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OpinionComment: Boohoo for investors as etailer trades below IPO price?
Shares in fashion etailer Boohoo have frequently traded below the 50p placing price since listing, despite it being a growth story.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Is supply chain speed a worthy retail investment?
Amazon, Google and eBay believe ultra-fast fulfilment is the Holy Grail of retail, while others doubt it is worth the investment.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Rise of 3PLs help retailers' grow national and cross-border sales
As multichannel retail increases across borders, 3PLs will become even more important in supporting international expansion.
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AnalysisAmazon is launching its first store: What do retailers need to know?
Amazon is reportedly opening its first store in New York down the road from Macy’s, raising questions about what this means for the wider retail market.
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OpinionRetail surgery: How do I reduce online basket abandonment?
Forrester Research reports that 87% of consumers abandon online shopping baskets, translating to £11bn of lost revenue a year.
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OpinionComment: Pipeline uptick on the cards for industrial warehouse sector
The industrial warehousing industry’s long-awaited pipeline pickup has brought growth and a sense of excitement back to the sector.
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AnalysisEmerging retailer: Sportpursuit - specialist flash Sale site
Secret Sale specialist Sportpursuit, which was launched in 2011, aims to create rather than respond to online consumer demand.
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AnalysisStart-up of the week: Visual search platform Slyce
The number of start-ups in retail technology is growing quickly and Retail Week is highlighting some of the best.This week, visual search platform Slyce is in the spotlight.
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OpinionComment: Tesco and M&S need retail revolution rather than evolution
Tesco and Marks & Spencer’s must undergo dramatic change as the UK retail scene adjusts to hard discounters and online challenges.
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OpinionComment: Retailers priorities as the 2015 general election approaches
In the eight months leading up to the 2015 general election, what should political parties be prioritising for the UK retail sector?
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AnalysisTed Baker interim results: what the analysts say
Ted Baker posted a strong first-half performance. Here analysts highlight the most important points from the fashion group’s update.
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AnalysisEmerging retailer: $1bn personalised women’s apparel etailer JustFab
It seems a little incongruous to call JustFab an emerging retailer. The US ecommerce site expects to turnover $500 million in 2015, is eyeing an IPO, is valued at $1bn and already operates in seven countries.
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AnalysisAnalysis: What does the ultimate tech-enabled store of the future look like?
New technology is transforming retail. Retail Week examines how these innovations can be used to enhance the shopping experience.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Will click-and-collect be retail’s next Christmas battleground?
Click-and-collect promises to be in huge demand this Christmas and retailers are working tirelessly to deliver a seamless fulfilment service.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Tesco tunes into multichannel transformation
As Tesco’s Building Tomorrow’s Tesco project takes off, Vishal Bansal is the engineer transforming the retailer’s multichannel operations.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Building operating models for a multichannel future
Some of the UK’s biggest retailers are radically changing the way they run their businesses to ensure they are ready for a multichannel future.
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AnalysisStart-up of the week: Beacon network Appflare
The number of start-ups in retail technology is growing quickly and Retail Week is highlighting some of the best. This week Appflare is in the spotlight.
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OpinionComment: Maximising modern retailing opportunities
Online retail has raised fears for the high street, but research on shifting consumer shopping habits offers hope to traditional retailers.
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AnalysisIn the news: Made.com co-founder and chief executive Ning Li
Young entrepreneur Ning Li was in his mid twenties, working as an investment banker, when he had an epiphany that led him to create Made.com.
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AnalysisInternational analysis: The global etailers big enough to rival Amazon
Powerful online retailers are emerging globally and giving the etail giant Amazon a run for its money. Retail Week takes a closer look.