All Retail Week UAT articles in 12-18 October 2019
Browse all news stories and articles from this date or time period.
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Retail VoiceHow retailers can craft an international roadmap in these testing times
Building and sustaining a successful cross-border ecommerce strategy for your company is easier than it might first appear.
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NewsAgenda: Primark, Sainsbury’s and M&S update the market
Retail Week looks ahead to the next seven days with updates from Primark, Sainsbury’s and M&S on the agenda.
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NewsAgenda: Next and Zalando update the market
Retail Week looks ahead to the next seven days with updates from Next and Zalando on the agenda.
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NewsBonmarché tumbles into administration placing thousands of jobs at risk
Bonmarché has tumbled into administration, with its boss blaming “a period of historic difficulty” on the high street for its demise.
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AnalysisAnalysis: WHSmith takes off with transformational travel deal
WHSmith’s travel business should soar even higher following a landmark US deal.
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NewsAgenda: Travis Perkins, Shoe Zone and Shop Direct update the market
Retail Week looks ahead to the next seven days with updates from Travis Perkins, Shoe Zone and Shop Direct on the agenda.
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GalleryIn pictures: Selfridges unveils futuristic Christmas window
Selfridges has unveiled its Christmas window and in-store displays across all its stores – London, Birmingham, Manchester and online.
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NewsShop Direct moves Littlewoods campaign spend to digital-only
Shop Direct has launched an online-only advertising campaign for Littlewoods.
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NewsAsda owner Walmart offloads pension liabilities as it eyes float
Asda’s owner Walmart has signed a deal to offload nearly £4bn of the UK grocer’s pension liabilities, clearing the path for a stock market flotation.
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OpinionOpinion: ‘Why’ is more important than ‘what’ for successful retailers
I have two daughters. Last weekend, I found myself fielding the following questions (among others): “Dad, why don’t people share their homes with homeless people?”; “Why did the First World War start?”; “Why do I need to do maths when I have a calculator on my phone?”; “Why do I need to lay the table, why can’t Evie?” And the classic: “Dad, why are you so embarrassing?”
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Retail VoicePrinciples of persuasion to tap into e-consumer psychology
Four key psychological principles that should be applied to ecommerce marketing to ensure high conversion rates
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OpinionMove of the Week: Ted Baker hopes for American dream
Ted Baker continues to move on from the Ray Kelvin era with the news this week it has appointed its first-ever US chief executive.
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VideoWill Christmas 2019 be ho-ho-ho or humbug for retailers?
With some retail leaders preparing for ‘the worst Christmas since Woolworths collapsed’ in 2008, the team debate if businesses will be full of festive cheer or fear by the end of 2019.
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OpinionLeader: Never mind the carpets, WHSmith’s Clarke leaves the firmest of foundations
The state of WHSmith’s carpets might prompt mirth on social media, but there’s nothing shabby about the legacy of departing chief executive Steve Clarke.
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NewsFenwick swings to loss as boss Feather fashions its future
Fenwick has swung to a loss after suffering a slump in sales during a “challenging year for retail”.
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NewsRetail sales in September flat, says ONS
Retail sales were broadly flat in the month of August but did increase year on year, according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics.
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NewsWHSmith unveils $400m Marshall Retail acquisition as profits edge up
WHSmith is set to double the size of its international travel business with the acquisition of US travel chain Marshall Retail, as it unveiled full-year sales and profit growth.
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AnalysisAnalysis: John Lewis’ restructure – bold or baffling?
When John Lewis Partnership chair Sir Charlie Mayfield unveiled a restructure of the bellwether retailer, so radical was the overhaul that jaws dropped across the industry.
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AnalysisAnalysis: How Asos plans to get back on trend
This time last year signalled the start of a very bumpy road for Asos. After a difficult autumn – a peak trading period – the unthinkable happened.
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NewsHome Bargains profits climb as it plans to double store footprint
Home Bargains’ full-year sales passed the £2.5bn milestone as the business ramps up for aggressive bricks-and-mortar expansion.