All International articles – Page 165
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NewsAbercrombie & Fitch to shut down Gilly Hicks underwear stores
Abercrombie & Fitch is to shut down its 20 Gilly Hicks underwear stores around the world, including five in the UK.
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OpinionRetail surgery: What do Chinese consumers want from British brands?
China’s total online retail spending this year is set to surpass that of the US, making mainland China the world’s largest ecommerce market.
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GalleryIn pictures: House of Fraser opens first full-line overseas shop in Abu Dhabi
Department store group House of Fraser has opened its first international store in Abu Dhabi.
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AnalysisInternational analysis: TJX plots ambitious store growth in US and Europe
Off-price retailer TJX has outlined plans to expand its store base to 6,000 across North America and Europe, projecting that it could eventually generate more than $46bn (£26bn) in sales.
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NewsCoast online boss warns retailers must prioritise web localisation overseas
Coast’s head of ecommerce has warned that retailers who do not prioritise website localisation overseas will incur massive costs and could fail to attract customers.
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OpinionComment: A robust supply chain is vital for international expansion
International expansion has become an established route to generating revenue growth for UK retailers, but the logistics of moving products across the globe can often put a strain on efficiency and profits.
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OpinionComment: How Amazon UK will take on the grocers
Whether it’s strikes in Germany, tax-related controversy or the occasional lapse in good taste in terms of product, Amazon is rarely far from the headlines.
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OpinionComment: Is Walmart taking a gamble in China?
Walmart has renewed efforts to expand in China, soon after reining in plans for India. Is this a risk given a mooted slowdown in Chinese demand?
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AnalysisInternational analysis: Carrefour third-quarter results hint at upturn
Carrefour’s third-quarter figures raised eyebrows for the right reasons, not least because they marked a return to like-for-like growth in the French giant’s domestic market for the first time in more than two years.
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NewsTesco eyes global fashion dominance for F&F brand
Tesco has unveiled audacious ambitions to be “the world’s leading retailer for affordable fashion” that will take it toe-to-toe with the largest clothing specialists.
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OpinionComment: Imagining failure can lead to retail success
Retailers will by now be well advanced planning for next year. To most of us planning is a tedious necessity - ‘failure to plan is planning to fail’.
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OpinionComment: Economic optimism at the World Retail Congress
Last week was the seventh annual World Retail Congress. For the past few years, the elephant in the room was undoubtedly the economy.
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AnalysisInnovation watch: Sewing machine brand USHA reinvents traditional Indian haberdashery
The long-established USHA Sewing Machine brand has created The HAB concept store in Mumbai and reinvented the traditional Indian haberdashery.
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GalleryStore gallery: Are hypermarket's still a successful store format?
France is the home of the hypermarket but does the format still work for the country’s major players?
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AnalysisInternational analysis: Amazon moves upmarket with luxury beauty store
Amazon has made its first move to capture the high-end health and beauty market with the launch of a dedicated luxury beauty store on Amazon.com.
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AnalysisAnalysis: The evolution of the online marketplace
From eBay and Rakuten to Amazon and Asos, marketplaces are becoming a central part of retailing in the UK. Tamsin Brown takes a look at how they are evolving.
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OpinionComment: Watch and learn from the best retailers
We’re exposed to a mountain of visual stimuli every day. The power of observation is a great gift and I love walking
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OpinionComment: Burberry's new boss Christopher Bailey faces a shift in the luxury retail landscape
As Angela Ahrendts moves on to take a senior post at Apple, Burberry’s incoming chief executive could be facing a shift in the geography of the luxury retail landscape.
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OpinionComment: Adopt a visionary approach to ecommerce for retail success
I have just returned from presenting at Shop.org, the US’s leading ecommerce event and the digital arm of the National Retail Federation, where I was asked to present in the ‘Bootcamp’.
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OpinionComment: Has the in-store digital display wave crashed?
The tendency to clad everything with an iPad or touchscreen is disappearing fast and old-fashioned visual merchandising is taking its place.