All People in retail articles – Page 3
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AnalysisTech List 2024 in numbers: Who are the world’s digital commerce leaders?
Retail Week’s annual celebration of the 50 global tech leaders driving retail innovation is back. From start-ups to brands and collaborators, The Tech List celebrates the individuals powering digital transformation across the industry
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AnalysisTech List 2024: What makes Cider, Zalando, Facewatch and TikTok leaders so inspiring?
Retail Week’s definitive annual index of the people powering tech transformation at 50 influential businesses has been published. We look at what retailers can learn from four of the individuals celebrated in The Tech List
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NewsMarks & Spencer unveils ‘biggest ever’ investment in staff pay
Marks & Spencer is investing £89m into retail staff pay – the largest sum it has ever devoted to colleagues.
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Retail VoiceHow retailers are using AI to raise revenue
The current use of AI in retail is the tip of the iceberg, and we are only starting to see how the technology can serve and transform the sector. Microsoft’s Olaf Akkerman explores how AI is being applied across the industry and what could come next
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NewsEntertainer CEO and Mary Portas top retail names in new year honours
Entertainer CEO and former John Lewis director Andrew Murphy and retail expert Mary Portas are among the industry names recognised in the new year honours list.
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Retail VoiceRespect Retail: Why police need to take reports of abuse more seriously
Want to know why the Retail Trust’s Respect Retail campaign is calling for urgent and collective action against customer abuse? Chris Brook-Carter explains.
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Retail VoiceHow should we lead retail businesses in a post-pandemic world?
In an ever-evolving market, the Retail Trust’s Chris Brook-Carter looks at the new responsibilities leaders have today when it comes to the wellbeing of their workforce
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AnalysisRetail 2024: How eBay, THG and The Fragrance Shop are investing in green initiatives
Top retail bosses have given exclusive interviews to Retail Week, revealing their sustainability strategies featured in Retail 2024, our annual flagship report.
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Retail VoiceRetail success starts with empowered staff
‘Put the customer at the centre of your business‚ they say, but Maze’s Mark Rice believes success starts with your employees as without them, there can be no customer satisfaction or retail growth
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AnalysisRetail 100: Three people set to make a big impact in 2024
Retail Week has published the Retail 100, the 18th annual celebration of the UK’s most influential leaders. Fourteen people were also named potential retail leaders of tomorrow – we highlight three you should have on your radar
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AnalysisWhere THG, Jigsaw, Hawes & Curtis and Richer Sounds are investing in 2024
Store experience, digital marketing and AI will dominate investment strategies next year, say the bosses of the UK’s largest retailers in the Retail 2024 report.
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AnalysisResearch: 44 retail leaders reveal strategies for 2024
The bosses of leading retailers including Primark, THG, eBay, Majestic Wine, Fat Face and Pandora have spoken in depth to Retail Week for its annual flagship report – Retail 2024.
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AnalysisPresenting the Retail 100: Industry’s most influential leaders named
Retail Week’s annual celebration of the sector’s top 100 individuals has landed. Back for its 18th year, the Retail 100 index recognises the inspiring leaders driving people, purpose and profits
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AnalysisRetail 100 2023: The numbers behind the industry’s most influential leaders
More new faces have been celebrated in the Retail 100 than ever before, while individuals with transformative strategies and those innovating CX dominate the 18th annual index
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AnalysisRetail 100 2023: Four of the most disruptive leaders changing the industry as we know it
Retail Week’s 18th annual celebration of the UK’s 100 most influential leaders has landed. With more new entries than ever before, the index recognises eight Disruptors who are shaking up the industry. Meet some of them below
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Report StoreRetail 100 2023
Retail Week’s annual celebration of the sector’s top 100 individuals has landed. Back for its 18th year, the Retail 100 index recognises the inspiring leaders driving people, purpose and profits.
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Retail VoiceMore workers are asking retailers for mental health support – how should the industry respond?
As wellbeing rises to the top of boardroom agendas, Retail Trust’s Chris Brook-Carter questions what the industry is doing to support mental health.
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Retail VoiceThree ways to find effective future leaders
With top-tier positions at retailers becoming increasingly complex and challenging to fill, Christof Hirsch explores how retailers can find leaders taking capable of taking on such a role
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Retail VoiceFour questions to kickstart a long-term vision for leadership succession
When it comes to the future of retail, leadership succession planning should be top of the agenda. Spencer Stuart’s Courtney Hardart examines the four key questions to consider as part of this
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Retail VoiceHow empathy and empowerment can transform the frontline experience
From disgruntled consumers to high-pressured, busy environments, customer-facing roles in retail often bear the brunt of the more challenging aspects of the industry. Workday’s Laurent Homeyer examines five ways retail leaders can enhance the front-line experience.