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News
John Lewis buoyed by fashion as home sales slip
John Lewis department store sales in the week to May 6 totalled £82.85m – a 2.3% increase on the same week last year.
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Amazon bolsters Prime offer with live music launch
Amazon has added to the arsenal of its membership scheme with the roll-out of Prime Live Events, allowing users exclusive access to live concerts.
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Tesco integrates with Google Home’s voice assistant
Tesco customers can now shop using their voice after it integrated its online grocery service with Google Home.
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Opinion
Opinion: Lessons to learn from the Debenhams data hack
The Debenhams Flowers website hack reveals the risk retailers take when conducting business online, while highlighting some useful lessons for future security.
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Analysis
Analysis: April retail sales sector by sector
Retail like-for-likes jumped 5.6% in April and total sales recorded their best performance since 2011 as the late timing of Easter boosted purchases.
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Gear4music profits and sales soar in harmonious year
Musical instrument and equipment etailer Gear4music unveiled bumper profit and sales growth in its second full year since it floated on AIM.
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Opinion: Norman and Rowe could be the M&S dream team
Marks & Spencer’s appointment of Archie Norman as chairman, starting in September, was great news.
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Opinion
Blog: Follow Ocado and make drivers brand ambassadors
Ask a retail chief executive what differentiates their business and nine times out of ten the response is service.
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John Lewis books £36m charge over wage regulations
The John Lewis Partnership has made a provision of £36m to cover potential costs of national minimum wage regulations.
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Zalando’s sales rocket in its first quarter
Zalando sales rocketed during its first quarter, driven by European growth outside its home market of Germany.
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Phase Eight poaches Jigsaw online trading boss
Phase Eight has poached Jigsaw’s online trading and digital marketing boss James Williams.
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Mike Ashley raises interest in Debenhams once more
Mike Ashley has raised his interest in Debenhams once again and now holds 17% of the department store group.
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Retail Voice
The seven biggest myths about omnichannel
How do leading retailers overcome the omnichannel fear factor? Technology firm Radial attempts to answer this burning question.
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Video
Watch: Bathstore boss unveils new fascia Haus Store
Bathstore chief exec Gary Favell explains why the retailer has branched out into the kitchen and bedrooms markets and opens up about business post-Brexit.
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Video
Upside down management: The heart of Timpson
Timpson chairman John Timpson sits down for a fireside chat to discuss his unique approach to running the company and its initiatives for ex-offenders.
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News
Data: The Hut’s investments and international ambitions
The etailer, with sites ranging from health and beauty to entertainment, describes itself as a “nimble giant with a start-up culture”. What do its latest results reveal about its strategy?
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News
Breakfast briefing: Sports Direct and Phase Eight
Retail news round-up: Sports Directs ups stake in Debenhams and Phase Eight appoints new online marketing boss.
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Late Easter boosted retail sales in April
Retail sales jumped last month as the late Easter weekend drove purchases across the sector.
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Today in retail: Monsoon begins a slow turnaround
Monsoon revealed falling profits today as its boss Paul Allen praised current trading in a tough market.
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Retailers slip down The Sunday Times Rich List
Retailers have tumbled down this year’s The Sunday Times Rich List as turbulent market conditions take a toll on personal fortunes.