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AnalysisMove of the week: M&S Food's new top team
It’s taken six months for Stuart Machine to assess the landscape of Marks & Spencer’s food business and decide what personnel changes need to be made.
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VideoThe Retail Week: Is the 'Amazon tax' right for retail?
Tesco CEO Dave Lewis has called for the Government to bring in the ‘Amazon tax’ – a 2% charge on online retailers’ revenue. The team discusses whether this is the right thing for retail right now.
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AnalysisCan M&S' new food dream team reverse ailing sales?
Marks & Spencer’s grocery arm is fighting to get the recipe right after a troubling 18 months. What fresh ideas can its new high-profile team cook up?
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NewsCoast collapses into administration, 300 jobs at risk
Coast has tumbled into administration following “difficult trading conditions”, putting 300 jobs at risk.
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VideoWatch: Ikea unveils city centre format in strategic shift
Ikea has launched its first new-format city centre store on London’s Tottenham Court Road.
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NewsN Brown sustained by financial services as product flops
N Brown was carried by its financial services performance in its half years with product revenues falling.
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NewsWHSmith to close high street stores amid falling profits
WHSmith’s high street profits and sales fell during its last year, with the business boosted by its travel arm.
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NewsAsos launches voice shopping with ‘Enki’
Asos has launched voice shopping on Google with its shopping assistant ‘Enki’, becoming one of the first fashion retailers to do so
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InterviewInterview: Seasalt – the next Joules?
With soaring sales and an ever-increasing customer base, Joules has become a darling of the high street but it has competition on its hands in the shape of Cornish brand Seasalt.
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OpinionHow artificial intelligence is disrupting retail
The sooner retailers start experimenting with artificial intelligence and learning more about how it can improve their customer experience the better.
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CartoonRetail cartoon: BHS back from the dead
Patrick Blower’s spooky take on BHS being revived as a concession in Beales department stores.
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NewsTK Maxx profits drop as it ramps up store estate
TK Maxx has recorded a decline in its full-year profits as it ploughed investment into its IT proposition and bolstered its bricks-and-mortar network.
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NewsPets at Home poaches Royal Mail exec for new data role
Pets at Home has snapped up the Royal Mail’s chief data officer Robert Kent to take on the same role, which is a newly created appointment for the retailer.
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NewsWilko swings to red as exceptional costs rack up
Wilko posted a pre-tax loss due to one-off costs as sales rose, in what chief operating officer Sean Toal described as a “tough trading environment”.
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OpinionOpinion: Follow Lewis' lead and pressure MPs on rates
Tesco chief executive Dave Lewis was on the nail when he called this week for radical change to the business rates regime, which is holding back the retail industry’s success.
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NewsMySale to take buy-now, pay-later scheme to market
MySale is planning to offer its proprietary buy-now, pay-later technology to the rest of the industry.
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NewsSelfridges Group names Pitcher boss amid senior changes
Selfridges had made a raft of changes to its top management team as it prepares for further growth.
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NewsMaplin creditors braced for huge losses
Maplin’s creditors will receive just a fraction of the cash they are owed following the electricals specialist’s collapse into administration.
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VideoMatchesfashion.com boss on navigating a changing world
Matchesfashion.com has transformed in the 31 years since it was founded. Retail Week spoke to boss Ulric Jerome about its reinvention.
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AnalysisInside retail's global giants: Zalando
Retail Week looks inside German online fashion giant Zalando, which despite recent trading pressure is vying to become an ‘operating system for the fashion industry’.