Ted Baker today unveiled a digital-first transformation strategy in response to “the structural transition from physical stores to digital retail” – and as it reported a £79.9m pre-tax loss in its latest full-year results

Primark upbeat about sales prospects as it plans for English stores reopening on June 15

01 Jun 2020by Chloe Rigby

Primark stores in England are all expected to open on June 15, its parent company Associated British Foods (ABF) said today

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Zalando becomes first retailers to demand partners brands measure their sustainability

29 May 2020by Chloe Rigby

Zalando has become the first retailer to make it compulsory for brands selling via its platform to measure how sustainable their businesses are

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How department stores are planning their store reopenings

29 May 2020by Chloe Rigby

Department stores including John Lewis, Debenhams and Harrods are planning to reopen their stores from June 15. That’s the date when the government has said all shops in England will be able to reopen – as long as the Covid-19 infection rate is under control.
We take a look at how three multichannel department store businesses are approaching the task of reopening their store estates.

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InPost adds automated lockers to 40 South West Railway stations

29 May 2020by Chloe Rigby

InPost is working with parcel locker provider InPost to put automated ecommerce lockers at 40 stations across its rail network

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Boohoo buys remaining third of PrettyLittleThing as part of its international expansion plans

28 May 2020by Chloe Rigby

Boohoo is buying the final third of PrettyLittleThing that it did not already own and will continue to develop it into an international fashion brand

Boohoo PrettyLittleThing

DIESEL moves to all-in-one multichannel ecommerce site

27 May 2020by Alex Sword

Italian fashion company DIESEL has accelerated its adoption of multichannel as it looks to a world beyond the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Galeries Lafayette uses in-store video to allow online browsing

27 May 2020by Alex Sword

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M&S and Next surprise all by being in Top 5 fashion apps by download

27 May 2020by Paul Skeldon

Despite their collective financial woes and being seen as ‘old guard’, both M&S and Next remain in the top 5 most downloaded fashion retail apps, something that boohoo has failed to achieve, during lockdown.

Industry Mobile

Face masks, no changing rooms, handwashing stations, triage queuing and social distancing: how shopping will look come 15 June

27 May 2020by Paul Skeldon

Shopping in set to recommence in earnest on 15 June, but it won’t be as it was in the before time: now there will be facemasks, social distancing, handwashing stations and no changing rooms, to name but a few changes

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