All articles by Gemma Goldfingle – Page 7
-
NewsAo.com sales up but weaker demand hits June performance
Electricals retailer Ao.com’s UK sales jumped 8% in its first quarter but sales in June slowed due to weaker consumer demand.
-
NewsSports Direct takes £85m hit on Debenhams stake
Sports Direct full-year profits plunged as it took a £85.4m hit on its near-30% Debenhams stake over the year.
-
OpinionWill Amazon’s Prime Day be a delivery disaster?
Prime Day is now under way. Amazon’s self-created shopping holiday is in its third year and it’s expected to be bigger than ever.
-
NewsWilko hires former Topshop director McGregor
Value retailer Wilko has hired former Topshop director Craig McGregor as its new retail director.
-
NewsPrimark stores guru departs after decade at retailer
Primark stores boss Peter Franks is leaving the fashion retailer after a decade to join The Hoxton hotel group.
-
NewsHalfords poaches Waitrose finance boss as CFO
Halfords has hired Waitrose finance director Loraine Woodhouse as its new CFO.
-
NewsThe Works to IPO next week with £100m price tag
Value retailer The Works will float on the London Stock Exchange next week with a £100m valuation.
-
VideoThe Retail Week: Can M&S prove its ‘right to exist’?
M&S chairman Archie Norman warned that the business does not have a “God-given right to exist”. How can M&S prove its worth?
-
NewsPeter Ruis takes top role at Anthropologie
Former Jigsaw chief executive Peter Ruis has joined US fashion and homewares retailer Anthropologie as the managing director of its international business.
-
VideoIs talk of Brexit food chaos scaremongering?
The BRC warned Theresa May that a hard Brexit could lead to food rotting at ports and higher prices for shoppers. Is this reality or just scaremongering?
-
OpinionAmazon helps entrepreneurs to build delivery start-ups
Amazon is offering support to would-be entrepreneurs to help them develop delivery businesses that will fulfil the retailer’s growing parcel volumes.
-
NewsBe Inspired: 20% of women quit over flexible working
Retailers need to create more flexible conditions for working mothers to stop losing talented employees, sector leaders have warned.
-
AnalysisPower List 2018: Retail's most powerful revealed
Amazon boss Jeff Bezos tops Retail Week’s Power List for the third consecutive year.
-
AnalysisRetail Week Power List 2018: Five key trends
We look at five of the biggest trends in the Retail Week Power List 2018, in association with Medallia.
-
OpinionReality bites: Only 15 women are on our Power List
Every year that I put together the Retail Week Power List, I wait for the accusations of sexism. “Where are all the women?” come the cries. I agree: where are all the women?
-
AnalysisPower List 2018: Who are the ones to watch?
Retail Week unveils its annual Power List tomorrow. We take a look at those with the potential to make an impression over the next few years.
-
NewsRoyal wedding and heatwave boost retail sales in May
The warm weather and Royal wedding celebrations helped drive a 3.9% year-on-year rise in UK retail sales volumes in May.
-
NewsTesco posts 10th consecutive quarter of sales growth
Tesco’s UK like-for-likes jumped 3.5% in its most recent quarter, its 10th consecutive quarter of like-for-like growth.
-
VideoThe Retail Week: How damaging is Dixons' data debacle?
Dixons Carphone has admitted to a huge customer data breach, which was only revealed this week. We discuss the impact of the hacking attempt and how the firm is managing this PR crisis.
-
AnalysisTaking a pounding: winners and losers in value retail
This week yet another retailer fell victim to the gruelling conditions on the high street when Poundworld plunged into administration, putting 5,100 jobs at risk.