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AnalysisAnalysis: Who is the next big thing in etail?
Following the stellar valuation of Ao.com, Retail Week highlights other etailers that could make waves
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OpinionComment: New thinking on business rates
British Retail Consortium director-general Helen Dickinson on the BRC’s suggestions for the Chancellor’s budget
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AnalysisAnalysis: Retailers harness innovation as relationships with suppliers change
Dragons’ Den-style pitches from tech start-ups are just one of the new ways for retailers to harness innovation. Jon Severs finds out how retailers’ relationships with their technology suppliers are changing for good
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OpinionComment: Why retailers don't need to worry about Bitcoin
It’s coming. Soon the Bitcoin economy will exceed the value of a smaller real world currency and within a decade the BitCoin economy may exceed that of the British pound. At least that’s what the proponents would like us to believe.
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OpinionRetail surgery: How can retailers design for Generation Z shoppers with short attention spans?
How can retailers design for Generation Z shoppers who are in a constant state of partial attention?
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OpinionRetail surgery: How can I measure the return on investment of staff training?
Budgets are on the up and confidence is returning after a difficult few years in the retail sector. But it’s still not easy, and if managers are to secure increased training budgets they will have to demonstrate perceptible value.
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OpinionBlog: Retailers compete in the personalisation half-pipe
With the 2014 Winter Paralympic Games due to start this Friday, over 50 UK retailers have been competing in the final event of our retail omni-lympics – the personalisation half-pipe - which judges their ability to cater to all customers in an engaging way.
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AnalysisWebsite review: Adidas.co.uk Vs Puma.com
Adrian Burton, executive creative director at Lambie-Nairn, shares his view of good and bad sites.
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OpinionComment: The poorer in society don’t deserve a poor retail deal
It is time to stop unfairly marginalising lower-income consumers, says BrightHouse chief executive Leo McKee.
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OpinionComment: Some of the retail IPO valuations are beyond belief
Barracuda Search co-founder and joint managing director Jamie Zuppinger is staggered by the valuations of recent retail IPOs
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NewsJohn Lewis gunning to topple home furnishings market leader Ikea
John Lewis is gunning to become the largest home retailer as it seeks to topple market leader Ikea.
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AnalysisWebsite review: Firebox.com Vs ThePresentFinder.co.uk
Julie Dodd, head of user experience at digital marketing agency Zone, shares her views of good and bad sites.
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NewsWaitrose fends off discounters with 'very British response'
Waitrose boss Mark Price has said the grocer has combated the rise of the German discounters with a “very British response”.
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AnalysisVideo: Waitrose boss Mark Price and John Lewis boss Andy Street
The John Lewis Partnership has reported a rise in sales and profits. Retail Week interviews the bosses of John Lewis and Waitrose.
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NewsMulberry shakes up executive team with Louis Vuitton hire
Under pressure Mulberry has undergone an executive team shake up as it hires Louis Vuitton executive Steven Newey to lead its commercial activities.
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NewsEbay launches customer curation tool on UK site
EBay UK has launched a curation tool allowing shoppers to create their own collection of must-have items that can be shared with others for shopping inspiration.
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NewsJohn Lewis Partnership awards staff 15% bonus as profits rise almost 10%
The John Lewis Partnership has delivered profit before bonus, tax and exceptional items up by almost 10% and has awarded staff a 15% bonus.
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NewsTarget chief information officer resigns
The chief information officer of US retailer Target has resigned following a huge security breach last year.
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NewsMichael Gove recalls education in retailing he received in first job at BHS
Michael Gove was on hand at Highgate School last week for the unveiling of Arcadia tycoon Sir Philip Green’s work experience scheme and it turned out the education secretary has more in common with retail than you might think.
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AnalysisAnalysis: How St Pancras International changed travel retail
St Pancras International was one of the first transport hubs to kick-start a change in the way travel retail is done, helping to make stations bona fide shopping destinations.