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News
River Island launches first unisex kidswear collection
River Island will launch its 12-piece unisex childrenswear collection next month, shortly after launching its gender-neutral collaboration with designer Ashish.
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News
BrightHouse bondholders close in on takeover deal
A consortium of BrightHouse’s bondholders is reportedly working towards a debt-for-equity deal for the struggling business.
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Opinion
Partnerships are key to independent retailers’ success
As I’m writing this column from Barcelona, it can only possibly have one theme: independence – the goal that Catalan secessionists continue to worship in blatant disregard of constitutional integrity, economic reality, European fraternity and the silenced majority.
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Gallery
Top of the Shops: The top 25 UK stores by design
Over the past 12 months a lot has happened in retail, and the changes are characterised by Retail Week’s ranking of the top 25 UK stores by design.
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News
Consumer confidence slips amid fears over UK economy
Consumer confidence declined further in October as concern over the UK economy took its toll on shoppers’ outlook.
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Opinion
Asda: Shopfloor voices were key to Clarke’s turnaround
A great story is told about when Justin King joined Sainsbury’s as chief executive.
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Data
Fashion barometer: Primark benefits from ‘consumer buzz’
Primark has generated the largest amount of consumer buzz out of UK womenswear retailers during September.
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Asda: Burnley to succeed Clarke as chief executive
Asda’s second in-command Roger Burnley is to succeed Sean Clarke as the grocer’s chief executive from January next year.
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Opinion
Opinion: Wilko needs an update, and soon
With large numbers of staff accepting redundancy and a slump in profits, what should Wilko do to make things better?
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News
Debenhams shares may prove costly for Sports Direct
Sports Direct acquired shares in department store group Debenhams last week and might have paid more than they are worth.
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News
Planet Organic hires advisers to consider sale
Planet Organic’s owners are considering a sale of the healthy eating specialist.
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All Saints sales rise on back of overseas growth
All Saints’ revenues surged last year as its international business grew, but investment hit earnings at the fashion retailer.
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News
Waterstones’ owner Mamut considers £250m sale
Waterstones may be sold by its Russian owner, who has drafted in advisers to explore options.
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Opinion
Opinion: This is not the end for traditional retail
Traditional retailing in Britain is dying. Or at least – if we listen to industry analysts – it is close enough to the verge of extinction to be on the endangered list.
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Gallery
Long read: The best stores in the world, by design
Every year Retail Week scours the globe to find the best-designed stores that stand head and shoulders above the rest, and 2017’s list is no different.
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News
Today in retail: Frenetic Friday for Wilko and Jigsaw
Retailers are living in turbulent times – and a frenetic Friday has only added to the sense of struggle.
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Gallery
Store gallery: Stranger Things have happened at Topshop
Topshop has transformed its Oxford Street flagship into a shrine to hit Netflix show Stranger Things, in an attempt to capture the imagination and spend of teenage shoppers at Halloween.
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News
Jigsaw owner puts fashion chain up for sale
Jigsaw is on the hunt for a new owner as the high street chain grapples with an increasingly turbulent fashion market.
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Gallery
Store gallery: Is Bunnings giving Homebase enough TLC?
Bunnings has a mountain to climb when it comes to converting the Homebase estate to match the store format it revealed earlier this year in St Albans.
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News
Retail diary: This year's standout advent calenders
Which retailers are selling the best Christmas advent calenders this year and which business is the nation’s silver spenders pining for?