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Retail Voice
Top 30 international retailers: why localisation is vital
While delivering exceptional customer services at every opportunity should be second nature in a home market, what becomes challenging is fulfilling this abroad.
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News
TOFS CVA is approved, 290 jobs are at risk
The Original Factory Shop has been given the green light by creditors to axe over a tenth of its store estate, Retail Week can reveal.
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Opinion
Opinion: Mothercare boss has won the battle, not the war
Mothercare is on the latest stage of its torturous journey, lining up cash to fund its restructuring and putting one of its arms into administration.
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News
Poundworld's founder drops his rescue bid
Poundworld founder Chris Edwards has ditched talks to rescue the business, pushing more than 5,000 jobs closer to the precipice.
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Data
Retail weather: Summer sun, hot and dry
The retail weather forecast from Saturday July 14 to Friday July 20, 2018: Sunny, dry and hot all week for most
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Opinion
Prime Day is Amazon's key to long-term sales growth
Amazon promises its Prime Day 2018 will be its most “epic”, but it is also crucial to its long-term growth, writes Howard Lake.
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News
Asda boss warns of ‘significant’ hard Brexit fallout
Asda chief executive Roger Burnley has warned of the “significant consequences” a hard Brexit could have on the grocery industry.
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News
Co-op has £15m bid for symbol group Costcutter rejected
The Co-op has had a cut-price bid for symbol group Costcutter rejected as grocery retailers continue to seek consolidation in a rapidly changing food market.
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News
Mothercare places Children’s World into administration
Mothercare has insisted it is making “good progress” with its refinancing and restructuring plans – but has placed its Children’s World business into administration.
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Opinion
Opinion: Don't ignore the seismic shifts in global retail
As we obsess about the rapidly changing shape of British retail, we are in danger of missing the bigger picture.
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Retail Voice
Top trade mark tips for retailers operating in China
Rebecca Field, trade mark attorney at intellectual property (IP) specialist HGF, reveals what retailers should think about when it comes to trade marks in China.
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Opinion
How BHS turned Sir Philip Green from hero to zero
Retail Week executive editor George MacDonald reviews Damaged Goods, Oliver Shah’s new book on Sir Philip Green and the demise of BHS.
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News
Peter Ruis takes top role at Anthropologie
Former Jigsaw chief executive Peter Ruis has joined US fashion and homewares retailer Anthropologie as the managing director of its international business.
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News
Agenda: M&S, Asos, Ocado, Dunelm and Burberry
Retail Week looks ahead to the next seven days, with updates from Marks & Spencer, Asos, Ocado, Dunelm and Burberry all on the agenda.
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Opinion
John Roberts: Complacency has killed high street jobs
The death of the high street is a much-used term, but some bricks-and-mortar retailers are starting to pay the price for not inventing their own future.
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Analysis
Five things retailers can learn from Wimbledon
Founded in 1877, Wimbledon is the world’s oldest tennis tournament and its appeal shows no signs of waning. We look at what retailers can learn from Wimbledon.
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News
Philip Hammond refuses MPs’ calls for rates reform
Chancellor Philip Hammond has told MPs he will not reconsider business rates reform imminently, but will examine changing how digital firms are taxed.
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News
Property giant British Land voted against HoF CVA
Landlord giants including British Land, Derwent and Reuben Brothers tried to block House of Fraser’s controversial CVA last month, according to documents seen by City AM.
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Video
Is talk of Brexit food chaos scaremongering?
The BRC warned Theresa May that a hard Brexit could lead to food rotting at ports and higher prices for shoppers. Is this reality or just scaremongering?
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Retail Voice
How the high street can help power ecommerce
Retailers should be taking advantage of the benefits of click and collect, says Retail Week Live's Launchpad winner HubBox.