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DataData: How the pandemic has supercharged the warehouse space race
The closure of ‘non-essential’ stores because of the coronavirus pandemic and the associated surge in home delivery heralded record warehouse space expansion in 2020.
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OpinionAO’s Danny Emmett: ‘Pitting online and in-store against each other is a false fight’
Great innovators from Henry Ford to Steve Jobs had it right. Don’t just give customers what they ask for, give them what they don’t know they want yet
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Opinion‘Retail not essential? Try telling that to reopening day shoppers’
There was a joyful sense of release on Monday when, after three months of lockdown darkness, so-called non-essential shops reopened.
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OpinionPeter Williams: ‘To fully restart retail we need a return to pre-Covid behaviour’
When asked my views about looking forward for retail, the honest answer is: “I’m really not sure that I know.”
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AnalysisAnalysis: How Tesco’s Clubcard revival opens up new horizons post-pandemic
Following a year fundamentally shaped by the coronavirus pandemic, Tesco boss Ken Murphy set out his vision for utilising the strength of the retailer’s Clubcard customer base to put clear water between the grocer and its competitors.
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OpinionHelen Dickinson: ‘Don’t build back better – build forward’
With the third wave subsiding, over half the adult population receiving their first vaccination and the reopening of so called ‘non-essential’ retail, we all hope we might just be entering the recovery stage of this pandemic.
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DataRanking: Nike to Next – the 20 fashion brands bossing social media
The first quarter of 2021 may have already come to a close, but physical retail is finally reopening across England.
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InterviewInterview: Feelunique boss on its restless drive to be a ‘destination for beauty’
Feelunique chief executive Sarah Miles tells Retail Week why she believes the business will “be a real destination for beauty” post-pandemic, despite competing in an increasingly crowded online market
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AnalysisAnalysis: How Next’s Total Platform is ‘following the money’ online
Bellwether retailer Next unveiled its full-year results today, confirming that online is doing better than ever and providing more information on its latest etail venture.
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AnalysisVery Group and Gousto reveal CX investments
The Very Group’s chief marketing officer Carly O’Brien and Gousto’s chief technology officer Shaun Pearce will reveal their biggest successes from the past 12 months and their plans for the coming year in our ‘Lean retail machines’ virtual event today.
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DataData: Is the grocery pandemic uplift over?
After a year of extraordinary sales growth driven by the pandemic over 2020, new data shows that grocers are going to face strong comparables as the market annualises.
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OpinionThe Keynote: Let’s stop bashing UK retail’s online stars
The Keynote: Let’s stop bashing UK retail’s online stars
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DataData: How Covid-19 has reshaped the European grocery market
From the rise of online to a flight to value, new data produced by McKinsey shows the effect of the coronavirus crisis on the European grocery market.
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AnalysisIncubator: The companies unlocking the potential of video and social commerce
In our new series, Incubator, Retail Week has assembled a panel of experts to highlight the most innovative and exciting tech firms and start-ups that can help retailers turbocharge their strategies and adapt to changing consumer habits.
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OpinionMatt Truman: ‘The UK should focus on becoming champions of the internet’
I was humbled recently to be asked by the government to contribute future policy recommendations to supercharge post-Brexit growth.
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DataData: Post-lockdown spending priorities – has Covid changed what and how we shop?
How will a year of on-off restrictions impact how we shop going forward? As we near the end of lockdown, Retail Week teams up with Walnut Unlimited to ask consumers what their post-lockdown spending priorities are and how they differ to life before Covid.
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InterviewNotonthehighstreet boss Claire Davenport – building an empire powered by women
After a bumper year that has not just brought soaring sales but a new majority shareholder, Notonthehighstreet boss Claire Davenport is eyeing growth. That growth will be powered by an army of women both within, and outside, the business
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Opinion
‘New partnerships such as Next and Reiss are shaping retail’s future’
Agility and partnerships go hand in hand with brand relevance and evolution. So do innovation and investment.
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AnalysisWorldview: As Covid crisis eases, is retail on the way up Down Under?
In the latest instalment of our Worldview series gleaning insight from global markets, we hear how Covid-19 has had a significant impact on Australian retail but it might not be as negative as first anticipated 12 months ago
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AnalysisThe Disruptors: Seven businesses changing the face of food retail
Our new series, The Disruptors, highlights the businesses that traditional retailers should be keeping a close eye on as a new breed of competitors emerges post-pandemic.