All Stores and property articles – Page 139
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AnalysisWorldview: Key lessons from the USA’s retail sales rebound
Judging by some of the latest data on retail sales, which rose by over 30% in March, the US retail sector has not so much emerged from the pandemic into the sunlit uplands as come forth into a blazing heatwave.
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DataData: Footfall soars after reopening but recovery lags behind pre-pandemic
Figures from both Springboard and the BRC show strong footfall recovery since non-essential stores reopened in April but the numbers are still down on pre-pandemic levels.
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NewsSuperdry full-year revenues slump despite improved fourth quarter
Superdry has reported a slump in full-year sales but chief executive Julian Dunkerton says there is “light at the end of the tunnel” for the retailer following an improved fourth quarter.
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Retail VoiceCould stockless stores be the future of the high street?
As retailers learn the lessons of the pandemic, the future could see a dramatic change in the traditional model, with stockless stores as the way forward, argues Alex MacPherson, director of solution consultancy and account management at Manhattan Associates
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AnalysisDeep dive: Understanding your new target shoppers – their favourite stores revealed
Where and how will the post-pandemic consumer want to shop? Retail Week unpacks the data.
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VideoRetail Question Time with Anna Blackburn and Mike Logue
Following last month’s much-anticipated retail reopening, Beaverbrooks managing director Anna Blackburn and Dreams chief executive Mike Logue discuss trading patterns, how they are preparing their companies for future success and their priorities in the aftermath of the pandemic.
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OpinionAlex Baldock: ‘Stores still have a central role – alongside online, not replaced by it’
Everyone knows that one effect of the pandemic will be a dramatic and enduring shift away from stores to online, right? Not quite.
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NewsTheo Paphitis and Damian McGloughlin join Stores Week line-up
Theo Paphitis and Homebase boss Damian McGloughlin have joined the growing list of speakers for Retail Week’s Stores Week.
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NewsAldi eyes possible cashierless store format with ‘Shop & Go’ trademark
Aldi has trademarked ‘Shop & Go’ with the Intellectual Property Office (IPO), paving the way for the potential launch of a cashierless store format.
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NewsOne in seven shops now empty as shopping centre vacancies spike
The number of retail vacancies increased across all shopping destinations and regions in the first quarter of 2021.
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AnalysisArrivals and departures – how WHSmith, Dixons and Monsoon see direction of travel retail
As restrictions ease across the world, Dixons, WHSmith and Monsoon are taking differing approaches to prepare for the return of travel
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GalleryStore gallery: Eataly serves up mouthwatering first UK store
After more than a year’s delay, Eataly has opened its first UK dining and food retail market at London’s Broadgate.
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NewsWaitrose and Hotel Chocolat strike new product partnership
Waitrose has struck a partnership with Hotel Chocolat to sell a selection of the retailer’s products in its supermarkets and online.
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NewsWHSmith launches £325m fundraise to open 100 new travel stores
WHSmith has unveiled plans to launch a £325m fundraise as the retailer doubles down on the expansion of its challenged travel division.
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NewsShop price deflation slows in April as consumers head back to stores
Shop prices continued to fall in April, as retailers tempted consumers back into non-essential stores.
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GalleryStore gallery: Frasers Group’s revamped Cruise flagship
Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group has opened its refurbished luxury flagship Cruise in Glasgow.
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NewsShopping trips set to drive post-lockdown economic recovery
Britain is primed for “a sharp snap back” in consumer spending as lockdown eases driven by a desire to return to bricks-and-mortar retail.
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OpinionLisa Hooker: ‘Vaccine confidence is driving a golden generation of shoppers’
For the first time in months, non-essential retailers and outdoor hospitality businesses have reopened in England.
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AnalysisData: Five guaranteed ways to keep consumers flocking to the high street
The future of the UK high street is at stake as the country emerges from the grips of the pandemic, but to ensure consumers return in greater numbers it is important to understand exactly what they want. Retail Week’s High Street Rebooted 2021 report uncovered the views of 1,000 UK consumers and we will be sharing its findings during Stores Week on May 20.
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NewsConfidence inches up in April as consumers remain cautious about future
The rise in consumer confidence levels slowed in April as new Covid-19 variants and economic worries dampened the reopening of stores and hospitality.