Must-have products together with highly-regarded customer service have turned Apple into one of the most respected and copied retailers across the globe – despite its relatively short lifespan.Innovation is key to Apple’s success. The company has rolled
Transatlantic tie-up createshealthy futureStefanoPessina of Alliance Boots and Gregory Wasson of Walgreens tell Tiffany Holland about their plans to create a strong global partnershipTI h e p a r t n e r s h i p between’ h e a l th and beauty groupsA l l
The retail genius who created ZaraIn this exclusive extract from The Man From Zara, author Covadonga O’Shea talks to José Maria Castellano, former chief executive of Inditex, about Amando Ortega’s approach to businessAZaraculture does exist.What [Amando
Fifty years of WalmartHaifa century ago next week Sam Walton opened his first Walmart store in Rogers, Arkansas. George MacDonald examines how the company went on to change the global retail landscapeFrom its origins as a single store in the south of the
Fnac aims for flying sales with string of airport storesBY LISA BYFIELD-f Ik GREENH Music, books and electronics retailer Wk Fnac aims to 1 benefit from a growing travel retail market with the opening of new small-format stores in airports. Later this mon
Look NorthThis week, Retail Week embarks once more on its summer tour to visit retailers across the country. The first stop takes in the Northeast and Yorkshire, as Gemma Goldfingle visits family businesses, entrepreneurs and retail giantsDespite being ha
Harvey Nichols is one of the relatively few retailers striving to stand out through its advertising. After its successful tongue-in-cheek Walk of Shame adverts that ran at Christmas time, it seems to have decided that treading the fine line between humour
Disney Store’s UK adventure has not been a fairy tale for the retailer, which is yet to make a sustainable profit in the country.Despite sales jumping 7.7% to £120.lm in its year to Octoher 1, 2011, losses widened to £3.8m in the same period. The perform
Highs and lows ofclick-and-collectAs retailers step up their multichannel offers, click-and-collectforms a core part of the shopping experience. Anna RichardsonTaylor examines some of the more – and less – impressive servicesI ultichannel delivery is at t
La frase di Oscar Farinetti “La bellezza salverà l’Italia” è ben tradotta nell’ultimo store di Eatalya Roma, dedicato alla bellezza, declinata nelle diverse anime di questo format, dall’agroalimentare all’arte fino alla musica, passando per l’ironia