All Retail Week UAT articles in September 2024
Browse all news stories and articles from this date or time period.
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Retail Navigator AnalysisGymshark (Strategy)
Gymshark launches its Innovation Lab in partnership with L Marks, aiming to identify and support innovative startups that can bring “real value” to the retailer and its community. A 10-week programme will focus on two key areas: supply chain optimisation and robotics solutions.
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Retail Navigator AnalysisAsos (Strategy)
Asos and Hirestreet’s rental subscription service gives subscribers access to more than 20,000 items across more than 50 brands. Consumers are able to mix and match from a much larger pool of brands than other similar retailer tie-ups offer.
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Retail Navigator AnalysisPrimark (Strategy)
Primark announces a three-year project with WRAP to support its “commitment to giving clothes a longer life”. The partnership will explore how collaboration and innovative solutions can keep clothing in circulation for longer to help reduce textile waste.
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Retail Navigator AnalysisThe Perfume Shop (Overview)
Marking their partnership, Deliveroo and The Perfume Shop are running a fun initiative to provide consumers with an “emergency spritz of perfume” in a “limited edition” service labelled “Eau De-Liveroo”. Riders deliver 5ml fragrance samples.
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Retail Navigator AnalysisSainsbury’s (Strategy)
Sainsbury’s is trialling hybrid self-checkouts, which require customers to scan their own shopping and also feature conveyor belts for them to place their items on, as well as areas for packing their shopping. In-store product-locating touchscreens are also being tested.
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NewsMarks & Spencer to launch collaboration with designer Bella Freud
Marks & Spencer is gearing up to launch its exclusive collaboration with fashion designer Bella Freud later this week.
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NewsShop prices continue to deflate with furniture and clothing driving the fall
Shop prices continue to fall into deflation to reach their lowest level in three years, with furniture and clothing seeing the biggest drops in prices.
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InterviewQ&A: Skin+Me CEO on partnering with John Lewis and Boots and cracking the skincare market
Retail Week catches up with Skin+Me’s co-founder and chief executive Horatio Cary on the brand’s first retail partnership with John Lewis and Boots, its interesting business model and the journey so far
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AnalysisThe power of a strong retail slogan
As John Lewis reports a rise in visits following the reintroduction of ‘Never Knowingly Undersold’ earlier this month, we can see the power of a retail slogan. We asked some of retail’s best marketers for their favourite retail slogan and why it works
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NewsFrasers Group has made a bid for struggling Mulberry to avoid ‘another Debenhams situation’
Frasers Group has made a surprise takeover bid for luxury handbag and accessories brand Mulberry in what it called an attempt to avoid “another Debenhams situation”.
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NewsMiniso is opening its first travel concept store in London
Miniso is opening its first ever store for travellers and commuters in Paddington as it expands its presence in the UK.
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NewsThe Body Shop CEO says brand is on its way back, starting with Spain and Portugal
The Body Shop chief executive says the brand is on its way back “market by market” as it rebuilds franchises in Spain and Portugal after a string of international closures.
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NewsSportsShoes.com international sales surge as overseas business grows
SportsShoes.com has reported a surge in international sales driven by growth in its overseas customer base as it targets more European markets for expansion.
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NewsGymshark to open four physical locations including first mainland Europe store
Gymshark will open four new retail locations, including its first store in mainland Europe, as it ramps up investment in its omnichannel strategy.
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Innovation of the WeekSelfridges is embarking on a retail media partnership with Criteo
Innovation of the Week is a subscriber-only series highlighting retail initiatives that have caught the eye of our team.
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NewsM&S is exploring a giant new warehouse for an expected boom in online sales
Marks & Spencer is eyeing up a deal for a new giant warehouse in the East Midlands to accommodate an expected leap in its online sales.
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NewsPotential buyers in talks for Kurt Geiger include a private equity firm
Private equity firm Alteri Investors has been named as one of the parties mulling bids for luxury footwear and accessories brand Kurt Geiger.
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NewsDreams sales climb following a record investment in store and tech upgrades
Dreams has recorded a sales boost following record store, tech and supply chain investments as part of its modernisation programme.
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Opinion‘Retail’s tech transformation doesn’t have to be all or nothing’
Can you be a market-leading retailer if tech investment decisions lie outside the c-suite, asks AlixPartners’ Brian Kalms
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NewsThree-quarters of retail staff ‘unable to perform at their best’ due to anxiety
Three-quarters of retail staff feel they are unable to perform at their best due to surging levels of anxiety, according to a new study from the Retail Trust.