All Analysis articles – Page 250
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AnalysisMobile site review: Mothercare Vs Babies R Us
Vicky Wilkinson, senior planner at Savvy Marketing, shares her view of good and bad sites.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Payment and targeted marketing - how bank data is changing retail
Bank data is allowing for more targeted and convenient payment and marketing offers. Rebecca Thomson looks at how the partnership between finance and retail is changing.
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AnalysisInternational analysis: Kmart’s Pay in Store offer breaks barriers to online
Sears’ Kmart is the latest retailer to enable online shoppers to pay in cash. Its Pay in Store scheme allows customers to reserve goods at Kmart.com and pay for them in store on collection within 24 hours.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Habitat makes itself at home in a new retail landscape
Habitat almost disappeared a few years ago, but in an exclusive interview managing director Clare Askem says its strategy under new owner Home Retail Group is working.
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Infographic: How speed is increasingly vital in retail
New research from Worldpay has shown that speed is the most important consideration for time poor consumers. Retail Week takes a look at how speed is affecting shopper perceptions.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Smart TV, dual screening and ads - how TV's role in retail is changing
TV has come a long way since its black and white beginnings. Suzanne Bearne takes a look at the latest developments and the impact interactive TV could have on retail.
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AnalysisProfile: Gillian Drakeford, Ikea country manager for the UK and Ireland
Ikea China country manager Gillian Drakeford has been appointed to head up the retailer in the UK and Ireland. Retail Week takes a look at the Ikea lifer.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Hudson’s Bay Company's acquisition of Saks at a glance
Following Hudson’s Bay Company’s purchase of high-end department store Saks, Retail Week takes a closer look at the two companies.
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AnalysisNeed to know: Games Workshop’s 'one-man' format stores
Fantasy board game specialist Games Workshop started to open smaller stores, operated by just one staff member, in 2011. This “one-man” format has been adopted across two-thirds of its store portfolio. Retail Week takes a closer look.
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AnalysisNext’s second quarter: What the analysts say
Next today reported its sales jumped 2.3% in its first half as it revised up full-year profit forecasts. The City reacted positively to the results.
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AnalysisZero hours contracts: What do retailers need to know?
Sports Direct employs the majority of its staff on zero hours contracts, it emerged today. Retail Week takes a look at what the pros and cons are to these casual contracts.
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AnalysisCard interchange charges: What do retailers need to know?
Retailers are set to save £362m each year after the European Commission laid out proposals to cap processing charges from banks and card companies. Retail Week takes a look at what it means.
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AnalysisProfile: Waitrose boss and John Lewis deputy chairman Mark Price
Waitrose managing director Mark Price has been appointed deputy chairman of the grocer’s parent John Lewis Partnership. Retail Week takes a look at his his achievements over the past year.
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AnalysisWebsite review: The White Company Vs Laura Ashley
Dave Gurney, managing director at Alchemetrics, shares his view of good and bad sites.
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AnalysisInternational analysis: Is the Carrefour supertanker turning around?
With a mere 1.4% growth in sales to E20.46bn (£17.6bn), Carrefour’s performance remained weak in its second quarter.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Top Christmas gifts predicted by retailers
Christmas success of course means stocking the right products. Retail Week looks at some of the lines that retailers hope will end up under shoppers’ trees.
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AnalysisAnalysis: The economy - evidence for and against a recovery
The economy grew by 0.6% in the second quarter and, with positive employment, consumer confidence and manufacturing data emerging, pundits claim the UK could be edging towards a recovery. Retail Week looks at the evidence.
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Campaign of the Week: Tesco changes up its marketing to celebrate its food offer
Tesco’s new Love Every Mouthful campaign moves the focus firmly on to product quality and is part of the grocer’s on-going efforts to get the food business back on track and clean up an image tarnished by the horse meat scandal.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Why retailers haven't yet cracked big data
Has managing the retailer-customer relationship become harder with the growth of data, or easier as technology advances?
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AnalysisCampaign of the week: Waitrose conjures movie magic for new Heston Blumenthal ice cream ad
Waitrose’s latest advert for a new ice cream flavour created by Heston Blumenthal continues its theme of presenting the celebrity chef as a modern-day Willy Wonka.