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Analysis
Tech List 2024: The definitive index of the world’s top 50 digital retail leaders
Retail Week’s annual celebration of the most influential leaders behind 50 businesses progressing digital retail has landed. Innovative minds from Boots, Tesco, EE, Sephora and Walmart are among those recognised in The Tech List
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Analysis
Tech 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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Analysis
Tech 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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News
John Lewis director says redundancies paving way for ‘better-quality jobs’
John Lewis Partnership (JLP) operations director Naomi Simcock has said that “better-quality jobs” are being created by the retailer, despite the group planning to cut 11,000 jobs in five years.
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Retail Voice
Deliveries enable ecommerce growth. Here’s how
Getting that all-important customer experience right is crucial. nShift’s Lars Dige Pedersen examines how retailers can make sure they are delivering at every single step
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News
Reiss partners with AI-powered platform to boost employee development
Fashion retailer Reiss has partnered with learning management system Thrive Learning to utilise its AI capabilities for employee development.
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Innovation of the Week
L’Oréal launches AI beauty assistant
Innovation of the Week is a subscriber-only series highlighting retail initiatives that have caught the eye of our team.
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News
Asos names new executive vice-president of digital product
Fashion giant Asos has named Anthony Ben Sadoun as its new executive vice-president of digital product, effective from February 26, 2024.
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News
Largest Currys shareholder warns of ‘problem’ in UK equity market
Currys’ largest shareholder Redwheel has supported the board’s decision to reject an initial offer from Elliott Advisors and said the offer “highlighted a wider problem with the UK equity market”.
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News
Shopify bolsters EMEA leadership team with new appointments
Ecommerce giant Shopify has announced new leadership changes to its Europe, Middle East and Africa division as it aims to drive growth across the region.
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Analysis
As JD.com and Elliott eye a potential takeover, what does the future hold for Currys?
The starting gun has well and truly been fired in the race for a takeover of UK electricals retailer Currys, with reports emerging that US investment firm Elliott and Chinese ecommerce giant JD.com are both mulling bids
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Supplier Insight
Revealed: Two-thirds of retailers are using AI to drive personalisation
Almost two-thirds of retailers are already using AI to enhance personalisation, despite cost reductions being a key focus for IT leaders this year.
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Innovation of the Week
Decathlon launches immersive app on Apple Vision Pro
Innovation of the Week is a subscriber-only series highlighting retail initiatives that have caught the eye of our team.
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News
Debenhams launches AI-driven personalised beauty service
Debenhams has partnered with AI and AR beauty platform Revieve to offer consumers personalised skincare, haircare and makeup advice on the retailer’s website.
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Interview
Q&A: EE retail boss Asif Aziz on the brand’s new experience stores
As EE delves further into retail by announcing a £6m investment into its store estate over the next 12 months, retail director Asif Aziz speaks to Retail Week about how important it is to be a consumer-focused brand, and what its “experience stores” have to offer shoppers.
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News
January ecommerce sales suffer as demand weakens
Ecommerce sales took a sharp dip in January as most product categories recorded a slowdown due to weakened demand.
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Innovation of the Week
Co-op turns to AI and secure tills to combat retail crime
Innovation of the Week is a subscriber-only series highlighting retail initiatives that have caught the eye of our team.
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News
Waterstones profits fall as IT issues cause order backlog
Waterstones’ full-year profits declined despite a boost in sales as issues with stock distribution technology caused a backlog of orders.
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News
EE to invest £6m in UK store estate over next 12 months
Mobile phone provider EE has announced it will invest a total of £6m into its UK store estate over the next 12 months as part of its ongoing retail strategy.
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Retail Voice
Discover the top trends on grocery shoppers’ lists
From subscriptions to seamless checkouts, Worldpay’s Pinar Koygun takes a look at what is ticking grocery shoppers’ boxes.