More on Me + Em – Page 727
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News
Pavers snaps up rival Jones Bootmaker in pre-pack deal
Jones Bootmaker has been sold for the second time in less than a year to rival footwear chain Pavers.
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20,000 stores to shut down in next two years
Falling demand and spiralling business rates could force almost 20,000 stores to close by the end of next year.
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Missguided set to cut jobs in redundancy round
Missguided has launched a redundancies programme, with a view to cutting 50 of its 800 staff.
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Report Store
Retail Reimagined
The technologies that will drive global disruption over the next 10 years
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Opinion
Opinion: City ignores potential for retail reinvention
“Not all retail is equal” was the overriding message today from David Atkins, the boss of shopping centre landlord Hammerson.
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Opinion
Opinion: Not all stores are members of the living dead
Does more retail technology mean fewer physical shops and perhaps, ultimately, almost none?
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News
Green sought to sell Arcadia, leaked email suggests
Sir Philip Green asked bankers to help him find a buyer for his Arcadia fashion empire, leaked emails have suggested.
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Primark half-year sales dented by 'warm weather'
Primark has warned it expects to post a fall in like-for-like sales during its first half after performance was hampered by “unseasonably warm weather in October”.
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Toys R Us nears administration, thousands of jobs at risk
Toys R Us is poised to tumble into administration this week after failing in its eleventh-hour hunt for a buyer.
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New Look to meet landlords over closures and rent cuts
New Look’s landlords have been braced for store closures and rent reductions as the embattled chain prepares to visit property owners this week.
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Oak Furniture Land boss becomes chairman amid reshuffle
Oak Furniture Land founder and boss Jason Bannister has stepped up to the role of executive chairman as part of a wider senior management reshuffle.
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Analysis
What are the job roles shaping the future of retail?
Chief intelligence officers, AI resources officers and heads of storytelling; these job roles sound rather fanciful but they will help to define the future of retail.
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Opinion
Opinion: We need BAME board members, but not quotas
Should the government think about an ambitious plan to bring more BAME (black, Asian and minority ethnic – used to refer to members of non-white communities in the UK) people into Britain’s boardrooms?
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Charles Tyrwhitt poaches Adidas exec as new boss
Charles Tyrwhitt has poached Adidas executive Michael Stanier to take the reins as its new boss.
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Agenda: Primark, Wickes and consumer confidence
Retail Week looks ahead to the next seven days, with updates from Primark and Wickes and the GfK Consumer Confidence Index on the agenda.
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Retail diary: Is Iceland plucky, or clucking mad?
Plucky Iceland pipes up again, Waterstones turns the page on the patriarchy and Debenhams gets the royal stamp of approval.
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Opinion
What retail can learn from Amazon’s move into delivery
Last week, one of the largest, most powerful organisations in retail announced it was preparing to launch its own direct delivery service – Shipping with Amazon.
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News
Amazon plans to expand its cashless Go store format
Amazon is reportedly planning to open up to six more of its Amazon Go stores in the US this year.
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Toys R Us to shutter a further 200 US stores
Toys R Us is reportedly planning to close up to 200 of its US outlets which, alongside previously announced closures, would comprise half of its store estate.
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Analysis
Watch: Six of retail's best digital marketing campaigns
Retail Week shares inspiration from some of the best digital marketing campaigns across the sector.