More on Me + Em – Page 664
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OpinionJo Whitfield: Retail faces a crime epidemic and the violence must stop
The latest statistics show that assaults and threats against shop workers have risen threefold with workers falling victim to 42,000 violent incidents each year.
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AnalysisUnderstanding Amazon – how every retailer’s biggest threat operates
If you ask most retail leaders what their biggest threat is, you’ll hear one common answer: Amazon.
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NewsIceland to launch ‘plastic free Christmas’ range
Iceland is to unveil a dedicated plastic-free Christmas range for the golden quarter as it seeks to drive forward the retail industry’s sustainability agenda.
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AnalysisThe Body Shop reclaims activist roots with new-look store
The Body Shop has unveiled a new store concept on London’s Oxford Street that taps into the retailer’s mission-led heritage with a keen focus on sustainability
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NewsOcado explores accelerating M&S product transition
Ocado is looking to bring forward the date from when it will begin stocking Marks & Spencer products on its website, but to do so would require the agreement of existing partner Waitrose.
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NewsH&M to sell third-party brands in strategic shift
H&M is to pilot selling products from external brands as it plots moves to compete more directly with the likes of Asos and Zalando.
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NewsGrocery market returns to growth as Lidl leads pack
The grocery market returned to growth in recent weeks, when value player Lidl generated the greatest sales rise among bricks-and-mortar retailers.
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NewsOcado sales rise as joint venture with Marks & Spencer goes live
Ocado Retail, the newly formed joint venture between the online grocer and Marks & Spencer, has posted an increase in quarterly revenue and orders, but the average order size edged down.
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NewsFrench Connection cuts losses and extends sale process
French Connection has reported reduced first-half losses and extended its strategic review and formal sale process for a second time, until the end of the financial year.
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InterviewHow Rent the Runway is turning traditional retail on its head
“We are not an ecommerce business – it sounds like a soundbite, but it’s true.”
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VideoTech. Cast: AO boss John Roberts talks tech talent
Ao.com founder and boss John Roberts discusses the importance of recruiting tech talent and explains why his business has signed up as one of the Tech. festival’s retail partners this year.
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NewsBe Inspired: Academy’s Boaten wins Woman of the Year
Alice Boaten, regional manager at Sainsbury’s Argos and member of Be Inspired’s Senior Leadership Academy, was named Woman of the Year at the Barclaycard Everywoman in Retail Awards this month.
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AnalysisAnalysis: How low can Aldi go on margin?
While trumpeting another successful year, Aldi’s annual results showed steep downturns in both operating and pre-tax profits, as it slashed prices amid ferocious competition. Retail Week looks at how low Aldi can afford to go on margins, and what that means for the wider grocery industry.
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NewsLush and Patagonia to shut shops for global climate strike
Several retailers will be joining a global strike this week in solidarity with youth climate strikes led by 16-year-old activist Greta Thunberg.
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NewsAldi boss: Ecommerce to deliver £100m of sales by end of year
The chief executive of Aldi has hailed the “strong progress” being made by the discounter’s ecommerce business, saying it will deliver £100m of sales by the end of the year.
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NewsH&M sales boosted by ‘well-received’ summer collections
H&M has posted an increase in its third-quarter group sales which the retailer attributed to its work to meet “customers’ ever-increasing expectations”.
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NewsAsda profits surge as price and quality focus pays off
Asda has reported a rise in annual profits as improvement initiatives at the Walmart-owned grocer bore fruit.
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DataRetail weather: Very warm but getting wet later
The retail weather forecast from Saturday September 21 to Friday September 27, 2019
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GalleryIn pictures: Shein opens Fashion Week pop-up store
Online fashion retailer Shein has ventured into bricks and mortar as it showcased some of its most popular items at a pop-up store event in London.