All Selfridges articles – Page 4
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NewsSelfridges starts formal auction as suitors circle
Selfridges’ owner the Weston family has begun a formal auction of the famous department store business.
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NewsSelfridges opens garden centres to tap into pandemic-driven trend
Selfridges has launched garden centres at several of its stores in a bid to benefit from the pandemic-driven gardening boom.
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NewsSelfridges bid approach brings price tag in excess of £4bn
Selfridges, one of the world’s most famous department stores, may be sold for £4bn or more.
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AnalysisDeep dive: Curation, destination, imagination – the new department store foundations
How can the retail format be revived to resonate with contemporary and future shoppers?
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NewsJohn Lewis poaches Tina Mitchell from Co-op as new Waitrose retail director
John Lewis has poached Tina Mitchell from the Co-op as its new retail director, to lead on offering customers a “world-class service” in Waitrose stores.
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GalleryAnalysis: From weddings to skate parks – eight unique retail experiences worldwide
With Selfridges offering its world famous Oxford Street store for “non-traditional ceremonies” to couples as coronavirus restrictions are relaxed, Retail Week looks at some of the other one-of a kind experiences that stores around the world provide.
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Retail Navigator AnalysisSelfridges (SWOT)
The London landmark store on Oxford Street is one of the capital’s most fashionable and upmarket, attracting large numbers of domestic and overseas customers. It is certainly the most fashionable destination store on Oxford Street and is frequently ranked among the best department stores in the world.
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Retail Navigator AnalysisSelfridges (People)
Central Group and Signa, which acquired Selfridges from the Weston family at the end of 2021, underlined that the business would continue to be run by its existing leadership team. The deal sees the renewed involvement of former Selfridges boss Vittorio Radice, however, with Radice having been on Central Group’s non-executive board since September 2021.
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Retail Navigator AnalysisSelfridges (Overview)
The upmarket Selfridges department store business comprises the long-established Oxford Street flagship plus three provincial stores – two in Manchester and one in Birmingham.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Five ways that W Galen Weston changed retail
Retail Week looks at how the entrepreneur and philanthropist built a transatlantic empire and changed the face of the industry.
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Opinion‘Retail not essential? Try telling that to reopening day shoppers’
There was a joyful sense of release on Monday when, after three months of lockdown darkness, so-called non-essential shops reopened.
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NewsW Galen Weston, retail tycoon behind Primark and Selfridges, dies at 80
The UK-born retail entrepreneur and philanthropist W Galen Weston, whose empire spanned food, retail and real estate, has died at the age of 80.
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AnalysisFavourite websites: Where retail bosses love to shop online
After a year that saw ecommerce accelerate like never before as consumers flocked online, Retail Week asks CEOs to name their favourite retail websites and tell us what they love about them.
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OpinionPeter Williams: ‘The pressure is on for fewer but better stores’
After the experience of the last 10 months, do we really need shops any more? Perhaps we should start by reflecting on how they were created and why we started going to them in the first place.
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NewsBoxing Day Sales: Next, DFS and Selfridges going ahead despite PM’s warnings
Next, DFS and Selfridges are all gearing up for Boxing Day Sales in spite of Boris Johnson’s warnings to the public.
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GalleryIn pictures: The retailers nailing the (Covid) Christmas experience
Christmas is looking quite different this year but retailers are innovating to keep the festive spirit alive both online and in-store. Retail Week highlights the retailers pulling out all the stops.
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NewsSelfridges raids Lane Crawford for new managing director
Selfridges has appointed Andrew Keith, president of upscale Hong Kong-based department store business Lane Crawford, as its new managing director.
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GalleryIn pictures: Selfridges’ ‘greenest ever’ Christmas shop
Selfridges has opened up its Christmas shop 75 days before Christmas, this year with a sustainability twist.
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DataData: Three bricks-and-mortar retailers winning in the productivity stakes
RWRC’s annual ranking of the UK’s top 30 most productive retailers was dominated by brands with a bricks-and-mortar presence. With store-based retailers among the hardest hit by the pandemic, here’s how three retailers have sought to drive efficiencies
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GalleryIn pictures: Selfridges’ sustainability push featuring innovative brands
On Monday, Selfridges launched its Project Earth campaign, which aims to change the way its customers shop by 2025.
