All Retail Week Live articles – Page 21
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NewsRWC2010: Multichannel retailers debate future role of catalogues
N Brown chief executive Alan White has said the ultimate goal for multichannel retailers is to ditch catalogues and concentrate on digital sales.
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NewsRWC2010: Ebay to launch specialist fashion channel
Ebay is to launch a specialist fashion section within the next two months, the online giant’s UK managing director has revealed at the Retail Week Conference.
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NewsRWC2010: Reformatted DSGi stores are best performing stores in group
DGSi’s new reformatted stores are the best performing in the group and its latest £5m advertising campaign has helped drive sales, chief executive John Browett has revealed.
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NewsRWC2010: Retail poised for period of M&A activity, says Debenhams chief
Debenhams chief executive Rob Templeman has said the sector is poised for a period of mergers and acquisitions as the recovery gains momentum.
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RWC2010: Retailers call for landlords to contribute to BIDs
Retailers have called for landlords to contribute to Business Improvement Districts, a key plank of Retail Week manifesto for the High Street.
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RWC2010: Small tweaks essential to maintain in-store excitement
Change windows frequently and ensure that you give shoppers a reason to come back. That was the advice given by Gary Temprell, retail director at The White Company and Beverley Aspinall, managing director of Fortnum & Mason at the Retail Week Conference.
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NewsRWC2010: Tesco aims to make F+F biggest global fashion brand
Tesco wants its Florence + Fred clothing range to be the biggest global fashion brand within five years, Tesco chief executive of clothing Terry Green told Retail Week Conference delegates.
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NewsRWC2010: Emerging retailers can thrive if attuned to customer needs
There is a place for emerging businesses, as long as they make sure they stay closely in tune with what customers want, three rising stars told the Retail Week Conference.
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NewsRWC2010: Rose raises prospect of very different M&S under Bolland
Marc Bolland is “absolutely the right man” to become chief executive of Marks & Spencer, executive chairman Stuart Rose insisted, hinting that the retailer may be poised for a period of radical change.
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NewsRWC2010: Retailers debate igniting post-recession growth
Dealing with the fallout of the recession was the subject of a panel debate at the Retail Week Conference this morning.
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NewsRWC2010: Tough trading conditions to continue, Stewart Binnie warns
Retailers should brace themselves for a further VAT increase within the next year, Aurora Fashions non-executive president Stewart Binnie has warned Retail Week Conference delegates.
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NewsRWC2010: Charlie Mayfield warns against expecting quick recovery
John Lewis Partnership chairman Charlie Mayfield opened the Retail Week conference this morning with a warning that retailers need to be careful of a false dawn in the economy.
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Full coverage of Retail Week Conference
Retail Week will be reporting live from the Retail Week Conference 2010 from 8am on Wednesday.
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NewsSir Stuart Rose: my legacy to M&S
Marks Spencer executive chairman Sir Stuart Rose told the Retail Week Conference that he had three objectives. “I’d like to see the business have a clear passage through the slowdown, to have a coherent plan for here and overseas and a seamless and successful transition to new leadership,” ...
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NewsThe challenges of the crunch
Three emerging retailers have been discussing the opportunities and challenges of growing a retail business, particularly in the present challenging economic conditions.
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NewsRetailers should continue to expand abroad
Retailers should continue to invest in overseas expansion in spite of the recession, according to key retail chiefs.
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NewsBest Buy aims to ‘take a significant share’ in UK
Best Buy wants to take “significant” UK market share when it debuts with its big box format in the UK in spring 2010.
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NewsSara Weller: retailers will expect multichannel ventures to pay their way
Argos managing director Sara Weller has highlighted the opportunities and challenges retailers face as they attempt to strengthen multichannel operations.
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NewsMarc Bolland: Morrisons well positioned for downturn
Morrisons chief executive Marc Bolland has revealed that the grocer is well positioned to steer through the downturn and that it would also succeed when the economy starts to pick up.