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OpinionAlex Baldock: ‘Raise rates for warehouses to save the high street’
We’re now only weeks away from the end of the government’s business rates holiday. I’m sure many of us are grateful for a decisive and vital measure that, for some retailers, has made the difference between surviving the pandemic and not.
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OpinionThe Secret Retailer: ‘The government is fiddling while Rome burns’
As retail is left to wonder how the route out of the coronavirus crisis will look, it feels like there is some government fiddling while Rome is burning going on.
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AnalysisJD Sports boss Cowgill: How ‘monumental’ DTLR deal turbocharges US ambitions
JD Sports boss Peter Cowgill tells Retail Week why the retailer’s latest $495m acquisition has set it up to crack America.
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AnalysisAnalysis: How Asos will make Topshop live up to its name again
Asos this week swooped on Arcadia’s Topshop, Topman, Miss Selfridge and HIIT brands in a bid to reach new heights with the iconic names under its umbrella
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AnalysisH&M boss Helena Helmersson: Our post-pandemic recovery plan
Fashion giant H&M has been battered by coronavirus, with swathes of its global store estate shut and profits plummeting. Chief executive Helena Helmersson reveals how the group plans to rebound in 2021.
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AnalysisHow Dixons, Joules and Hotel Chocolat’s online prowess saved Christmas
Bricks-and-mortar retailers up and down the country had feared a Christmas washout as the UK veered in and out of lockdowns at the end of 2020.
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AnalysisBoohoo boss: How we will make Debenhams a force to be reckoned with
In news that took the sector by surprise, Boohoo has acquired the intellectual property assets of struggling department store Debenhams for £55m – but what does the fashion etailer plan to do with the business?
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AnalysisThe power players: the acquisitive retailers snapping up brands
As Boohoo snaps up Debenhams, Retail Week takes a look at the pack of retailers taking advantage of the acquisition opportunities Covid has created to boost their business. Who are the sector’s new power players?
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AnalysisStrategic report: Lessons from Christmas 2020 to help you win in the year ahead
Lockdown, store closures and bans on large gatherings created what Marks & Spencer boss Steve Rowe termed ”near impossible trading conditions” this golden quarter. Retail Week’s latest report pulls out the trends from this very different Christmas and lessons to help you trade through the most volatile trading conditions ever experienced.
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Opinion‘Asos and Boohoo swoops for Topshop and Debs are changing of the guard’
If proof were needed of the scale of change underway in retail, it came this week as pureplays Asos and Boohoo swooped on two of retail’s most venerable high street names.
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Opinion‘Deliveroo IPO will be a bet on retail’s future direction’
“Shall we get something from Deliveroo tonight?” It’s a familiar conversation on thousands of sofas as locked-down consumers seek treats, convenience and a break from monotony.
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DataLeague table: The UK’s busiest retail websites – Christmas 2020
Marketplace giants Amazon and eBay dominated the battle to attract online shoppers over the crucial Christmas trading period, new data has revealed.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Is Lidl starting to close the gap on Aldi in the discounter battle?
Over the last 12 months, momentum has shifted away from Aldi towards Lidl in the battle of the discounters. Retail Week looks at what Lidl has done to close the gap on its rival.
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Opinion
'Retailers should prepare now for a year of two halves'
Short-term agility remains essential, particularly as retail weathers the current storm. But this lockdown period is also the perfect time to prepare long-term strategies for growth, in order to benefit during the second half of the year.
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AnalysisIPO rush – which retailers will whet investor appetite?
After a tumultuous year for the industry, some retailers are setting their sights on new horizons with plans to float on the stock market.
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Opinion‘Investors must separate wheat from chaff as etailers race to market’
The acceleration of online retail sales during the pandemic has brought a race to market as ecommerce players rush to pull off IPOs.
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DataRetail league table: Christmas trading 2020
Find out how retailers performed during the critical 2020 Christmas trading period with our league table comparing sales.
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Opinion‘Forget Jaeger – Topshop should be the prize for M&S’
It makes complete sense for Marks & Spencer to add fashion brands to its offer, particularly online, as has successfully been done by rival Next.
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Opinion‘Act now and act decisively, chancellor – our high streets depend on it’
“The end is in sight,” Rishi Sunak declared this morning as he set out a new package of measures to support businesses through the latest painful phase of the coronavirus crisis – a third national lockdown.
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OpinionRetail’s 12 gifts to the nation in a year like no other
In a miserable year, retailers once again went above and beyond not just to to make life bearable, but to enhance it.