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AnalysisNick Hollingworth
The Austin Reed boss may have sold its landmark Regent Street store to new kid on the block SuperGroup, but it marks a new chapter for the menswear specialist. By George MacDonald.
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AnalysisPayment options for retailers on Facebook
With retailers beginning to transact by opening stores within social media platforms such as Facebook, Joanna Perry takes a look at the payment issues that arise
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AnalysisOptimising the mobile transaction process
Customers are purchasing from retailers’ websites via their mobile phones whether retailers encourage it or not. Joanna Perry looks at how to optimise the transaction process
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AnalysisTaking payment overseas
International customers are flocking to buy from the websites of retailers based in the UK, but they do expect to pay using their preferred local options, finds Alison Clements
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AnalysisThe rise of online credit options
Big-ticket item purchases are increasingly completed online. So is traditional retail finance about to be transformed by the rise of online credit options? Alison Clements reports
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OpinionA long, hot summer lies ahead for retailers
“There’s £100 off that sir,” is a nice thing to be told when buying a TV in John Lewis.
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Opinion
A year to forget for New Look
It’s hard to believe that little more than year ago, fashion group New Look hoped to pull off an IPO.
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OpinionThe future is here
Retail Week’s supplement shows just how much innovation has taken place in the payment arena in the past five years. Not all has been welcomed by retailers, but they will adopt new payment options where there is customer demand.
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OpinionThe payment revolution
Payments may not be top of mind for retailers. But that’s likely to change over the coming few years as we experience the biggest revolution in the way consumers shop and pay for a generation.
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GalleryLas Arenas, Barcelona
Yes, you did read correctly and no, you’ve not dived into some kind of alternative Ernest Hemingway sub-culture. This is Las Arenas, the vast, former bullring in the heart of Barcelona.
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AnalysisWalmart China takes a hit as two top executives quit
Walmart has said that two senior executives at its Chinese operation, chief financial officer Roland Lawrence and chief operating officer Rob Cissell - formerly of B&Q and Robert Dyas - have resigned.
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NewsElectricals market hit by World Cup comps
A year ago electricals retailers and department stores were riding the crest of the World Cup wave but now store groups that benefited then are coming up against tough comparatives.
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OpinionRetail surgery: Is near field communications’ marketing potential being overlooked?
Is near field communications’ marketing potential being overlooked by retailers and brands?
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NewsCarpetright UK MD stands down amid board reshuffle
Floorings giant Carpetright has restructured its board, appointing Andrew Corden to the board as operations director for Europe as Christian Sollesse, managing director of UK & Ireland, steps down.
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OpinionA question of entertainment
It seems like entertainment retailers are under siege from all directions.
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NewsKurt Geiger sold to Jones Group for £215m
UPDATED: US retail giant Jones Group has confirmed it has bought premium shoe retailer Kurt Geiger for £215m.
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NewsHome Retail chief executive Duddy's bonus halved
Terry Duddy, chief executive of Home Retail, Argos’s parent company, had his bonus slashed last year.
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NewsSir Stuart Rose calls for review into gap between executive and staff pay
Former Marks & Spencer boss Sir Stuart Rose has called for a review into the widening gap between executive pay and staff wages.
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NewsWeather helps Kingfisher to strong first quarter
DIY giant Kingfisher has recorded a strong first quarter, helped by good weather, the late Easter and the run of Bank Holidays in the UK.