More on Me + Em – Page 894
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Interview
Watch: Kingfisher's Woreczek talks bold leadership
Kingfisher chief customer officer Pierre Woreczek explains how strong leadership is the key to avoiding becoming lost in a busy marketplace.
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News
Google: 'The AI world is coming like a steam train'
“The AI world is coming like a steam train,” Google’s UK head of performance Biren Kalaria said at Retail Week Live this morning.
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News
Be Inspired: Retailers need female leaders to survive
Retailers need to promote female talent if they are to thrive, Be Inspired ambassadors said at Retail Week Live today, International Women’s Day.
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News
Halfords boss McDonald on the retailer’s ‘secret sauce’
Halfords boss Jill McDonald believes the retailer’s customer service proposition will prove to be the “secret sauce” in her strategy.
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News
Budget: Business rates could be reformed
Chancellor Philip Hammond has hinted that the Government will look to overhaul the business rates process, as he outlined several measures to help small businesses during today’s Budget.
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News
Dame Katherine Grainger: 'You cannot stand still'
Continuously seeking new ways to improve is the secret to success both in sport and business, Dame Katherine Grainger told Retail Week Live.
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Video
Watch: Halfords boss McDonald on the value of services
Halfords boss Jill McDonald visits the Retail Week studio after her speech to explain the importance of services for the retailer’s plans.
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News
Airbnb UK boss: Capitalise on your underused space
The UK boss of Airbnb has said retailers should follow the model of the online travel marketplace and open their underused space to build a stronger relationship with loyal customers.
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News
Food prices will plunge post-Brexit, says top economist
Food prices will decrease dramatically when the UK leaves the EU, according to high-profile economist Roger Bootle.
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News
JD.com Inc boss: We are bigger than Alibaba
“Remember my face, because in the future we will have the potential of doing business and, if we do it nicely, we’ll be doing big business,” Ma said at Retail Week Live.
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News
Sainsbury's boss Coupe slams 'not fair' business rates
Sainsbury’s boss Mike Coupe has urged the Government to overhaul its “archaic” business rates system ahead of this afternoon’s Budget.
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Video
Watch: Sainsbury's boss Coupe on grocery tie-ups
Mike Coupe joins the Retail Week studio ahead of his keynote speech to discuss change in the grocery sector.
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News
Retail Week Live 2017 kicks off today
Retail Week Live 2017 – the biggest event in the retail calendar – kicks off today.
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News
Sainsbury’s extends scheme to cut food waste
Sainsbury’s is extending a scheme to reduce household food waste after a pilot project.
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News
Sports Direct faces surge in costs as hedging expires
Sports Direct is facing a 40% increase in the cost of supplying goods to its 233 stores in Europe as its hedging contract is expiring.
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Opinion
Opinion: The changing face of retail leadership
As UK retail faces uncertain times, with the sterling devaluation beginning to effect buying calendars and limited growth outside online, what leadership will bring success?
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News
Breakfast briefing: Sports Direct, Tesco and more
Retail news round-up: Sports Direct in financial loss, Tesco Ireland halts Aldi's expansion, Style Group Brands may be put up for sale, and high street reports drop in footfall
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News
As it happened: Key findings from Retail Week Live 2017
The most important 48 hours in retail – a blow by blow live blog account of everything that happened at Retail Week Live 2017.
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Opinion
Opinion: Automotive ecommerce clicks into high gear
Online retail is a mainstay for today’s shoppers and increasingly attracting unexpected sectors – so what is driving shoppers online to buy cars?