All Retail Week UAT articles in September 2025 – Page 3
-
NewsPoundland axes over 100 roles in head office restructure
Poundland has axed more than 100 roles across its head office in Walsall as part of a company-wide restructure, Retail Week can reveal.
-
NewsVery Group transformation boss steps down to join mayoral race
Online retailer Very Group’s chief finance and transformation officer is to step down and run as a mayoral candidate.
-
NewsAsda unveils ‘one of the largest technology deals in retail’ with Microsoft
Supermarket chain Asda has unveiled a new AI and cloud computing tie-up with Microsoft, which it called “one of the largest technology deals in UK retail”.
-
Innovation of the WeekSnap updates AR glasses ahead of 2026 consumer launch
Innovation of the Week is a series highlighting retail initiatives that have caught the eye of our team.
-
NewsSir Sadiq Khan begins fight to “rescue Oxford Street”
Mayor of London Sir Sadiq Khan spoke to attendees of the ‘This is Oxford Street’ event on Sunday, where traffic was banned from accessing a stretch of the road ahead of pedestrianisation plans.
-
Opinion‘In a flat-growth market, technology isn’t just an enabler – it differentiates winners and losers’
The uncomfortable truth is that customers’ technology expectations of retailers are set by the best, not the average, maintains AlixPartners’ Brian Kalms
-
Chart of the WeekChart: Next shares its vacancy figures in warning on UK jobs market
Next sounded a warning about the UK economy alongside their results last week, pointing to rising unemployment and rising application numbers
-
NewsDebenhams reshuffles non-executive board
Debenhams Group has announced that it has appointed Tom Handley to its board of independent non-executive directors, after Alistair McGeorge stepped down earlier today (Friday, September 19).
-
InterviewQ&A: Primark trading director on shaking up denim and its first-ever TV ad campaign
Primark celebrated the launch of its new denim womenswear collection for autumn/winter 2025 with its first-ever UK TV ad campaign earlier this month.
-
NewsAsda doubles size of internship programme for young people with additional needs
Supermarket giant Asda has announced a major expansion of its internship programme for more than double the size and number of job placements being offered.
-
NewsRituals ups Christmas recruitment drive for ‘big push’
Health and beauty retailer Rituals is ramping up its Christmas recruitment drive this year, as it prepares for a “big push” this peak season, Retail Week can reveal.
-
NewsUniqlo ramps up UK expansion with three new openings
Uniqlo is ramping up its regional expansion across the UK as it confirms plans for its next three openings.
-
NewsRetail sales buoyed by warm and dry weather in August
Retail sales volumes are estimated to have crept up in August, as fashion and online-only retailers benefited from good weather.
-
Opinion‘Marks & Spencer is gearing up to make peak go with a bang’
After the cyber attack on M&S in the spring, it looks as if the retailer is ready to go all-out to be a Christmas winner, believes George MacDonald
-
NewsConsumer optimism about the economy ‘sliding sharply’
The latest numbers from GfK’s Consumer Confidence Index showed a two-point drop in September, while optimism about the economy has cratered since the Labour government came to power.
-
NewsSuperdry boss targets up to 12 new format stores in the UK
On the day Superdry opened its first new format location in Nottingham, boss Julian Dunkerton told Retail Week he would like to open another dozen of the stores in the UK.
-
NewsTemu accused of paying ‘negligible’ tax in the UK despite ‘enormous sales’
Temu’s UK arm has been accused of not paying corporation tax in the UK for two years despite enjoying “enormous sales” in the region, Retail Week can reveal.
-
NewsPets at Home CEO exits as profits downgraded
Pets at Home chief executive Lyssa McGowan has left her role and the business has unexpectedly cut its profit guidance.
-
InterviewQ&A: Next CEO Lord Wolfson on navigating an ‘anaemic’ economic outlook
Next shares fell this morning as the retail bellwether cautioned that the UK economy is set for “anaemic” growth in the coming months.
-
AnalysisNRF Europe: Five companies showcasing tech innovations for retail
Most industries are investing in more technology as the world becomes more advanced, and retail is no exception.