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OpinionBlog: Retailers compete in the supply chain slalom in Retail Week's 2014 Omni-lympics
As the Winter Olympics are in full swing, we turn our attention to round one of the Retail Week 2014 Omni-lympics - the supply chain slalom.
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AnalysisAnalysis: How many retailers could you buy for the price of WhatsApp?
Facebook’s acquisition of messaging app WhatsApp sent the technology world into a frenzy yesterday, not least because the social network paid a whopping $19bn for the app.
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AnalysisAnalysis: The retail IPOs in focus
Pets at Home today became the latest retailer to confirm its intention to float as a raft of businesses look to take advantage of favourable market conditions. Retail Week takes a look at the retailers with firm plans to go public.
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OpinionComment: M&S can now make the most of multichannel
Marks & Spencer opened its new flagship store on Tuesday. Unlike its predecessors it’s built not of bricks and mortar, but of bits and bytes.
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InterviewQ&A: Facebook head of retail global vertical strategy Nicolas Franchet
Facebook head of retail global vertical strategy Nicolas Franchet talks about Facebook’s developing role in retail
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OpinionComment: Why you should buy into virtual reality
Virtual reality is one of those terms we’ve heard for a really long time, but it has always seemed like tomorrow’s technology. However, it’s actually here, now, and starting to gain some real momentum.
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AnalysisAnalysis: How Freemans and Redcats are tackling the growth of online
Home shopping specialists Freemans Grattan and Redcats are both working to revamp their businesses as online sales grow. Retail Week takes a look at how the companies compare.
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AnalysisAnalysis: A breakdown of the BRC's business rates reforms
The BRC this morning unveiled details of its plan, compiled with accountancy firm EY, to reform the burdensome business rates system. Retail Week outlines the options the BRC has put forward.
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AnalysisInfographic: the impact of omnichannel on retail
Online is not cannibalising high street sales, according to an eBay study carried out by Deloitte. We surmise the main findings of the omnichannel retail report.
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OpinionReview: Marks & Spencer's new website - editorial, shopper inspiration and good design
Marks & Spencer has launched its new ecommerce site, having spent two years moving from its Amazon platform. Rebecca Thomson takes a look.
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OpinionBlog: Home and DIY retailers cannot ignore the power of online
It was widely reported last month that online shopping saved Christmas, with fashion and electricals retailers in particular benefiting from consumers’ rising confidence in the channel.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Are retailers facing a new breed of cyber attack?
Hot on the heels of US retailer Target suffering a huge data breach in December, it has merged that more than 2,000 Tesco customers’ email addresses and passwords were posted online yesterday after data stolen from other sites was compiled by hackers.
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OpinionComment: Why it's worth investing to create retail destinations
This week it was revealed that Asda may be considering a bid for Mothercare’s Early Learning Centre as it looks to fill excess space in its stores.
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OpinionNick Bubb's verdict: Does Ao.com's valuation signal another dotcom bubble?
The old Appliances Online business may have changed its name to the anonymous Ao.com but that hasn’t changed its appeal to US Internet investors.
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OpinionComment: Falling food sales show how habits are changing
Seven years of the toughest trading conditions in living memory have embedded a high level of caution into the psyche of retail bosses.
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OpinionBlog: One month to go to enter BT Retail Week Technology Awards
There’s one month to go to get entries in for the BT Retail Week Technology Awards.
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AnalysisInfographic: How fashion shoppers are using mobile
As London Fashion Week kicks off, we explore how fashion followers use their mobile devices from purchasing to brand engagement.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Why online buying peaks were so different over Christmas 2013
It’s no secret that shopping habits are changing, but 2013’s peak period proved to be very different. Rebecca Thomson looks at the purchasing patterns that emerged over Christmas.
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AnalysisIn numbers: Online purchasing patterns over Christmas 2013
Deloitte asked 3,000 customers how they shopped over Christmas 2013, and found 44% claimed to have bought more online compared to 2012.
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OpinionBlog: Retailers battle it out in Retail Week's 2014 Omni-lympics
As the world turns its attention to the Winter Olympics, today sees the launch of our own retail-specific games - The 2014 Omni-lympics.