All Policy & legal articles – Page 105
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NewsSports Direct issues profit warning as chairman's resignation rejected
Sports Direct issued a profit warning on the day of its AGM as it emerged that under pressure chairman Keith Hellawell tendered his resignation.
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VideoWatch: Sports Direct report – big step forward or a PR masterstroke?
As Mike Ashley prepares for Sports Direct’s AGM and open day, what can be learned about its future from the working practices report?
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AnalysisAnalysis: What we learnt from Sports Direct’s working practices report
Sports Direct’s law firm RPC today unveiled its findings from a review of the retailer’s working practices. Retail Week explores the key things we learnt.
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NewsOpinion: How the Apprenticeship Levy could transform the retail workforce
The Apprenticeship Levy is certain to change the UK’s workforce, and we can already see how it is starting to uniquely affect different sectors.
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VideoThe Retail Week: M&S under fire, Amazon Dash and Sports Direct open day
The Retail Week team discusses complaints around M&S changing pay, Amazon’s new Dash device and look ahead to the Sports Direct AGM.
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OpinionIceland's Malcolm Walker: Retailers should be seen as heroes, not villains
Nothing is more important to any of us – whether as individuals or businesses – than our reputation. And few things of such great value are more fragile.
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NewsMP warns retailers 'I am coming after you' on pay as she targets M&S
An MP has warned retailers that she is “coming after them” on pay as she delivered a petition with 90,000 signatures to Marks & Spencer bosses.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Will other retailers follow Lush and relocate staff post-Brexit?
Lush is relocating some of its UK-based European staff to Germany following Brexit – is this a one-off or a first of many in retail?
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NewsM&S under fire as campaigners lodge 90,000-strong petition over pay
Marks & Spencer will be presented with a petition challenging proposed pay changes led by MP Siobhain McDonagh at its London flagship today.
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NewsEx-Tesco finance boss McIlwee cleared by watchdog over accounting scandal
The accountancy watchdog has dropped its investigation into Tesco’s former finance boss Laurie McIlwee, two years after its accounting scandal.
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NewsSports Direct and Debenhams to suffer most from Brexit, claims report
Sports Direct and Debenhams will be among the hardest-hit retailers from Brexit owing to currency pressures, according to an analyst’s report.
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NewsConsumer confidence edges up as post-Brexit jitters ease
Consumer confidence rose across all measures in August as customer outlook increased after consecutive months of declines.
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OpinionOpinion: Why the court was right to judge Karen Millen can't use her name
Designer Karen Millen has lost her court battle to use her own name for a new homewares line, in a case that looks controversial at first glance.
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OpinionOpinion: Why retail can do even better with women on top
Things have moved on quite a bit for women since Emily Davison threw herself under the King’s horse at the Derby in 1913.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Why the Indian retail market is back on the map
India is often seen as a land shrouded in mystery: enigmatic, a law unto itself, and difficult for outsiders to penetrate.
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NewsFootfall surges in the capital on Night Tube's opening weekend
London’s Night Tube drove a 14% lift in footfall on London’s Oxford Street on its opening weekend as shoppers opted to stay out late.
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NewsSports Direct shareholders advised not to re-elect Mike Ashley to board
Sports Direct shareholders have been urged to vote against the re-election of founder Mike Ashley to the board by a leading advisory group.
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NewsCalls for Theresa May to scrap Osborne's living wage over job cut fears
A leading think-tank has urged Theresa May to ditch the national living wage over fears it will cost thousands of jobs and not cut poverty.
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NewsSainsbury's boss Coupe calls for food sugar limits to be compulsory
Sainsbury’s boss Mike Coupe has urged the Government to toughen its anti-obesity plans by enforcing proposed limits on sugar in foods.
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NewsSugar tax included in strategy to tackle childhood obesity
The Government has launched its childhood anti-obesity strategy today, but will make any sugar reduction targets for manufacturers voluntary.