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OpinionMove of the Week: New Sainsbury’s boss Roberts sets out his stall
Quick decision making is a business necessity in the current climate as retailers respond to the evolving coronavirus crisis. New Sainsbury’s boss Simon Roberts has certainly wasted no time in shaking up his top team, marking his first day in the job with a duo of significant promotions.
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AnalysisRetail 2020: Brands with purpose will thrive in the future, say 25 leaders
The coronavirus pandemic is set to have a long-lasting impact on the way consumers live their lives and how they want to shop, Retail Week’s flagship report finds.
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NewsConsumer confidence tumbles with ‘no sign of bounce-back’
Consumer confidence fell further at the end of May as uncertainty surrounding the post-lockdown economy continued to swirl.
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Digital editionRetail Week magazine: June 5
This week features the exclusive final interview with Mike Coupe as Sainsbury’s boss, our deep dive into how Marks & Spencer can become the nation’s favourite shop again, and what innovations retailers can use to reopen their stores and offices.
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OpinionOpinion: Walmart is right – head offices must be an asset, not a burden
Retailers the world over have already had to make some huge strategic calls in their short-term responses to the coronavirus crisis.
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NewsWalmart presses ahead with new HQ plan despite Covid-19 crisis
Walmart is pressing ahead with plans to launch its new headquarters despite the switch to remote working sparked by the coronavirus crisis.
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NewsNew Look in crunch talks over ‘radical’ switch to turnover-based rents
New Look is pressing its landlords to make a “radical” switch to turnover-based rents as it seeks to slash its property bills amid the coronavirus crisis.
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OpinionOpinion: A golden age of retail localisation beckons
Along with the weekly big shop, the coronavirus pandemic has heralded a resurgence of another once feared-to-be-endangered species – the local shop.
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OpinionOpinion: Carrefour must learn from the past to avoid another bout of travel sickness
Carrefour’s acquisition of 224 stores in Taiwan runs counter to recent strategic retreats from international markets of many once-global food retailers. International expansion remains a viable route to growth for food retailers, but only if the lessons of the past can be learned.
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AnalysisAnalysis: As June rent day nears, what will retailers do?
At the last quarterly rent day in March, landlords received a fraction of the rent they were due as stores were forced to close under lockdown. What will happen as rent day approaches this week?
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NewsM&S chair Norman: We are working in ‘ways we have never operated before’
The chair of Marks & Spencer says the coronavirus emergency has forced the retailer to operate “in ways we have never operated before”.
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NewsCo-op expands robot delivery service to meet doubling demand
The Co-op has expanded its robot delivery service in and around Milton Keynes to meet increased customer demand.
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NewsGrocers urge CMA to block Amazon-Deliveroo deal
Retailers are ratcheting up the pressure on competition authorities to block Amazon’s investment in Deliveroo, just days before a final verdict on the deal is due.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Can Primark afford not to sell online?
Primark parent company ABF’s financial director John Bason told Retail Week this week that going online was still “not a priority” and Primark would be as relevant as ever to shoppers through its reopened bricks-and-mortar stores.
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NewsShop prices fall at fastest rate since 2006 as Covid-19 hammers sales
Shop prices fell at their fastest rate since 2006 as the coronavirus crisis and non-essential store closures drove struggling retailers to launch big promotions in categories such as clothing and furniture.
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OpinionFurlough scheme update: what it means for retail
Chancellor Rishi Sunak unveiled some key changes to the furlough scheme on Friday, including bringing back workers part-time. Esther Smith, partner at law firm TLT, dissects how the updated scheme will impact retail
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NewsJobs saved as ‘substantial’ part of Oddbins bought out of administration
More than half of off licence chain Oddbins stores will remain open after the retailer was bought out of administration by an unknown bidder.
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NewsAngling Direct swings to loss and blames winter flooding and store acquisitions
Specialist retailer Angling Direct reported a net loss before tax for the last financial year, which it blamed on new store acquisitions and a disappointing post-Christmas trading period.
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NewsIntu predicts rents to plummet as it eyes non-essential retail reopening
Embattled institutional landlord Intu has told investors it expects the amount it collects from rents and service charges to plummet this year as it unveiled its plans to reopen non-essential retail.
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OpinionOpinion: Via Outlets boss on how to cater for socially distant shopping
As Covid-19 spread across Europe and was declared a global pandemic, Via Outlets was ordered to close eight of its 11 premium fashion outlet centres spread across nine different European countries – specifically those in Central Europe and Iberia.