All Very Group articles – Page 13
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News
Yext becomes headline partner for Retail Week Live
Location data specialist Yext has become the headline partner for Retail Week Live 2017.
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Video
The Retail Week: Game, Halfords, Shop Direct and Trump
The Retail Week team sit down to discuss which retailers are finding success in services, fashion’s respite and President-elect Donald Trump.
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News
Today in Retail: Hotel Chocolat’s Christmas success
Upmarket chocolate retailer Hotel Chocolat’s Christmas success will have tasted sweet for investors.
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News
Today in Retail: Shop Direct’s glimpse of Christmas future
Shop Direct didn’t just paint a portrait of its Christmas trading performance today, but a shape of things to come in the wider retail landscape.
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News
Alex Baldock: AI will let us rival Bond Street service
Shop Direct boss Alex Baldock has said that the etailer will match a Bond Street level of customer service, through its use of AI.
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News
Shop Direct Christmas sales fuelled by Very
Shop Direct has reported growing sales for its Christmas period, with site Very fuelling growth.
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Data
Retail league table: Christmas trading 2016
Find out how retailers have performed during the critical Christmas 2016 trading period, with our league table comparing like-for-like sales.
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Analysis
Retail resolutions for 2017: Alex Baldock, Shop Direct
As the New Year nears, retail bosses tell Retail Week about their resolutions for 2017.
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Analysis
It wasn’t all bad: The 12 gifts of retail in 2016
It wasn’t all bad for retail this year. Here’s our seasonal celebration of how retail enhances lives and the nation.
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Analysis
Review of the Year: Tech and ecommerce trends
From Pinterest ads to Pokémon Go!, 2016 was a year packed full of technology innovations.
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Opinion
Blog: Confessions of a Black Friday bargain hunter
Black Friday has been and gone and this year it appears that retail’s supply chains have stood up well to the year’s biggest delivery stress test.
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News
Today in Retail: A digital brain drain?
As Retail Week revealed earlier today, another digital talent, this time in the form of New Look’s Sally Heath, is set to leave the industry.
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Analysis
Profile: Jon Rudoe, the grocery guru joining Shop Direct
Jon Rudoe has been appointed as Shop Direct’s new retail and technology director. What will the grocery guru bring to the etailer?
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News
People moves: Nigel Oddy leaves House of Fraser
House of Fraser boss Nigel Oddy is the latest executive to exit the department store; Jon Rudoe leaves Sainsbury’s for bespoke role at Shop Direct
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News
Shop Direct poaches Sainsbury’s tech boss Jon Rudoe
Shop Direct has poached Sainsbury’s head of technology Jon Rudoe for a newly created role as it merges its retail and IT teams.
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Video
Watch: Black Friday kicks off at Shop Direct
Shop Direct boss Alex Baldock on how Black Friday is taking shape and why it favours the pure-play retailers.
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Analysis
CEO viewpoints: The case for and against Black Friday
Retail is divided on whether Black Friday is good or bad for the industry. Here two retail chief executives make their case.
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Analysis
Black Friday 2016: Which retailers are doing what?
No longer a day of deals, Black Friday has become a promotional marathon. Here we document retailers’ Black Friday deals and their duration.
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Opinion
This week in retail: Black Friday madness begins
It’s finally here – Black Friday week. Or Black Friday fortnight for some.
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Analysis
Retail Week Awards: Spotlight on the etail contenders
As the shortlist for the Retail Week Awards 2017 is unveiled, we take a closer look at the etailers contending for the OC&C Pure-Play Etailer accolade.