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OpinionComment: Why Apple Pay could be a retail game changer
Apple’s iPhone 6 has grabbed a lot of headlines, but it is the company’s entry into mobile payments that may cause the biggest market disruption.
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OpinionRetail surgery: How can I effectively target consumers in real time?
Targeting consumers in real time is a focus for many retailers, but how should they approach it?
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OpinionComment: The insight new leaders need to face the changing retail world
With new developments in retail technology and attitudes coming thick and fast, retailers need proper context to create the right strategy.
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InterviewQ&A: EBay’s head of retail customer experience, Marty Ellis
Marty Ellis, eBay’s head of retail customer experience speaks to Retail Week about his first job and retail’s omnichannel future.
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AnalysisInternational analysis: Is there any such thing as a global consumer?
As more retailers expand internationally, Retail Week investigates whether a global retail consumer exists - or if each country needs a different approach.
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OpinionNick Bubb’s verdict: Tesco - it’s the hypermarkets, stupid
It is often said that “it’s the economy, stupid”, but the root of Tesco’s current predicament is its over-exposure to hypermarkets.
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AnalysisEmerging retailers: Box Upon A Time, childrenswear personal shopper service
Shoppers have become used to weekly deliveries of boxed organic veg. Might they now be ready for monthly deliveries of specially chosen kids’ clothing?
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AnalysisStart-up of the week: Online personal styling company Stylit
The number of start-ups in retail technology is growing quickly and Retail Week is highlighting some of the best. This week Stylit is in the spotlight.
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AnalysisAnalysis: The final pitches at John Lewis’s technology incubator JLab
The winner of John Lewis’s start-up competition will be announced on Sunday. Retail Week went to hear the final presentations from the five finalists.
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AnalysisAnalysis: The six key elements of Mothercare's strategic plan
Mothercare hopes to raise £100m from a rights issue and has identified six key areas for investment. Retail Week looks at exactly where the money will be spent.
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Opinion
Marketing campaign: Notonthehighstreet.com chooses a life less ordinary
Viewers are asked to ‘choose a life less ordinary’ in Notonthehighstreet.com’s new ad campaign.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Tesco’s Robin Terrell and Jason Tarry profiled
UPDATED: Tesco multichannel director Robin Terrell and clothing boss Jason Tarry have both been handed new roles as part of the grocer’s reshuffle, unveiled on Monday.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Tesco’s Robin Terrell on the retailer’s multichannel future
Retail Week spoke to Tesco’s former multichannel director Robin Terrell prior to his taking over running the retailer’s UK leadership team.
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AnalysisInternational analysis: Alibaba’s IPO indicates etailer’s future plans
Chinese etailer Alibaba’s IPO is underway and the online retailer has made the largest ever debut on the New York Stock Exchange.
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OpinionRetail surgery: How can modern supply chains help retailers boost sales?
With retail now very much a multichannel environment, the challenge is to build a supply chain that services a multitude of customer needs.
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OpinionComment: Luxury brands must improve their online customer service offer
With ecommerce becoming increasingly prevalent, luxury retailers must improve their online and delivery service or risk losing their customers.
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OpinionComment: How Burberry and Topshop use technology to put money in the till
London Fashion Week has once again highlighted the relentless convergence between retail and technology.
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OpinionComment: Alibaba is the perfect springboard for China ecomm expansion, says M&S
According to reports, Alibaba – China’s ecommerce giant – is set to break records with the largest Initial Public Offering (IPO) in history, as it floats its shares on the New York Stock Exchange.
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InterviewInterview: Ao.com’s John Roberts on IPOs, hot stone massages and playing Cilla Black
Ao.com’s founder John Roberts tells Retail Week why maintaining the etailer’s culture is more important than its share price.
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AnalysisRetail Week Hackathon: Kega Retail win with seamless end-to-end technology
Basket abandonment is one of the biggest problems retailers face in the online shopping journey but winners of Retail Week’s first hackathon Kega Retail may have found a solution.