More on Me + Em – Page 705
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Opinion
Opinion: How Tim Daniels transformed Selfridges
Each of us has certain people who, during our working careers, have helped us in some significant way and as a result become a positive memory.
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Analysis
Analysis: How digital is central to JD’s growth plan
JD Sports has hit the acquisition trail hard recently, but key to the success of its spending spree will be digitally integrating its businesses into a global network.
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News
Co-op's £137.5m Nisa deal given green light by CMA
The Co-op’s £137.5m acquisition of convenience retailer and wholesaler Nisa has been given the green light by the competition watchdog.
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Opinion
Opinion: Primark is the non-digital elephant in the room
Online or offline: it’s not a binary choice – both need to be in place for retailers.
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Analysis
Analysis: How JD.com will open 1,000 stores a day
Chinese online retail giant JD.com is plotting the biggest store expansion in retail history. Retail Week looks into why and how.
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News
Heatwave brightens retail sales after March blizzard
The mini-heatwave provided a shot in the arm for Britain’s high streets as shoppers stocked up for the stark change in weather.
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Analysis
Rana Plaza five years on: What has changed?
Five years ago, 1,134 fashion industry workers died in Dhaka, Bangladesh, when the illegally constructed Rana Plaza building collapsed into rubble.
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Opinion
Opinion: Retailers should fear a more direct approach
With more consumer packaged goods companies now going direct to consumer, what does this mean for retailers?
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Opinion
Online or offline? It’s not an either-or choice
Even by the standards of retail, always one of the most adaptive of industries because of its closeness to consumers, the pace and depth of change has seldom been as fast as at present.
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News
Agenda: Boohoo, N Brown and Carpetright's CVA vote
Retail Week looks ahead to the next seven days, with updates from Booho and N Brown and Carpetright’s CVA vote on the agenda.
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Opinion
Opinion: Is the rise of the retail robots over-hyped?
Richard Liu, founder, chairman and chief executive of JD.com, sent shockwaves through the retail world this week.
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Opinion
Why are retailers overhauling their warehouses?
The retail warehouse is having to work harder and more efficiently than ever before – and retailers are overhauling their logistics operations to future-proof their businesses.
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News
Sainsbury's pilots deliveries by electric cargo bikes
Sainsbury’s is piloting grocery deliveries by electric cargo bikes as the retailer seeks “greener” and “more efficient” fulfilment options.
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News
Bonmarché sales fall as store performance slumps
Bonmarché has suffered a decline in full-year sales as online growth failed to offset “disappointing” performance across its store portfolio.
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Video
Watch: Véronique Laury – disrupt yourself or be disrupted
Véronique Laury, chief executive of B&Q and Screwfix-owner Kingfisher, speaks to Retail Week about how the DIY business, and others like it, can evolve to survive.
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Video
The Retail Week: Debenhams results – the verdict
This week, the team discuss Debenhams’ half-year profit collapse – and assess whether the department store chain’s strategy will transform its fortunes.
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Retail Voice
Getting personal: Why convenience is not enough
Future tech investment strategies need to look beyond the practical and towards a more personal approach, says Kendal Stacey, major account manager at Daisy.
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Analysis
Move of the week: Evans Cycles replaces Andy King
It’s a sign of just how jittery owners have become in the current retail climate that Evans Cycles chief executive Andy King was given just 17 months to breathe new life into the struggling business.
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Analysis
Analysis: Will Bucher's blueprint revive Debenhams?
Debenhams today reported that first-half profits had gone into tailspin – in fact, every significant number in its update was down rather than up.
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Analysis
Amazon's Jeff Bezos on the keys to a brilliant business
Amazon founder and boss Jeff Bezos’ annual letter to shareholders never fails to hit the headlines – and this year’s edition was no exception.