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How the FatFace deal lines up with Next’s aggressive acquisition strategy

This year has been a year full of big mergers and acquisitions and October has continued in that vein. The latest of these acquisitions has come in the form of Next’s £115m takeover of lifestyle brand FatFace. This deal is the latest in a long line of acquisitions by Next…

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Sasha Radic: ‘Beauty is both high growth and resilient’

Can you tell us a little bit about your career so far?  I am a managing director at Jefferies, spearheading our beauty and wellness practice. I’ve been in investment banking my entire career and couldn’t imagine a better way to enable and drive the growth in this industry. As such,…

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Is Tik-Tok Shop a boon or a bane for retailers?

TikTok Shop’s partnership with CommerceHub leverages the app’s ability to cultivate emerging fashion and shopping trends to promote and sell products to TikTok’s user base. CommerceHub‘s ChannelAdvisor marketplace integration solutions provide TikTok with a streamlined connection for brands to connect to TikTok Shop with advanced onboarding tools and APIs. Additionally,…

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How much is the ‘tourist tax’ harming retailers

The Centre for Economics and Business Research has calculated that the “tourist tax” is costing the UK £10.7bn in lost GDP and deterring two million tourists from visiting the country per year. The report from the Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) claims that the additional revenue generated by…

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Examining Dame Sharon White’s term as John Lewis chair

Current chair of the John Lewis Partnership Dame Sharon White has announced that she will be stepping down at the end of her term in February 2025, bringing to an end an eventful six-year term. While the six-year stint will make her the shortest serving chair in its history,in her…

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How Poundland repurposed 10 Wilko stores in two weeks

The biggest story in retail over the last few weeks has undoubtedly been the struggles and eventual collapse of Wilko. The company fell into administration in August and just a month later it was announced that all of its stores would be closing. As a result, two of its rivals…

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Adventure gear brand scales new heights with Inventory Planner

Key facts Oz Backcountry is a thriving online outdoor and adventure equipment retailer, based in Australia and powered by Shopify Uses Inventory Planner to accurately forecast demand for 1,000 of SKUs, place 32 inventory orders a month and maintain a super-lean inventory that minimizes risk Impact: 100s of hours saved…

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How intelligence-led solutions can become preventative shoplifting measures for retailers

Do you think the UK is facing a shoplifting epidemic at the moment? There’s plenty of evidence on the basis of the British Retail Consortium of a rise in criminality and violence towards shop workers. We’ve seen plenty of images of shoplifting episodes on various media channels and a lot…

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The Golden Quarter: Perfect promotions through intelligent merchandising

The 100-day countdown to Christmas – a period which also includes key dates such as Halloween, Black Friday and Cyber Monday in quick succession – is the busiest period in the retail calendar, and unquestionably the most challenging. This year’s Golden Quarter will likely be one of the most difficult…

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How can retailers combat shoplifters?

Retailers have recently reported that they are increasingly dealing with a problem of shoplifting in addition to the rising cost of living issues and inflation. According to the British Retail Consortium, about 850 incidents of violence or abuse against shop workers are recorded every day in Britain and have cost…

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