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AnalysisAsos full-year results: What the analysts say
What the City is saying about Asos following its preliminary results
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OpinionAnalysis: Never mind the carpets, WHSmith's results show it is doing well
WHSmith may be the butt of sarky humour but there is little doubting the retailer’s prowess after it reported a 9% surge in profits.
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OpinionComment: Boohoo for investors as etailer trades below IPO price?
Shares in fashion etailer Boohoo have frequently traded below the 50p placing price since listing, despite it being a growth story.
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OpinionComment: Ohlsson can bring some Ikea magic to troubled Tesco
Former Ikea boss Mikael Ohlsson is swapping flat-pack furniture for the fruit and veg aisle, as a newly appointed non-exec director of troubled grocer Tesco.
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AnalysisIn the news: Tesco non-execs Richard Cousins and Mikael Ohlsson profiled
Tesco has brought in two new non executive directors to help steady the ship. Retail Week takes a closer look at their careers to discover what they will bring to the beleaguered grocer.
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Opinion
Comment: Retailers priorities as the 2015 general election approaches
In the eight months leading up to the 2015 general election, what should political parties be prioritising for the UK retail sector?
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CartoonBlower’s retail cartoon: HMV celebrates return to profitability
Retail Week’s cartoonist Patrick Blower’s take on HMV’s return to profitability after falling into administration in 2013.
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AnalysisTed Baker interim results: what the analysts say
Ted Baker posted a strong first-half performance. Here analysts highlight the most important points from the fashion group’s update.
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AnalysisSainsbury's second quarter: What the analysts say
Sainsbury’s has revealed a 2.8% drop in like-for-like sales in its first trading update under new chief executive Mike Coupe. Retail Week takes a look at what the analysts say.
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AnalysisEmerging retailer: $1bn personalised women’s apparel etailer JustFab
It seems a little incongruous to call JustFab an emerging retailer. The US ecommerce site expects to turnover $500 million in 2015, is eyeing an IPO, is valued at $1bn and already operates in seven countries.
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OpinionComment: Next’s buying changes probably insulated it from September’s heat
The North wind won’t blow. And never mind snow, there’s barely a sign of autumnal crispness in the air. It’s tough for fashion retailers.
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AnalysisTimeline: How Marks & Spencer has innovated over the past century
M&S has gathered together some of its best ideas of the last 130 years as it prepares to launch a course on commercial innovation with Leeds University.
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CartoonBlower’s retail cartoon: Tesco’s £250m profit overstatement
Retail Week’s cartoonist Patrick Blower’s take on struggling retailer Tesco’s latest blow with their £250m profit forecast overstatement.
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OpinionComment: Dave Lewis’s baptism of fire as Tesco boss
Tesco’s chief executive Dave Lewis has to take decisive action to define his strategy following the revelation of the retailer’s overestimated profits.
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OpinionNick Bubb’s verdict: Tesco - it’s the hypermarkets, stupid
It is often said that “it’s the economy, stupid”, but the root of Tesco’s current predicament is its over-exposure to hypermarkets.
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AnalysisEmerging retailers: Box Upon A Time, childrenswear personal shopper service
Shoppers have become used to weekly deliveries of boxed organic veg. Might they now be ready for monthly deliveries of specially chosen kids’ clothing?
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AnalysisTimeline: Tesco's three months of turmoil
Tesco has had a torrid time in the last three months. Retail Week takes a look at the chain of events that led it to this week’s £250m profit forecast overstatement.
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OpinionComment: Mothercare's rights issue will allow focus on customers
Tight cost control is a retail basic but on its own it’s rarely enough to build a business and persuade the shopper to open her purse.
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AnalysisTesco profits overstatement: what the analysts say
Tesco has revealed that its expected half-year profit has been overstated by £250m and has launched an investigation. The City has reaced with shock.
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AnalysisInternational analysis: Alibaba’s IPO indicates etailer’s future plans
Chinese etailer Alibaba’s IPO is underway and the online retailer has made the largest ever debut on the New York Stock Exchange.

















