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Retail Navigator AnalysisReserved (Overview)
Reserved has moved into expansionist mode in the UK from 2023, upping its store numbers in and around the capital. It is now eyeing smaller cities in the region as it attempts to move its UK subsidiary into a position of profitability.
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Retail Navigator AnalysisB&Q (Strategy)
B&Q is expanding its fulfilment options, going live on Deliveroo so that consumers can receive orders in just 25 minutes. It has also partnered with DPD to trial robot deliveries for customers in Milton Keynes. The autonomous robots transport smaller parcels to shoppers’ doors.
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Retail Navigator AnalysisH&M Group (Strategy)
H&M makes first investment in decarbonisation technology as works to improve its supply chain processes. The retailer announced its investment in Rondo energy which makes heat batteries that “turn intermittent electricity into continuous, high-temperature heat and power, perfect for textile factories”
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DataWhat makes Screwfix’s enviable ecommerce strategy stand out?
Screwfix is among the top 30 UK retailers recognised by analysts for leading ecommerce performance in the new Top 30 Ecommerce Retailers report. Here we deep-dive into the DIY brand’s digital model
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AnalysisThe future of retail technology straight from the Expo in New York
As more than 1,000 retail tech companies from around the world showcased their latest innovations at NRF 2024: Retail’s Big Show in New York last week, here is Retail Week’s round-up of the groundbreaking technology revealed at the Expo.
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AnalysisWhere THG, Jigsaw, Hawes & Curtis and Richer Sounds are investing in 2024
Store experience, digital marketing and AI will dominate investment strategies next year, say the bosses of the UK’s largest retailers in the Retail 2024 report.
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NewsJohn Lewis signs deal with Google to boost AI efforts
The John Lewis Partnership has signed a £100m agreement with Google as it plans to cut data storage costs and boost its artificial intelligence efforts.
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Retail VoiceThree priorities for tech leaders
With the sands of retail shifting rapidly, Netpremacy takes a look at what this means for technology leaders, where their priorities lie and what their investment strategies look like for 2023
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AnalysisGreenwashing: Three rules to get your sustainability message right
As UK fashion retailers including Asos, Boohoo and George at Asda are investigated for potential greenwashing, Lena Roland, head of content at marketing specialist WARC Strategy, explains how businesses can avoid misleading customers with their sustainability messaging
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Opinion‘A huge change is coming to online retail – are you ready for it?’
An update to Google Analytics is likely to transform how business performance is reported and how retailers resources are allocated, cautions Good Growth co-founder and chief executive James Hammersley
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Retail VoiceClimate agenda calls for more sustainable supply chains
Supply-chain sustainability is a key requirement for retailers, says Eddie Capel, chief executive of Manhattan Associates
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Opinion‘Regulation of online giants is one of the most important policy challenges of our time’
Regulation is not about constraining tech innovation, but sharing it more widely and increasing competition, says Michael Jary, senior adviser at OC&C Strategy Consultants.
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Retail VoiceFive lessons for retailers to avoid common seasonal ecommerce mistakes
With the festive period on the horizon, avoiding costly errors during this critical time can save retailers huge sums, says Alex Graf, founder and co-chief executive of Spryker.
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Opinion‘Collecting the data is only half the battle’
Over the past 18 months, everyone’s lives have become increasingly and pervasively governed by Covid-19 data.
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AnalysisIn pictures: Why Glossier, Google and more are going from clicks to bricks post-pandemic
As restrictions begin to ease, the post-pandemic world of retail is welcoming online players into bricks-and-mortar stores.
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Opinion‘Consumers now expect retail entirely on their terms’
As consumers’ habits, preferences and behaviour change radically and rapidly, most retailers understand that they are facing a revolution. But it’s far from the first.
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Future LeadersAllyship: Can white men progress diversity and inclusion?
Most top retail positions are still held by white men. Retail Week Be Inspired explores how retail leaders can champion D&I by using their position of privilege to move the dial
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Retail Navigator AnalysisJohn Lewis Partnership (Strategy)
John Lewis Partnership (JLP) announced it will “unashamedly focus” on retail as group profitability was restored for the year ending 27 January 2024 (FY2023). The Partnership delivered pre-tax profits of £56m versus a £234m loss the year prior. JLP said profit growth was supported by a further £111m of productivity improvements in the year, bringing recurring productivity savings since January 2021 to £420m against its £900m target to FY2027.
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Retail Navigator AnalysisKingfisher (Strategy)
Kingfisher chief executive Thierry Garnier refreshed the areas of focus for its ‘Powered by Kingfisher’ strategy in March 2023 “to ensure data, trade, culture and agility were given increased prominence and focus”.
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OpinionSuzy Ross: 'Retail is moving from customer data to customer intelligence'
It is nearly one year since life as we know it was suspended. Almost overnight humans seemed to disappear from the physical world.