More on Me + Em – Page 641
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News
Bonmarché profits fall as store sales slide
Bonmarché has recorded a decline in its interim profits as boss Helen Connolly says “weaker consumer sentiment and footfall” hurt store sales.
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News
Google and NearSt tie up to push local high street sales
Google and retail tech start-up NearSt have collaborated to allow shoppers to get information about specific product availability at shops nearby.
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Retail Voice
Four ways to link digital and physical experiences
Bridging the gap between online and offline is all about giving consumers real-life moments they care about.
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Opinion
What Apple tells us about the changing world of retail
Part of me loved contributing to the ‘30 years of Retail Week’ video recently.
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Video
2018's footfall trends and Christmas trading predictions
Springboard marketing and insights director Diane Wehrle provides an analysis of this year’s consumer footfall data.
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News
Hut Group chair Richard Pennycook to step down
The Hut Group’s chief executive and founder Matthew Moulding will take over from Richard Pennycook as executive chair next year.
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Data
Black Friday 2018: Which retailers are doing what?
Black Friday deals are already underway for 2018 as retailers slash prices ahead of the main event this Friday.
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Data
Retail weather: No need to buy winter warmers
The retail weather forecast from Saturday November 24, 2018 through to Friday November 30, 2018.
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News
B&Q to sell stores for £125m to fund turnaround plan
B&Q plans to sell six of its UK stores in a bid to raise funds for boss Véronique Laury’s five-year transformation strategy.
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News
Evans Cycles stores to be shuttered despite profitability
Evans Cycles’ new owner Mike Ashley has decided to close half of its shops despite administrators advising that “almost all” of its stores make money.
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Gallery
Store gallery: Inside Google’s London pop-up
Google has unveiled its Piccadilly-based pop-up shop, entitled Curiosity Rooms, which will host a variety of workshops and events during its five-week tenure.
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Opinion
Opinion: Retailers should be political – if they mean it
It’s been an interesting few weeks in the world of conscious consumerism.
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News
Jeff Bezos: ‘I predict one day Amazon will fail’
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has told staff that Amazon is not “too big to fail” and that one day it will “go bankrupt”.
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Analysis
Analysis: Who's won retail's Christmas ad battle?
The battle for the best Christmas ad is well and truly underway. Two advertising supremos sift the turkeys from the crackers.
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News
Co-op HR executive wins unfair dismissal case
The Co-op’s former HR director has won a claim for equal pay and unfair dismissal.
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Analysis
Black Friday – what retailers should expect this year
Black Friday has transformed UK retail in the run-up to Christmas in recent years.
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News
Agenda: AO, Kingfisher, Majestic, Mothercare and Intu
Retail Week looks ahead to the next seven days with updates from AO, Kingfisher, Majestic, Mothercare and Intu all on the agenda.
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News
Retail chiefs speak out over Brexit chaos
Following a day of Cabinet resignations and renewed fears about Brexit turbulence, leading retailers have voiced their concerns about the effect of the political chaos.
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Gallery
In pictures: Harrods unveils its new food hall
Harrods has renovated its historic food hall, which features a ‘vegetable butcher’ and puts its 150 chefs on the shop floor.
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Analysis
Move of the Week: Daunting task for Debenhams' new hire
It’s not often I write about a property director in this column but these are transformative times in retail and moves that might previously have flown under the radar begin to take on a new significance.