All Online retail & ecommerce articles – Page 160
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Retail VoiceApprenticeships: Building the future retail workforce
The launch of three new retail-specific apprenticeship standards means businesses can acquire the skills they need for future success.
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AnalysisMove of the week: Lyttle to leave Primark for Boohoo
There won’t have been many people beyond those in the loop to have predicted John Lyttle’s appointment as Boohoo’s new chief executive.
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NewsShop Direct swings to loss as Birch takes reins
Shop Direct has swung to a loss in its first results under new chief executive Henry Birch.
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Retail VoiceOmnichannel thinking is jeopardising retail success
Customers are channel blind, favouring a consistent brand experience above all else, so why are retailers pretending otherwise?
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NewsZalando warns on profits as hot weather melts sales
Fashion etailer Zalando has issued a second profit warning after hot summer weather disrupted trading.
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NewsManoMano rebrands in bid to 'differentiate' itself
ManoMano has unveiled a radical rebrand as it bids to “differentiate” itself from its competitors.
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OpinionOpinion: Why Boohoo raided Primark for its new CEO
If you were to appoint a new chief executive for a fast-growing pureplay retailer with a blossoming international presence, what sort of person would you hire?
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AnalysisOpinion: Australia – your next target market?
Fresh from his own Antipodean adventure, ex-David Jones and Country Road chief digital officer John Bovill reveals why Australia is the land of opportunity for retailers.
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NewsOcado sales climb in third quarter as order numbers grow
Online grocer Ocado reported an 11.5% uplift in retail sales in the third quarter to September 2.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Are you failing fast or just failing?
Failing fast is a much-used phrase in retail right now as businesses embark on transformation programmes. But does it really produce results?
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OpinionOpinion: Retailers can only hold their stomachs in so long
Beefcake actor Burt Reynolds – Hollywood’s biggest box office draw of the 1970s and early 1980s – died earlier this month.
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NewsAmazon probes claims its staff sold customer data
Amazon has launched a probe amid claims some of its staff sold confidential customer data to third-party companies.
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NewsBoohoo poaches Primark exec Lyttle as new boss
Boohoo has poached Primark executive John Lyttle as its new boss, as joint-chief executives Mahmud Kamani and Carol Kane prepare to take new boardroom roles.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Morrisons and Potts are packing a punch
Morrisons today delivered what analysts described as an “exceptional” first half – but the grocer’s boss David Potts is unrelenting in his demands for more.
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NewsN Brown boss Angela Spindler steps down
Angela Spindler is to step down as chief executive of N Brown at the end of September.
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AnalysisDigital Leaders 2018: Who are the ones to watch?
As Retail Week launches its Digital Leaders Power List 2018, we profile those with the potential to make waves over the next 12 months.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Zara Milan – how tech should be used in-store
As Zara vows to sell online in every single country by 2020, its new Milan flagship shows how it is putting digital at the heart of its stores.
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OpinionOpinion: Primark and JD show golden rules hold good
Retail may be changing at byte speed, but two stellar successes demonstrated this week that some of the oldest rules in the book still apply.
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AnalysisData: 75 retailers reveal digital transformation strategy
Some 87% of retailers say the pressure to digitally transform has increased and 75% believe new leadership is required, exclusive Retail Week research shows.
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AnalysisDigital Power List: Tech titans thrive but where are all the women?
Jeff Bezos may have topped the Digital Leaders Power List for the fourth year running but that doesn’t mean that UK retail is now controlled from a giant skyscraper in Seattle.