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NewsRetail Week Live: Video - New Look boss Anders Kristiansen on the changing market
New Look chief executive Anders Kristiansen talks to Retail Week about the changing fashion market and the year ahead for the business.
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NewsRetail Week Live: Co-op boss Pennycook offers advice to retailers in crisis
Co-operative chief executive Richard Pennycook advised retailers in crisis to put out the fire as soon as possible.
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NewsRetail Week Live: 'Are robot fears based on psychology rather than reality?', asks Nesta
Nesta head of research Stian Westlake has questioned whether humans’ concerns about robots dominating the future are based on reality or psychological concerns.
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NewsRetail Week Live: Three-way tie in pitch perfect start-up competition
Elevaate, DigitalBridge and Formisimo jointly won the Pitch Perfect final for start-ups at Retail Week Live 2015.
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NewsRetail Week Live: House of Fraser's Sarah Baillie on how to work with start-ups
House of Fraser multichannel development boss Sarah Baillie said retailers should work with start-ups that are flexible and add value to their proposition.
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NewsRetail Week Live: B&Q's Chris Moss on accidentally sending out 70,000 bomb hoaxes
B&Q customer and marketing director Chris Moss has encouraged retailers to do things that might appear crazy to others, even if there are unintended consequences.
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NewsRetail Week Live: GameStop boss says omnichannel retailers trump pure-plays
GameStop’s Michael K. Mauler said ecommerce retailers are less competitive than bricks-and-mortar retailers with an omnichannel offer.
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NewsRetail Week Live: JD Williams and Shop Direct on the benefits of personalisation
JD Williams and Shop Direct are both implementing personalisation technology to engage with their customers.
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NewsSir Philip Green: It’s a happy-sad day for me but it’s good for BHS
Arcadia tycoon Sir Philip Green is confident that there is still a place for BHS on the high street if it is run with single-minded focus.
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NewsRetail Week Live: Video - Net-a-Porter IT boss Hugh Fahy on innovation and start-ups
Net-a-Porter’s chief information officer Hugh Fahy speaks to Retail Week about where the etailer looks for technology innovation.
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NewsMorrisons chairman Higginson: We must become 'quirky' or be 'killed' by Tesco
Morrisons chairman Andrew Higginson says the grocer needs to become “quirky” again, or face being “killed” by its big four rival Tesco.
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NewsRetail Week Live: 'Artificial intelligence will create a tsunami in the industry'
Artificial intelligence will create a tsunami in retail that will have a huge impact on staffing levels, according to Thomas Cook’s John Straw.
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NewsRetail Week Live: YouTube's Ben McOwen Wilson offers tips on how to engage
YouTube’s EMEA director advises retailers to create distinctive and surprising content on the video platform in order to win over the masses.
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NewsRetail Week Live: The editor's cut – video highlights from the event
As Retail Week Live draws to a close, watch our video compilation covering a selection of the best speakers from 2015.
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NewsBHS's new owners to focus on store revamps, concessions and overseas
BHS’s new owners’ plans for the ailing department store group include refreshing stores, widening the product categories to include electricals and building the overseas business.
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NewsRetail Week Live: How Argos used its lab to launch 3D printed jewellery
Argos this week launched jewellery that can be customised using 3D printing, an idea that was developed in its innovation lab.
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NewsRetail Week Live: Screwfix boss on its 'obsession with brand consistency'
Brand consistency across all of Screwfix’s channels has helped the DIY retailer deliver “multichannel success”, according to its boss.
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NewsRetail Week Live: 'We have no regrets over the IPO,' says Ao.com boss
Ao.com boss John Roberts says he has no regrets over the etailer’s IPO, despite its shares plunging 47% after its recent profit warning.
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NewsRetail Week Live: Stefano Pessina says Walgreens Boots is committed to high street
The boss of Walgreens Boots Alliance has said that despite the rise of the internet, high street stores remain important for the newly merged group.
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NewsRetail Week Live: Shop Direct reveals personalised homepages
Customers of Very.co.uk will now be met with personalised homepages when they visit as owner Shop Direct aims to “build the best personalised shopping experience in the world”.