All Department stores articles – Page 24
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NewsSelfridges starts formal auction as suitors circle
Selfridges’ owner the Weston family has begun a formal auction of the famous department store business.
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OpinionArchie Norman: ‘Pointless enforcement of Customs Union is destructive to businesses’
About 40,000 pages of forms to fill in per week, trucks turned back because they are sometimes filled in with the ‘wrong coloured’ ink, and debates over the dairy content of chocolate chip cookies. M&S’s chair starkly sets out his concerns about EU trade rules enforcement in the island of Ireland in a letter to Brexit minister Lord Frost
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GalleryFirst look: Flannels Beauty flagship brings ‘world-first beauty experiences’ to Sheffield
The opening of the flagship Flannels Beauty store marks the beginning of a major long-term investment in the category as the retailer aims to transform the way consumers shop for beauty.
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NewsExclusive: John Lewis and Waitrose poised to make 1,000 roles redundant
Department store group John Lewis and sister business Waitrose have proposed 1,000 redundancies in stores, Retail Week can reveal.
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NewsExclusive: House of Fraser staff faced with zero-hours contracts ultimatum
Department store chain House of Fraser is understood to have put staff into consultation over a switch to zero-hours contracts in a decision that could potentially affect thousands of roles.
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NewsDebenhams launches first brand campaign since Boohoo takeover
Debenhams is launching its first new campaign since being acquired by Boohoo, adding .com to its name to reintroduce itself to customers as a pureplay department store.
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Opinion‘For the retail jobs market, this is the calm before the storm’
Monday was meant to herald England’s so-called ‘Freedom Day’. Initially planned for June 21, it has now been delayed until July 19 at the earliest.
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NewsHarrods to open H beauty stores in Edinburgh, Bristol and Newcastle
Harrods is set to open three new H beauty stores across the UK following the successful launch of the new format last year.
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NewsJohn Lewis expands furniture rental service after strong demand
Department store group John Lewis is to extend its furniture rental offer following a successful pilot.
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NewsSelfridges opens garden centres to tap into pandemic-driven trend
Selfridges has launched garden centres at several of its stores in a bid to benefit from the pandemic-driven gardening boom.
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NewsDebenhams targets high street return as owner Boohoo bids to woo beauty brands
Debenhams is plotting a return to the high street under new owner Boohoo as it attempts to strike deals with major beauty brands.
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Opinion‘The Amazon effect, excess space and the pandemic are driving retail evolution’
If we cast our minds back 20 years or more, most brands had very few standalone sites, preferring to operate via wholesale or concessions in department stores.
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NewsJohn Lewis opens website to third-party fashion brands in D2C push
Department store group John Lewis is to introduce 100 third-party fashion labels to its website over the next 12 months, creating a direct-to-consumer platform for brands.
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OpinionMove of the Week: Waitrose recruits outside partnership for top retail role
Waitrose’s appointment of the Co-op’s Tina Mitchell as its new retail director is significant for a number of reasons.
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AnalysisDeep dive: Curation, destination, imagination – the new department store foundations
How can the retail format be revived to resonate with contemporary and future shoppers?
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OpinionMove of the Week: John Lewis fills gaps at the top to face post-Covid balancing act
I’ve noted before how the leadership teams that took retailers into the pandemic will not be the same as those that lead their recovery. This is especially true of retailers most disrupted by Covid-19 – specifically those whose heritage is in stores and who sell discretionary items likes homewares and fashion.
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GalleryExclusive first look: M&S unveils most digital store yet
Marks & Spencer’s Stuart Machin shows Retail Week the business’ newly expanded Solihull store, which incorporates enhanced digital features including a modernised eaterie
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NewsJohn Lewis makes key hires to drive transformation programme
Department store group John Lewis has made three appointments to its top team who will play crucial roles in its turnaround strategy.
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AnalysisAnalysis: How M&S is churning its store estate for a post-pandemic world
As thoughts turn to life after Covid, or at least as the effects are mitigated, Marks & Spencer chiefs are confident that the retailer is also in better health.
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NewsJohn Lewis chair Sharon White calls for business rates replacement
John Lewis chair Sharon White has urged chancellor Rishi Sunak to replace the current business rates system with a new land tax to even the playing field between online and bricks-and-mortar retail.