All Health & beauty articles – Page 45
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DataData: The retail sectors capturing footfall since stores reopened
Footfall is slowly returning to retail destinations following the peak of the coronavirus pandemic, but which sectors are capitalising on that traffic and enticing customers into their stores? Springboard data shared exclusively with Retail Week reveals the sectors that are emerging as the winners and losers.
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GalleryIn pictures: Selfridges’ sustainability push featuring innovative brands
On Monday, Selfridges launched its Project Earth campaign, which aims to change the way its customers shop by 2025.
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Retail VoiceHow masks will instil consumer confidence in retail once more
Popping a mask into your pocket when you leave the house has quickly become the norm and now face coverings are helping retail get back on its feet, says Richard Mears, founder and CEO of Breathe Happy
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GalleryStore gallery: Holland & Barrett unveils new ‘accessible wellness’ format
Holland & Barrett has launched a new concept store in Chelmsford, Essex, that offers a range of products and services to educate shoppers on their wellness needs.
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AnalysisHow Nike, Unilever and Gymshark are building DTC empires – and the retail fightback
Already a huge growth area in retail, direct-to-consumer (DTC) sales were sent into overdrive over the past few months when stores were forced to close around the world.
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NewsThe Hut Group appoints seven banks to aid potential IPO
The Hut Group has named seven banks – including JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs – to oversee a potential £4.5bn flotation.
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AnalysisRetail’s new lipstick effect: what products will fly off the shelves post-Covid?
During past recessions, consumers have snapped up small luxuries, such as lipstick, to make themselves feel better. But with face masks making a lipstick uptick unlikely, which treats will shoppers indulge in now?
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NewsWalgreens Boots Alliance boss Stefano Pessina steps down
Walgreens Boots Alliance chief executive Stefano Pessina is stepping down, six years after leading the group’s mega-merger.
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AnalysisLessons in loyalty: how retail’s seven best schemes deliver results
As Marks & Spencer relaunches Sparks this week, Retail Week reviews some of the top loyalty schemes around the world and pulls out lessons on what works in loyalty today
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NewsOnline sales hit record high as lockdown eases
Multichannel retailers led the way as online sales soared in the week beginning June 15, despite stores reopening their doors to the public.
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NewsKim Kardashian sells $200m stake in cosmetics brand
French beauty titan Coty has snapped up a 20% stake in Kim Kardashian West’s KKW cosmetics range, less than a year after acquiring a majority stake in her sister Kylie Jenner’s beauty brand.
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AnalysisJohn Lewis, Superdry, Lush and Waterstones on trading in retail’s new normal
After three months of shuttered doors due to the coronavirus, English non-essential retail reopened to the public on Monday. Retail Week analyses the lessons to be learnt from the first days of trading.
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NewsHolland & Barrett and Booths launch on Deliveroo
Following in the footsteps of the likes of Morrisons and Marks & Spencer, Holland & Barrett and Booths have both joined forces with Deliveroo to bolster their customer reach during lockdown.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Six beauty brands on retailers' M&A radar
Following the acquisition of beauty guru Charlotte Tilbury’s eponymous brand by Spanish conglomerate Puig last week, Retail Week examines which independent beauty brands could be next on the hit list.
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DataData: New forecasts for the post-pandemic retail landscape
New data from Edge by Ascential shows a vastly changed outlook for retail channels across the UK as the Covid-19 pandemic has drastically altered the retail landscape and consumer spending habits.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Never waste a crisis – how coronavirus galvanised retail
In the space of a few months, Britain and its retailers have been plunged into a crisis the scale of which few would ever have imagined.
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AnalysisAnalysis: As June rent day nears, what will retailers do?
At the last quarterly rent day in March, landlords received a fraction of the rent they were due as stores were forced to close under lockdown. What will happen as rent day approaches this week?
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NewsBoots leans on digital as it prepares to reopen beauty counters
Boots is relying on digital innovation to launch its latest No. 7 product and reopen its in-store beauty counters next month.
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AnalysisCoronavirus Consumer Pulse: How lockdown is shaping Covid-19 consumer habits
Amid the coronavirus crisis, it has arguably never been more important, nor more difficult, for retailers to understand their customers.
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NewsCoronavirus: Multichannel retailers' online sales soar in lockdown
Multichannel retailers have registered a larger spike in sales than their pureplay counterparts as online revenues surge overall due to the coronavirus lockdown.