More on Me + Em – Page 676
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VideoGraze’s boss on taking its ‘lab’ technology to FMCG giant Unilever
Anthony Fletcher, chief executive of healthy snack retailer Graze, now part of FMCG titan Unilever, says the tech community is the number one asset of being based in London and tells us why he’s excited about its latest venture, Graze Labs.
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VideoShop Direct tech boss on transforming the business with ‘agile squads’
Andy Burton, group chief technology officer at Shop Direct, tells us how the online retailer is becoming more agile and innovative in how it works, how to get staff to buy in, and what retail has in common with the gambling industry.
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CartoonRetail cartoon: Argos bosses’ 2-for-1 deal
Patrick Blower’s take on the departure of boss John Rogers from Argos.
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NewsWaitrose boss Collins: New JLP structure was a head versus heart decision
Waitrose managing director Rob Collins said his head beat his heart as he emphatically backed the new management structure at John Lewis Partnership, which will result in his departure.
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AnalysisAnalysis: What Rogers’ departure means for the future of Argos
Sainsbury’s Argos brand chief executive John Rogers is stepping down from his role, to be replaced by two existing members of its senior team. Retail Week analyses what that means for the business.
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VideoPicnic’s CTO on how the innovative online grocer is growing at speed
The chief technology officer of fast-growing Dutch online grocer Picnic, Daniel Gebler, tells us how it is ‘taking friction away from customers’ to make supermarket shopping ‘simple, affordable and fun for everybody’.
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VideoJD.com's vice president on how it is creating ‘boundary-less retail’
JD.com vice president and general manager of JD Retail Solutions Chenkai Ling explains how the Chinese ecommerce giant is redefining itself as a technology and service enterprise, and how management got a wake-up call to put consumers first, not numbers.
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NewsSainsbury’s ‘revolutionises’ Nectar loyalty scheme by going digital
Sainsbury’s chief digital officer Clodagh Moriarty has revealed that its Nectar loyalty scheme has become fully digital today.
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NewsJD.com chief: Retailer and brand collaboration will create new sources of value
The value of product will become less important to retailers in future but product will instead open the door to new sources of value, the bosses of Chinese ecommerce giant JD.com believe.
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NewsTopps Tiles full-year sales rise in ‘tough market’
The flooring specialist has said it expects its full-year like-for-like sales to be up year on year, with profits in line with current market expectations.
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NewsAsos to appoint Ocado technology boss as non-executive director
Asos is reportedly planning a shake-up of its non-executive board with several new appointments including Ocado’s Luke Jensen.
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NewsTesco boss Dave Lewis to step down as interim profits rise
Tesco chief executive Dave Lewis is set to step down from the grocer next year as the business delivers half-year profit growth and flat sales.
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NewsShop prices fall at fastest rate since May 2018, spurred by grocery
Shop prices declined in September as non-food prices decreased and grocery inflation also eased to its lowest rate since April 2018.
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OpinionOpinion: How retail has changed over the past 10 years
As I sat down to write this column it dawned on me that next month is my 10th anniversary as a Retail Week columnist.
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OpinionLeader: Mayfield’s John Lewis Partnership gamble brings massive risk
For good or ill, today was a landmark moment in the 155-year history of the John Lewis Partnership.
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NewsWaitrose boss exits as John Lewis Partnership unveils radical restructure
John Lewis Partnership has unveiled radical changes, including running its department store and grocery arms as one business, which will no longer have separate managing directors.
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NewsCMA escalates investigation into JD Sports’ Footasylum acquisition
The Competition and Markets Authority has today escalated its probe into JD Sports’ £90m swoop for Footasylum, after the footwear retailer decided there wasn’t any “appropriate remedies” to avoid the phase 2 probe.
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NewsArgos chief executive John Rogers to step down
Sainsbury’s has said that the chief executive of Argos is set to leave the business at the end of October to take a senior role with a public relations company.
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NewsScS profits up as boss hails year of ‘good progress’
ScS has said its financial health “has never been as strong”, following a year which saw both its profits and sales rise.
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NewsGreggs sales soar after trade continues ‘very strongly’
Greggs has hailed another quarter of strong sales growth, saying it “continued to trade very strongly” on the high street.