Unseasonable weather’ and ‘Brexit’ may be the new retail whipping boys, but their impact on the fashion sector is real. From Retail Week
Shop Direct reported another year of double-digit growth earlier this month as full-year profits rose 43.6% to £150.4m*. What can other retailer’s learn from Shop Direct’s tactics?From Retail Week
With the UK’s Brexit vote inevitably impacting retailers, Retail Week investigates the wide-reaching implications for the global supply chain.
A growing number of companies are committing to paying their staff the living wage. Retail Week reports on what retailers are doing to prepare for changes to their payroll.
Department store operator Fenwick has relaunched its Williams & Griffin store in Colchester under its own name. From Retail Week
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Boden is banking on international growth and building its UK store estate to offset falling profits. Retail Week’s Prospect team looks at the strength of the business as it expands.
Having operated a series of pop-up locations across the US in recent years, Amazon is now moving to establish as many as 100 such sites in the coming year or so. From Retail Week
Sports Direct founder Mike Ashley defied his shareholders last week by keeping in place the under fire chairman, Keith Hellawell. From Retail Week
Primark has been welcomed by America’s clothes shoppers, but its appeal in the US may not complement its volume model in the long term. From Retail Week