All Retail Week articles in November 2024 – Page 10
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Video
Boots launches Christmas campaign with Bridgerton star
Boots has launched its new Christmas marketing campaign, “The Christmas Makeover”, which reminds customers Boot’s beauty wonderland has a present for everyone and recognises the unsung powerhouses who make Christmas special.
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News
Pandora hails growth after scaling up investments in personalisation and brand perception
The jewellery specialist Pandora hailed 11% organic growth in its third quarter after focusing on investing in customer experience and brand perception.
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Video
Greggs has teamed up with Nigella Lawson for its first Christmas ad
Greggs has teamed up with television chef and food writer Nigella Lawson to unveil its 2024 Christmas menu in its first Christmas advert.
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News
Asda to axe jobs as it forces staff back to the office three days a week
Asda has confirmed it will be slashing jobs and making changes to its hybrid working model in a bid to reverse its decline.
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News
Space NK urges shoppers to watch out for Black Friday fraudsters
Cosmetics retailer Space NK is warning customers not to purchase its luxury advent calendar from fake adverts for Black Friday Sales as criminals are targeting consumers with offers that are too good to be true.
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News
M&S profits and sales soar as strong food and clothing sales drive growth
Marks & Spencer’s profits and sales have soared, driven by strong sales performances from its food and clothing businesses.
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Analysis
Where are retailers on their hyper-personalisation journeys?
All retailers are playing around with personalisation, but the rise of AI brings even more opportunities with the right strategy in place. We interview retailers including Osprey London, DFS and Dune to find out how they’re making progress
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Interview
Q&A: Chelsea Peers founder on continuing to capitalise on the loungewear boom
Retail Week sat down with premium pyjama and loungewear brand Chelsea Peers founder Tom Pyne, to discuss the ongoing boom of loungewear, the importance of a broad customer base, and how third-party partners have been the key to success.
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Video
Waitrose ramps up the star power in bid to crack a Christmas cold case
Waitrose has unveiled the first part of its Christmas ‘whodunnit’, featuring a star-studded cast for its festive season ad campaign.
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Data
Data: 500 UK store staff on what it’s really like working retail’s frontline
Talking Shop is back for 2024 featuring fresh interviews with full-time and part-time store staff on the biggest challenges and opportunities facing them in their roles
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Report Store
Talking Shop 2024
We survey 500 UK frontline staff to find out what motivates them, the challenges they navigate and the opportunities that lie ahead
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News
Boots expects this Black Friday to be its ‘biggest-ever’
Exclusive: The UK’s largest health and beauty retailer expects this Black Friday to be its biggest ever for deals - and, it hopes, for sales - as it gears up for a month of promotions and offers, Retail Week can reveal.
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News
Shop thefts are accompanied by ‘unprecedented levels of violence’, finds inquiry
Shop thefts are going beyond individualised offences to ‘relentless, large-scale, organised operations’ partnered with ‘unprecedented levels of violence’, finds government inquiry.
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Video
Amazon celebrates acts of kindness with show-stopping Christmas ad
Amazon has released its Christmas advert for 2024, with a singing janitor at the heart of the campaign.
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News
Primark profits rocket as sales climb
Value clothing powerhouse Primark has posted a big rise in full-year profits, helped by factors such as lower costs.
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News
Asos to shift focus after laying foundations for profitable growth
Online fashion specialist Asos has reported that it has met strategic turnaround targets and can now ‘focus on taking actions to delight customers’.
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Data
Ranking: The top 25 fastest-growing retailers show how we shop the ‘new normal’
Thanks to the Interpath Retail Index 2024, Retail Week can reveal the top 25 fastest-growing retailers and what they tell us about how shoppers behave in the ‘new normal’. To read the full report and see the full list of fastest-growing retailers which goes up to 100, click here.
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News
UK retail sales show marginal increase as economic uncertainty spooks consumers
Retail sales in the UK improved marginally in October as “uncertainty during the run-up to the budget” and “rising energy bills” spooked consumers.
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News
Fenwick and Selfridges reveal eye-catching Christmas windows
Leading department stores Fenwick and Selfridges have unveiled their Christmas windows as golden quarter trading gets under way.
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Gallery
Inside Ikea’s first standalone London restaurant
Ikea has opened its first stand-alone London restaurant.