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Ikea welcomes Decathlon to Croydon store

Store gallery: Antler opens Regent Street flagship

Beauty Box area in the Lookfantastic shop

Store gallery: How Lookfantastic’s new store is enhancing its omnichannel strategy

Store gallery: Asos pops up at Adidas Oxford Street flagship for the weekend

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Store gallery: Whole Foods Market kicks off store opening spree

Sainsbury’s reveals ‘transformed’ flagship branch

Ikea welcomes Decathlon to Croydon store
Store gallery: Antler opens Regent Street flagship
Store gallery: How Lookfantastic’s new store is enhancing its omnichannel strategy
Store gallery: Asos pops up at Adidas Oxford Street flagship for the weekend
Store gallery: Whole Foods Market kicks off store opening spree
Sainsbury’s reveals ‘transformed’ flagship branch

Analysis

The art of fresh thinking to maintain high-performing stores

In paid partnership with Acopia, By Ben Sillitoe

Chart of the Week

Chart of the Week: Unlocking volume growth is retail’s key challenge

Opinion

‘New laws will fail shop workers unless employers make it easier to report crime’

More analysis & opinion

AI Investment Tracker

The Retail Week AI Investment Tracker – how retailers are actually using AI

Special reports

Traceability, Trust, Transformation
In paid partnership with Xpedition
An essential overview of where to invest to achieve ethical, compliant and customer-centric supply chains.
Talking Shop
In paid partnership with Rotageek
Talking Shop 2026 reveals the unfiltered reality from 500 UK retail workers.
Loyalty, Growth and the Future Consumer
In paid partnership with SheerID
In 2026, loyalty means more than just points and discount programmes.
How They’ll Spend It 2026
In paid partnership with Vypr
Exclusive data and real-life insights from 500 consumers, mapping out the complex mindset of the 2026 shopper.

Industry Insight

The unified commerce mandate: Five strategic shifts for retail’s agentic era
Paid for by Salesforce
Exclusive: Nearly half of UK shop workers feel shut out of digital decision making
In paid partnership with Rotageek, By Laura Heywood
Lessons in loyalty: New Look, Boots and Kingfisher’s digital leaders on driving lifetime spend
In paid partnership with SheerID, By Rebecca Taylor
Ethical, efficient, customer-first: Supply chain tech solutions transforming UK retail
In paid partnership with Xpedition
Practical AI is driving higher margins – here’s how retailers are doing it
In paid partnership with Workday
Exclusive: 500 UK store staff on the realities of working in retail
In paid partnership with Rotageek
Faster fit-outs, fewer delays: how framework agreements are reshaping retail construction
Paid for by Foot Anstey
2026 loyalty drivers: what customers really want from retailers
In paid partnership with SheerID, By Rebecca Taylor
Beyond points: How M&S, Ikea and Joe & the Juice are redefining loyalty
In paid partnership with Talon.One
Retail 2050: How innovation, localism and experience will shape the high street
Paid for by American Express
The Gen-AI shopping revolution is here – is your online business ready for it?
In paid partnership with Mirakl
The retail categories set to succeed in the next six months
In paid partnership with Vypr, By Ben Sillitoe
Cross-border commerce: The who, what, where of international spend
In paid partnership with PayPal, By Gemma Goldfingle
Black Friday is dead, long live Black Friday: The stats behind the 2025 shopping phenomenon
In paid partnership with Talon.One
How shoppers will spend in 2026 and the winning strategies driving sales
In paid partnership with Vypr, By Ben Sillitoe
What money can’t buy – How creative retailers are winning loyalty
In paid partnership with Talon.One, By Grace Bowden
Why there is more to railway stations than trains
Paid for by Network Rail
Unlocking the hidden value in retail returns
Paid for by Blue Yonder
Five ways innovation from Taiwan will reshape retail in 2026
Paid for by TITA
Talking tech: The tools behind the world’s leading people-first retailers
In paid partnership with Vimeo
AI in action: How leading retailers are accelerating growth
In paid partnership with Commerce, By Laura Heywood
AI, VR and on-demand: How tech is transforming L&D
In paid partnership with Vimeo, By Grace Bowden
Five consumer trends homeware retailers must consider
Paid for by Kleen-Tex
Q&A: Amex on payment innovation, driving conversion, and meeting younger consumers’ demands
In paid partnership with American Express
How to future-proof your business by adopting electric vehicles
Paid for by Mer
People, Tech and the Workplace Revolution
In paid partnership with Vimeo
How Starbucks is using video e-learning to drive training and productivity
In paid partnership with Vimeo
Four steps for success when it comes to ERP implementation
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The Growth Report: What Next, Ocado and Boots are doing to stand out and scale
In paid partnership with Commerce, By Laura Heywood
How Screwfix, Very, Orlebar Brown and more are unlocking quick-win CX strategies
In paid partnership with Shopify and Tryzens Global
Q&A: AliExpress’ UK GM on AI innovation, faster fulfilment and the rise of competitors
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Exclusive data: How UK shoppers will spend this Christmas
In paid partnership with Acuity Pricing, Feedonomics and Vypr, By Rebecca Taylor

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