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NewsJohn Lewis steps in to help bust retailer The Floor Room’s staff and customers
John Lewis is offering assistance to customers and staff who were formerly John Lewis partners impacted by the collapse of The Floor Room, Retail Week can reveal.
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AnalysisJD Sports CEO on why its UK performance doesn’t ring alarm bells
As JD Sports reported an increase in sales for the second quarter of the year driven by surging revenues in the US and Europe, sales in the UK fell. Chief executive Régis Schultz tells Retail Week why JD’s underperformance in its domestic market is no cause for concern and why the retailer is a truly global business
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InterviewQ&A: Sosandar co-founder on ‘bringing what makes us successful online into our stores’
Fresh from signing a third new store lease at the Metrocentre in Gateshead, Sosandar co-founder and joint-CEO Ali Hall and CFO Steve Dilks tell Retail Week more about their store expansion strategy
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NewsAsos makes changes to executive pay to match 'ambitious growth plans'
Pureplay fashion retailer Asos has announced changes to its executive pay plan to align with its “ambitious growth plans”.
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NewsTesco has named former Costa and John Lewis exec as customer and digital director
Tesco has appointed Costa Coffee’s former global commercial, marketing and innovation director Becky Brock as its new customer and digital director.
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Opinion‘One new government bill has sparked more debate and concern among retail leaders than others’
There are legitimate questions to be answered about some of the bills in the King’s Speech, but engagement is key to shape policy, says BRC chief executive Helen Dickinson
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InterviewBuy It Direct: The online retailer disrupting the market through growth
Buy It Direct Group has reached the milestone of 25 years in the retail game, acquiring tech, electricals, furniture and bathroom brands along the way.
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NewsCo-op has set up a scheme to create over 600 apprenticeships in the early years sector
Co-op has set up a scheme to create over 600 apprenticeships for the early years sector spanning employers across the private, public, voluntary and community sectors who support the wellbeing of young children.
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NewsEstée Lauder CEO has announced retirement as sales and profits fall
Global cosmetics giant Estée Lauder Companies has reported a fall in sales and profit in the full year ending June 2024 as chief executive Fabrizio Freda announces his retirement.
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NewsFormer Wilko owners are being urged to plug pension hole
The former owners of Wilko are facing pressure to fix the collapsed retailer’s £70m pension hole after the parent company said it does not expect to help.
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EventsInnovation Summit 2024
Virtual fitting rooms. Metaverse makeup labs. Frictionless checkouts. Fresh meal vending machines. Hyper-personalised marketing. The age of innovation has arrived and it’s here to stay. But how can you keep up?
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NewsTed Baker is closing its remaining stores with 500 jobs at risk
The last of the Ted Baker stores in the UK and Ireland are expected to close this week with more than 500 jobs at risk.
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Innovation of the WeekInnovation round-up: Hologram training, reviving the metaverse, palm payments and more
Here we bring you our summer roundup of innovations that caught our attention over the past three months.
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NewsVictorian Plumbing plans to shutter the rival firm it bought only months ago
Victorian Plumbing has told staff at the rival firm it bought just months ago that it’s shuttering the business and putting over 100 jobs at risk, Retail Week can reveal.
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NewsVictoria’s Secret has poached former Savage X Fenty boss as new CEO
US lingerie retailer Victoria’s Secret has named a new chief executive, effective from September.
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NewsWilko and The Range has appointed a new head of property as it continues UK store rollout
CDS Superstore, parent company of Wilko and The Range, has appointed a new head of property to help fuel its growing store expansion.
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NewsAsda denies union claims that workers could strike at Skelton store
Asda has denied GMB claims that it’s facing another potential strike at one of its stores as health and safety concerns prompted the opening of a formal strike ballot.
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Opinion‘Lord Rose’s intervention shows that Mohsin Issa has become an albatross around Asda’s neck’
In his hugely successful career, everything Mohsin Issa has touched has turned to gold – until, that is, he bought Asda. Now the harder he works and the more involved he becomes in turning the business around, the further it seems to drift into the doldrums, writes Hugh Radojev
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NewsFormer Wilko owner does not expect to help fix pension hole
The former owner of Wilko has said it does not expect to help fix the estimated £70.2m pension hole following the retailer’s collapse last year.
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NewsAsda chair says he is ‘embarrassed’ by performance as he urges co-owner to step back
Asda chair Lord Stuart Rose has said he is “embarrassed” by the supermarket giant’s market share retreat and called on co-owner Mohsin Issa to take a step back from the day-to-day running of the retailer.