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Developing Winning Models For The Future Of Retail: Bain & Company

The competitive nature of retail means that many established operators have been slow to react to the rapid pace of change in the sector – sometimes...

ESM's Top Retail Stories Of 2017

As 2017 comes to a close, ESM – The European Supermarket Magazine is looking back on some of the top stories that made headlines this year. It was...

Embrace Sustainability At The Consumer Goods Forum Sustainable Retail Summit

Following the positive approach to sustainability highlighted at the recent Global Summit in Cape Town, this 27 and 28 October sees the hosting of the Cons...

US Retail's Holiday Sales Forecasts About As Real As Santa: Gadfly

How's the U.S. consumer doing? The answer depends on whether you ask an economist or a retailer. Ask most retailers, and the outlook is the shakiest it'...

U.K. Retailers, The Bond Market's Not Finished With You: Gadfly

John Lewis department stores, Next, Primark owner Associated British Foods. A slew of household retail names have already said this month that their pensio...

Primark's Fast Fashion And Pension Pots Clash At AB Foods: Gadfly

Conglomerate Associated British Foods is fighting a war on two fronts. The first is at home. Its fast fashion retailer Primark reported its biggest annu...

M&S's Badly-Needed Changes Won't Come Cheap for CEO Rowe: Gadfly

These are not just job cuts, these are M&S job cuts. Marks & Spencer is to ax about 500 jobs at its London head office, and an announcem...

The History Of U.S. Retail's Top 20 Hints At Its Future: Gadfly

Fast-shifting shopper preferences are reordering the retail industry. The scurry to keep up with consumer tastes led to Walmart's recent $3.3 billion ac...