All Analysis articles – Page 50
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AnalysisThe power players: the acquisitive retailers snapping up brands
As Boohoo snaps up Debenhams, Retail Week takes a look at the pack of retailers taking advantage of the acquisition opportunities Covid has created to boost their business. Who are the sector’s new power players?
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AnalysisBoohoo boss: How we will make Debenhams a force to be reckoned with
In news that took the sector by surprise, Boohoo has acquired the intellectual property assets of struggling department store Debenhams for £55m – but what does the fashion etailer plan to do with the business?
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AnalysisStrategic report: Lessons from Christmas 2020 to help you win in the year ahead
Lockdown, store closures and bans on large gatherings created what Marks & Spencer boss Steve Rowe termed ”near impossible trading conditions” this golden quarter. Retail Week’s latest report pulls out the trends from this very different Christmas and lessons to help you trade through the most volatile trading conditions ever experienced.
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AnalysisWill more retailers ditch Oxford Street?
While the famous shopping destination was already facing headwinds, the coronavirus crisis has been a perfect storm for Oxford Street. The question is whether retailers will hang around to pick up the pieces or abandon it altogether.
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AnalysisSix steps to re-engage new online shoppers acquired over Christmas
Retailers have won swathes of new online shoppers over the golden quarter. But how can you persuade them to become regular customers? Retail Week puts forward a six-step plan to help your brand.
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AnalysisFive up-and-coming UK marketplaces that you need to know
Retail Week shines a light on five marketplaces at different stages of their journey, which could become useful routes to market.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Is Lidl starting to close the gap on Aldi in the discounter battle?
Over the last 12 months, momentum has shifted away from Aldi towards Lidl in the battle of the discounters. Retail Week looks at what Lidl has done to close the gap on its rival.
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AnalysisIPO rush – which retailers will whet investor appetite?
After a tumultuous year for the industry, some retailers are setting their sights on new horizons with plans to float on the stock market.
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AnalysisThe Big Question: Are grocers doing enough to enforce Covid safety rules?
With the mutant variant of Covid-19 running rampant through the UK and the government questioning the role of supermarkets in the spread of the virus, industry experts offer their view on whether grocers are doing enough to enforce guidelines.
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AnalysisStrategic report: Five winning pricing strategies for 2021
With consumers still tightening their purse strings, this year could prove to be a rocky road for retailers who don’t have the right pricing strategy. Read Retail Week’s new report to find out how AI could optimise pricing and drive loyalty.
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AnalysisAnalysis: How retail fared during the most unpredictable Christmas in history
In what has been one of the most unpredictable Christmases ever, retail has still found some reasons to celebrate. Retail Week explores what a Covid Christmas looked like.
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AnalysisDeep dive: The great retail reset – should retail prepare for the roaring ’20s?
How we live, work and shop has changed. 2021 is the year the retail industry will fundamentally change, too.
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AnalysisStrategic report: How retailer pricing strategies are losing customers
In a hyper-competitive market where retailers are struggling to survive, the right pricing strategy is making and breaking businesses. Read Retail Week’s new report to find out how AI could optimise pricing and drive loyalty.
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AnalysisBrexit: What Boris Johnson’s Christmas Eve deal means for retail
While it came down to the wire, Boris Johnson and his team did manage to deliver a Brexit deal. Retail Week goes behind the sloganeering to see what has changed for retail and what that will mean going forward
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AnalysisGreen-thinking or greenwashing: Have retailers met their sustainability targets?
With sustainability becoming more important to consumers, retailers across the board have started making bold statements and setting out ambitious goals – but are they real or just for show? Retail Week investigates.
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AnalysisWhat next? Tesco, John Lewis and Dixons Carphone CEOs predict trends for 2021
After the most unpredictable year in history, which trends do retail’s biggest bosses think will be prevalent in 2021? Retail Week finds out.
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AnalysisData: Can social media predict this year’s Christmas winners?
With Christmas imminent and swathes of the UK’s most populous areas effectively back in lockdown, can social media engagement help predict who will still prevail in this coming festive period?
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AnalysisTier four fears: Retail CEOs on shop closure ‘body blow’ and port delays
After the toughest of years, retailers were dealt another savage blow in the crucial final trading week ahead of Christmas.
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AnalysisJohn Lewis, Tesco and B&Q bosses: Lessons from the year that changed retail forever
2020 has been one of the most disruptive, unpredictable years in living memory. What have retail’s leaders taken as their biggest lesson from the year that changed everything?