All Analysis articles – Page 37
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AnalysisFrom AR to Gen Z – the must-read stories and insight from Retail Week Live 2022
Reporting by: Grace Bowden, George MacDonald, Hugh Radojev, Rosie Shepard, Luke Tugby
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AnalysisIn pictures: Platinum jubilee – a look back at 70 years of seismic change in retail
As the nation celebrates the Queen’s platinum jubilee, we take a look at how retail has been transformed during her reign, from the rise of self-service to the emergence of consumer culture.
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AnalysisDeep dive: Room for one more – are co-CEOs the future of retail leadership?
When it comes to leadership, are two heads really better than one? Marks & Spencer seems to think so. Retail Week explores the trend for co-chief executives in retail.
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AnalysisThe stores forecast: Five predictions for physical retail’s future
Retail Week’s Stores Week 2022, this year’s edition of our annual event celebrating bricks and mortar, begins today. From Marks & Spencer, Liberty and Rapha to Benefit Cosmetics and Ikea’s real-estate arm Ingka Centres, brands and retailers from across the industry will reveal how they are investing in their store strategies and what they see as the future of stores.
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AnalysisResearch: 25 retailers talk property strategy and need for rates reform
The leaders of 25 UK retailers including Primark, B&M, Iceland, Frasers Group, ScS and The Original Factory Shop have spoken to Retail Week for a far-reaching report into the state of UK retail property and the need for reform.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Can Sainsbury’s food-first focus stand up to inflationary pressures?
A year into its strategy to put food back at the heart of its business, Sainsbury’s has delivered strong profit growth. Yet as the cost-of-living crisis begins to bite, the grocer is faced with unique challenges on top of the hyper-inflationary market
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AnalysisFrom Bower Collective to Pasta Evangelists – how subscriptions are leading CX
Retail Week examines why subscription models are key to locking in loyalty and how these new businesses are driving exceptional experiences in our report 9 CX Disruptors.
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AnalysisData: More than half of retail supply chain leaders considered quitting in the past year
Retail Week’s latest report, Chain Reaction, features findings from interviews with retail supply chain and IT executives on their motivations, concerns and aspirations for the sector.
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AnalysisSustainability and savings: the six apps your customers will be downloading in 2022
As more transactions are carried out on mobile devices and consumers seek easier and better ways of living, shopping and saving, Retail Week explores the apps shoppers will be downloading in 2022.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Five ways outgoing B&M boss Simon Arora created a value powerhouse
B&M chief executive Simon Arora will step down next year, having transformed the value operator into a UK retail powerhouse over the past two decades. His time at the helm offers lessons aplenty for his contemporaries, as Retail Week explores.
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AnalysisNow trending: Why Google, Netflix and Buzzfeed are embracing the physical store
In recent years, shoppers have been greeted by some surprising additions to high streets and airports. Instead of traditional retail brands commanding new space, leading social media and editorial brands such as Buzzfeed, TikTok and Highsnobiety are flirting with the idea of a permanent physical presence. What has prompted the interest in moving into physical retail for such brands? Retail Week takes a look at the motivation behind the moves.
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AnalysisThree trends propelling the UK’s busiest retail websites
Retail Week’s latest report reveals the retailers and brands leading the way in ecommerce and how online trading is set to evolve this year.
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AnalysisAnalysis: How Tesco is tackling retail’s three most ‘significant uncertainties’
Tesco unveiled surging profits as it powered through the pandemic – but there was more than an air of caution as directors presented full-year results.
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AnalysisAnalysis: What the Farfetch and Neiman Marcus partnership reveals about the future of luxury
Farfetch is to invest up to $200m (£153m) in Neiman Marcus as part of a wide-ranging partnership. What are the implications of this tie-up for the luxury sector as a whole?
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AnalysisIn pictures: Boohoo unveils ‘model factory’ to reinvigorate Leicester rag trade
Boohoo has opened the doors of its first clothing production factory, which boss John Lyttle says is a commitment to Leicester’s “great future” as the hub of the UK textiles industry.
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AnalysisThe four consumer personas driving spend in 2022 and beyond
Four distinct consumer groups have emerged from the pandemic and they will influence spending for years to come. Retail Week’s new report, launched this week, reveals who they are.
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AnalysisPushing your purpose, driving diversity and reinventing stores – the best of WRC 2022
Ahold Delhaize, Nike, Ikea and Currys – the big names and key takeaways from WRC 2022
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AnalysisDeep dive: How the cost-of-living crisis will hit retailers and their customers
Retail Week explores the impact of the current world crisis on each customer and business and asks what, if anything, can be done.
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AnalysisExplosive consumer poll: Is greenwashing working?
Retail Week’s Green is the New Black report has ignited debate on social media as to how much consumers know – and care – about sustainability. We take a closer look at its findings.
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AnalysisRetail Horizon – Channels ‘no longer exist’
Retail Week has relaunched its subscriber-exclusive strategic toolkit, Retail Horizon, mapping out the winning strategies for businesses in 2022 and beyond. Retail Week research director Lisa Byfield-Green explores the key macroeconomic trends that will shape the sector in the coming year