All Retail Week Live articles – Page 11
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Opinion
Opinion: Dixons Carphone flags changing shape of seasonal trading
The latest results from Dixons Carphone demonstrate how the retail landscape of the all-important golden quarter continues to shift.
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Opinion
Opinion: Retailers should take heart despite golden quarter woes
Reports of disappointing trading in November after Black Friday weekend do not bode badly for retail in the countdown to Christmas.
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News
Retail Week Live 2016: Bringing together retail’s brightest minds
Live 2016 is set to be the most progressive yet, bringing together retail’s brightest minds to advance the retail industry.
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Opinion
Comment: Retailers must accommodate the connected customer
Dixons Carphone boss stressed the need for retailers to cater to the connected customer as multichannel retail becomes increasingly common.
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News
Retail Week Live: Sainsbury's Mike Coupe says death of supermarket is "a gross exaggeration"
Sainsbury’s boss Mike Coupe has dismissed talk of the death of the supermarket as a “gross exaggeration” but said they will have to become “shopping destinations.”
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News
Retail Week Live: Video – Co-op boss Richard Pennycook on the grocer's transformation
Co-op boss Richard Pennycook talks to Retail Week about the grocer’s transformation and its future.
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News
Retail Week Live: Video - New Look boss Anders Kristiansen on the changing market
New Look chief executive Anders Kristiansen talks to Retail Week about the changing fashion market and the year ahead for the business.
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News
Retail Week Live: Co-op boss Pennycook offers advice to retailers in crisis
Co-operative chief executive Richard Pennycook advised retailers in crisis to put out the fire as soon as possible.
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News
Retail Week Live: 'Are robot fears based on psychology rather than reality?', asks Nesta
Nesta head of research Stian Westlake has questioned whether humans’ concerns about robots dominating the future are based on reality or psychological concerns.
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News
Retail Week Live: Three-way tie in pitch perfect start-up competition
Elevaate, DigitalBridge and Formisimo jointly won the Pitch Perfect final for start-ups at Retail Week Live 2015.
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News
Retail Week Live: House of Fraser's Sarah Baillie on how to work with start-ups
House of Fraser multichannel development boss Sarah Baillie said retailers should work with start-ups that are flexible and add value to their proposition.
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News
Retail Week Live: B&Q's Chris Moss on accidentally sending out 70,000 bomb hoaxes
B&Q customer and marketing director Chris Moss has encouraged retailers to do things that might appear crazy to others, even if there are unintended consequences.
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News
Retail Week Live: GameStop boss says omnichannel retailers trump pure-plays
GameStop’s Michael K. Mauler said ecommerce retailers are less competitive than bricks-and-mortar retailers with an omnichannel offer.
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News
Retail Week Live: JD Williams and Shop Direct on the benefits of personalisation
JD Williams and Shop Direct are both implementing personalisation technology to engage with their customers.
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Retail Week Live: Video - Net-a-Porter IT boss Hugh Fahy on innovation and start-ups
Net-a-Porter’s chief information officer Hugh Fahy speaks to Retail Week about where the etailer looks for technology innovation.
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News
Retail Week Live: 'Artificial intelligence will create a tsunami in the industry'
Artificial intelligence will create a tsunami in retail that will have a huge impact on staffing levels, according to Thomas Cook’s John Straw.
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News
Retail Week Live: YouTube's Ben McOwen Wilson offers tips on how to engage
YouTube’s EMEA director advises retailers to create distinctive and surprising content on the video platform in order to win over the masses.
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News
Retail Week Live: The editor's cut – video highlights from the event
As Retail Week Live draws to a close, watch our video compilation covering a selection of the best speakers from 2015.
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News
Retail Week Live: How Argos used its lab to launch 3D printed jewellery
Argos this week launched jewellery that can be customised using 3D printing, an idea that was developed in its innovation lab.
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News
Retail Week Live: Screwfix boss on its 'obsession with brand consistency'
Brand consistency across all of Screwfix’s channels has helped the DIY retailer deliver “multichannel success”, according to its boss.