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NewsWaitrose rolls out self-service click-and-collect
Waitrose has launched self-serve check-in points for click-and-collect shoppers in 140 of its stores for Black Friday.
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CartoonBlower’s retail cartoon: The battle of the Christmas ads
Cartoonist Patrick Blower’s take on John Lewis and Marks & Spencer battling to win this year’s Christmas advert crown.
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NewsCard Factory sales rise but 'external' pressures bite
Card Factory said sales grew 6.7% in the nine months to October 31, but warned that it still faces pressure from slumped Sterling and rising wages.
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NewsGame full-year profits slide amid 'volatile' markets
Game has racked up full-year losses as the retailer battled with a ‘volatile’ UK gaming market and invested in its fledgling events and esports business.
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GalleryWHSmith: The 225-year-old chain through the ages
At 225, WHSmith is the oldest retail chain in the world. Retail Week chronicles its history, looks back at store fronts through the ages and speaks to its high street boss about the retailer’s future.
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NewsSainsbury’s to 'take on Domino's' with pizza-to-go
Sainsbury’s is trialling a new pizza takeaway ordering service – an initiative that, if successful, could be rolled out across stores nationwide.
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Future LeadersBe Inspired: Five ways women can get to the top
Retail Week’s biggest-ever Be Inspired conference took place yesterday, with the sold-out event featuring keynote sessions by retail leaders as well as skill-based masterclasses.
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GalleryStore of the week: Canada Goose, Regent Street
Think of Canada Goose and the image for many is of large padded jackets for braving the Arctic wastes.
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NewsOak Furniture Land to open shops in fledgling US market
Oak Furniture Land hopes to have three physical stores in the US by next summer, Retail Week can reveal, as it ramps up its efforts to crack its new market.
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NewsAndrew Jennings: Why retailers need a point of view
In an extract from his new book, Almost is Not Good Enough: How to Win or Lose in Retail, Andrew Jennings draws on his experience at Harrods, Saks Fifth Avenue and many more to explore how retailers can thrive in this unpredictable era.
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NewsHabitat appoints design chief as creative boss exits
Habitat has appointed a new head of product design as its current creative director departs the homewares retailer after six years.
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OpinionGoogle Shopping changes make online purchases fairer
In June, the European Commission handed Google a €2.4bn (£2.1bn) fine for breaching antitrust rules for promoting its own shopping comparison service at the top of search results.
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NewsChristmas trading will be 'unforgiving', warns B&M boss
B&M’s chief executive Simon Arora says that the golden quarter would be challenging for retailers that had not nailed their ‘in-store experience, pricing or product.’
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AnalysisBooker gives Tesco tasty foodservice opportunity
While much of the focus on Tesco’s merger with wholesaler Booker has centred on retail competition issues, catering supply is one of the central motivators of the tie-up.
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NewsArgos lifts the lid on two-week Black Friday ‘bonanza’
Argos is preparing to push the button on its Black Friday event, which starts in earnest tomorrow and will run for a fortnight.
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OpinionTesco and Co-op deals signal food retail shake-up
Two-thirds of us regularly or occasionally visit a supermarket more than once a day. It’s a trend especially evident among the young: 18- to 24-year-olds are twice as likely to regularly visit a supermarket twice a day than the over-55s.
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NewsData: Tesco outpaces rivals, grocery sales growth slows
Tesco has surpassed its big four rivals for sales growth for the eighth consecutive month, Nielsen said, as grocery sector sales recorded a “slight slowdown”.
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InterviewRetail Week Live: John Rogers on how to beat Amazon
Sainsbury’s pulled off the biggest retail acquisition of the year in 2016 when it snapped up Argos owner Home Retail Group in a £1.4bn deal.
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Tesco-Booker deal wins CMA approval following probe
Tesco’s proposed merger with wholesale supplier Booker has edged closer as the £3.7bn deal was provisionally cleared by the Competition and Markets Authority.
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NewsB&M profits soar as it ploughs on with store expansion
B&M has recorded a spike in interim sales and profits as boss Simon Arora said the retailer continued to “prosper in a challenging retail environment”.