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Data
In charts: Exclusive research reveals the biggest consumer trends in 2025
New consumer research reveals how shoppers across Europe’s biggest markets want to buy, and what retailers must do to deliver.
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News
Co-op systems making progress towards ‘complete recovery’ following cyber attack
Co-op is making “significant progress towards a full and complete recovery” following a cyber attack that hit the retailer last month.
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Analysis
Six major predictions for the next decade of retail
With the rapid development of Generative AI and AI more generally, everyone in the sector wants to know what it will mean for retail
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News
Retail footfall in May flat as consumers stay cautious
UK retail saw a small drop in footfall in May as the flat figures reflect a month shaped by cautious customers, half-term holidays and a change in consumer habits.
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News
Pets at Home makes move towards member-only prices
Pets at Home has rebranded its promotions to “Pets Club Pricing” and has plans to move to a member-only pricing scheme, Retail Week can reveal.
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Topshop confirms permanent brick-and-mortar presence
Topshop has confirmed that the fashion brand will launch permanent standalone shops and return to a brick-and-mortar presence, according to reports.
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Tesco to trial shorter opening hours in some stores
Supermarket giant Tesco is set to shorten its opening hours in certain Express branches across the UK.
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Analysis
Weird Fish: How the British fashion and lifestyle brand is reeling in customers and powering growth
As Cornish fashion retailer Weird Fish continues on its growth direction, Retail Week explores the brand’s journey to date, the evolution of its offer, and how it is standing out from the crowd in a competitive fashion and lifestyle market.
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Opinion
‘If you’re not sharing shopper data with brands, rethink your retail media strategy’
Retailers, brands and customers all win when shoppers’ insight is shared, argues Publicis chief commerce officer Steve Ricketts
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Analysis
How Alibaba, Boots and Tesco are winning online spend
Global ecommerce sales are expected to rise to £5.21trn in 2025. But to capitalise on this opportunity retailers must adapt to meet shoppers’ changing demands. Here we explore how Alibaba, Boots and Tesco are making online pay.
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Interview
Q&A: Zendesk CEO and CTO on cyber attacks and what AI means for retail
Zendesk is one of the world’s leading customer service platforms, currently wielded by major UK retailers including Tesco, Next and Lush.
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News
Adidas customer data stolen as it becomes latest retailer to be hit by cyber attack
German sportswear giant Adidas has become the latest retailer to be hit by a cyber attack.
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Trump pushes EU trade talks deadline as 50% tariff threat looms
The President of the United States Donald Trump has pushed back the deadline for EU-US tariff negotiations to July 9, having previously threatened to slap 50% mark ups on all European goods on June 1.
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Feature
Connected stores: Is this the future of physical retail?
Most online shopping experiences aim to be seamless and convenient with as little faff as possible, so it makes sense that the same would be asked of brick-and-mortar stores
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News
Food inflation climbs as retailers struggle with increased costs
Food prices jumped for the fourth month in a row, as retailers are now faced with absorbing an additional £5bn in costs from last year’s controversial Budget.
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Co-op to roll out smart electronic shelf labels
Co-op is deploying smart electronic shelf labels across its nearly 2,400 UK stores in place of paper labels.
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News
Consumer confidence improves but economic concerns have ‘not disappeared’
Consumer confidence nudged up in May across all key indicators despite economic concerns, including inflation and Trump’s tariffs, having “not disappeared”.
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Interview
The Works boss Gavin Peck on new strategies, cyber security and rising crime
On the day that The Works upped its profit guidance off the back of strong trading results, chief executive Gavin Peck spoke to Retail Week about turning the business around, cyber security, and dealing with rising incidents of crime.
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Opinion
‘While some will strike it rich, not all will be lucky in retail media gold rush’
As retailers rush to establish themselves as retail media players, the most successful companies have shown it takes serious investment and data sophistication, observes George MacDonald
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News
Gymshark launches loyalty scheme that rewards customers for working out
Gymshark has announced the launch of its first-ever loyalty programme.