, Halfords and Mothercare update the market
Retail Week looks ahead to the next seven days with updates from Marks & Spencer, Halfords and Mothercare on the agenda
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Ocado confirms 400 jobs at risk after distribution centre fire
Ocado has said up to 400 jobs are at risk at its Andover distribution centre, after admitting that it would take up to two years to rebuild the site after it was destroyed by fire in February.
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Selfridges’ Kelly and sports giant Nike recognised at World Retail Awards
The best of global retail was celebrated last night at the World Retail Awards, held at the World Retail Congress in Amsterdam.
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Analysis
Analysis: How to survive the 'high velocity retail' world
“The customer is no longer king. The customer is now master of the universe.”
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News
Co-op teams with anti-knife crime charity to build gyms
The Co-op is teaming up with anti-knife crime organisation Steel Warriors to build 20 open-air gyms across the UK.
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Amazon grabs Deliveroo stake in funding round
Amazon is backing food delivery service Deliveroo as part of an investment consortium investing nearly half a billion pounds in the app.
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Video
Watch: Pets at Home opens doors to 'store of the future'
As Pets at Home launches its new store format, boss Peter Pritchard shows Retail Week around the outlet that aims to be the ’destination for pets’
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Video
Watch: John Lewis vs Richer Sounds - who's the best employer?
As Richer Sounds owner Julian Richer gives control of his business to staff, John Lewis Partnership has scrapped its final salary pension. We ask what it means to be a good retail employer.
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Opinion
Move of the Week: New Holland & Barrett boss has big shoes to fill
Two months after waving goodbye to its longstanding chief executive Peter Aldis, Holland & Barrett has ushered in a new era with the appointment of Tony Buffin as his replacement.
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Ocado boss: Kroger will be number one in ecommerce
Ocado boss Tim Steiner believes its partnership with Kroger will transform the American grocer into “the number one player in ecommerce in the US”.
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Opinion
Opinion: Tacky ads won't help M&S reach £12bn food sales
Marks & Spencer has long been a tale of two halves, with grocery on a seemingly unstoppable run while clothing and home floundered.
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Boots launches loyalty card online to drive personalisation
Boots is rolling out a digital version of its Advantage Card loyalty scheme that will allow shoppers to access personalised offers via their mobile.
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Waitrose reveals Ocado successor and £1bn online target
Waitrose has struck a deal with ecommerce platform TDP to succeed its Ocado partnership and plans to treble the size of its online business over the next three years.
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JD.com exec Ling on the future of 'boundless retail'
JD.com executive Chenkai Ling believes retail will evolve into a “boundless” sector as new shopping channels emerge and combine.
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Asda posts first-quarter sales decline
Asda has reported a fall in like for likes as a later Easter this year contributed to a drop in comparative sales in its first quarter.