All Retail Week UAT articles in September 2025 – Page 6
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GalleryNew Starbucks football stadium flagship is packed full of firsts
The world’s largest coffee and food-to-go chain, Starbucks, has opened its first-ever Reserve flagship in Spain at football giant Real Madrid’s Santiago Bernabéu stadium.
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NewsWhole Foods Market losses deepen as sales decline
Whole Foods Market has recorded deepening losses for its UK operations, as revenues took a sharp downturn.
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NewsOcado shares slide as Kroger takes ‘hard look’ at future of tie-up
Shares in pureplay grocer and technology firm Ocado dropped as markets opened on Friday, after major international partner Kroger said it would take a “hard look” at its automated warehouses.
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InterviewMessina Hembry CEO Zac Hembry: ‘There’s a lot broken behind the scenes of the fashion industry’
One-half of the entrepreneurial Hembry brothers Zac talks to Retail Week about how he built a vintage resale university side hustle into a £10m business, and what more needs to be done to fix fashion’s sustainability crisis
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NewsBusiness rates rise brings closure risk for 400 stores
Supermarkets and department stores are among shops threatened with “a wave of closures” if businsess rates changes go ahead.
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NewsLaura Ashley to return to physical retail with new flagship store
Laura Ashley is set to return to brick-and-mortar retailing this month with the opening of its first standalone store in over five years.
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AnalysisJohn Lewis chiefs look ahead to a very merry Christmas after painful first half
First-half profits slipped at the John Lewis Partnership but, as they gear up for Christmas, bosses are optimistic that retail improvements and focus on productivity will being success and shoppers will be willing to spend in the golden quarter
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NewsHolland & Barrett leadership reshuffle as new group boss takes reins
Holland & Barrett has started to shape its leadership team under new group chief executive Anthony Houghton, Retail Week can reveal.
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NewsOcado Retail boss: ‘M&S products have been a really strong factor in our growth’
Ocado Retail boss Hannah Gibson has said that Marks & Spencer’s products have been a “really strong factor” in the joint venture’s 18-months of consistent growth.
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NewsGovernment hints at ‘fundamental change’ for business rates
The government has said it considers there to be a case for “fundamental change from a ‘slab’ to a ‘slice’ system” of business rates, in an interim report published today.
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NewsB&Q to cut over 650 roles to ‘simplify retail structure’
B&Q has placed more than 650 roles across its business into consultation as part of efforts to streamline its retail structures, Retail Week can reveal.
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NewsTHG beauty to launch AI academy as it prioritises being a ‘digital-first’ retailer
THG beauty is gearing up to launch an AI academy as it focuses on being a “digital first” retailer, Retail Week can reveal.
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NewsMarks & Spencer digital chief to stand down
Marks & Spencer chief digital and technology officer Rachel Higham is stepping down from her role, Retail Week can reveal.
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NewsTHG profits dip after slow start to the year for beauty
THG profits dipped in the first half of the year, after slow beauty trading and increased costs dragged on performance.
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NewsJohn Lewis focuses on positive momentum despite deepening losses
Losses deepened at John Lewis in the first half, but the retailer is still confident of a strong end to the year.
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Report StoreThe Growth Report
We’ve identified three core growth levers being used to stand out, scale and succeed.
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AnalysisThe Growth Report: What Next, Ocado and Boots are doing to stand out and scale
Diversifying into new revenue streams is one of three key growth levers identified in Retail Week’s new, unmissable Growth Report.
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NewsletterIntelligence Briefing: Retail sales figures galore, but what does it all mean?
Is there a German word for that disappointing feeling you get when you hear that initial estimates were wrong, you open the page to look at what has changed, and then see that the new results were worse than before?* That was how I felt when I saw the revised ...
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NewsPrimark to ‘significantly’ raise prices in the US
Primark boss George Weston has revealed the fashion chain is “significantly” raising its prices in the US this week in response to President Donald Trump’s tariffs.
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NewsCurrys rolls out electronic shelf edge labelling to all stores
Currys is rolling out electronic shelf edge labelling (ESEL) to all of its UK and Ireland stores in the coming weeks.