More on Me + Em – Page 1571
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AnalysisIn pictures: Adidas’s World Cup marketing was the biggest in the brand’s history
Discover the strategy that design agency Fitch used to mastermind Adidas’s biggest ever marketing campaign for the World Cup.
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AnalysisStore gallery: Monsoon Accessorize share stores to reposition brand
Monsoon and Accessorize share a unit in Wimbledon that puts the customer at her ease and hits the contemporary fashion mid-market.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Seven problems with personalisation and how to solve them
Retailers using data to target customers often come up against some common hurdles. Retail Week looks at how to overcome them
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NewsRising energy prices are homeowners' biggest fear, says Kingfisher report
Rising and unpredictable energy prices are homeowners’ biggest fear across Europe, according to Kingfisher’s European Home Report.
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NewsFrenchgate shopping centre launches £10m investment plan
Frenchgate shopping centre in Doncaster has signed up a raft of retailers including Schuh and Pandora as part of a £10m investment plan.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Where has Waitrose made its 'unprecedented investment'?
Waitrose boss Mark Price said first-half profits would be impacted by “unprecedented investment”. Retail Week looks where it has invested.
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OpinionComment: Low levels of profit warnings are testament to restructures' success
An unusually low level of profit warnings among retailers makes interesting reading as warnings across all companies hit three-year high.
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NewsDiscounters cause third consecutive month of grocery sales decline
Grocery sales growth fell for the third consecutive month and for the sixth time in seven months as discounters’ influence strengthens.
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AnalysisStore review: Tesco Extra Watford Vs Tesco Extra Portsmouth
Jacqui Boast – senior vice-president, sales and marketing at Displaydata – investigates two Tesco Extra stores, and exposes a void in class.
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CartoonBlower’s retail cartoon: Retailers profit from the sweltering summer
Retail Week’s cartoonist Patrick Blower’s take on how retail sales have performed as temperatures rise during the summer season.
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OpinionComment: Sainsbury’s is to dabble in discounting, but will it work?
Sainsbury’s recently announced a joint venture with Netto, to launch later this year and reach 15 stores by the end of next.
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OpinionComment: Dixons Carphone could be a truly customer-centric company
The merger between Dixons and Carphone Warehouse could prove one of the most significant chapters in the journey to the connected world.
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AnalysisThe European sportswear market: what do retailers need to know?
As Sports Direct founder Mike Ashley sets out his aggressive stance on European expansion, Retail Week looks at the sportswear market on the Continent.
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NewsLonger Sunday trading hours could benefit all on the high street, consumers believe
UPDATED: This article was published by Retail Week in August 2014, 20 years after The Sunday Trading Act came into force.
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News'Unprecedented investment' to take toll on Waitrose first-half profits
Waitrose boss Mark Price has flagged that there will be an impact on first-half profits as “unprecedented investment” is made in the business.
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NewsInfographic: Furniture boosts John Lewis as sales jump 9.4% in first half
A strong performance in furniture helped boost John Lewis’ sales 8.5% to £69.4m last week taking its growth for its first half to 9.4%.
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NewsAgent Provocateur up for sale with £200m price tag
Private equity firm 3i is eyeing a £200m sale of Agent Provocateur and is holding a beauty parade of bankers to manage the auction.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on Hobbs, Argos and New Look
Retail news round-up on August 1, 2014: Hobbs restructures, Argos uses augmented reality in catalogue and New Look awards customer experience account.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Should Sunday trading restrictions be relaxed?
UPDATED: This article was published by Retail Week in August 2014, 20 years after The Sunday Trading Act came into force.
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AnalysisMarketing campaign: Marks & Spencer celebrates children's every milestone
At this time of year it is virtually impossible to escape ‘back to school’ adverts and they are usually a drab affair as retailers go through the motions.