Retail Week

It looks like alcohol and crisps came home, even if the football trophy didn’t. Here's what you need to know about Kantar's grocery market share data for July. https://lnkd.in/e7EBXsqW

Meet the entrepreneur behind Gymshark's peak fitness: https://lnkd.in/eqBtS7A7

Burberry has entered a new chapter. As boss Jonathan Akeroyd departs amid yet another profit warning, we look at incoming CEO Joshua Schulman’s CV, what we can expect from him and what will be top of his to-do list as the head of Britain’s most famous luxury fashion house.  https://lnkd.in/ec6f7aVw

Gymshark does gym. And Retail Week does interviews. Ben Francis MBE tells us all about becoming the biggest gym brand, second store in Stratford and more.....

Mike Ashley’s retail empire Frasers Group is mulling a potential takeover bid of Yoox Net-a-Porter from Swiss luxury group Richemont, Retail Week can reveal. https://lnkd.in/edb7P2XW

Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour has contributed £300m to the London economy alone https://lnkd.in/ejuW3qXj

Asda is undergoing a shake-up in management after a series of departures and new additions to the business https://lnkd.in/g9E8n9dD

Prime Day has been an integral part of Amazon since 2015, first introduced as a 24-hour event spanning nine countries. It has since grown to a two-day affair with promotions running across 23 countries this year and sales often surpass those seen during Black Friday. With day one of 2023’s Prime Day event becoming the single largest sales day in Amazon’s history, Retail Week explores what’s next for Prime Day and if it can maintain its popularity against a new breed of lean ecommerce competitors. https://lnkd.in/g-U2XaMB

2024 is a record year for travel, with more people than ever before heading to the airport and arriving there earlier too. Although retail is critical to the health of the UK’s airports, the passengers’ experience of the departure lounge is often clunky and dull. So let's dream up a new one: https://lnkd.in/e3i9jMAA

Last week on Retail Week 🗳 A seismic week ended with a landslide victory for Labour and an end to 14 years of Conservative government in the UK. My take on what Keir and co need to do to show that they are a government that values retail's contribution to UK society: https://lnkd.in/e_sywhJr 🗄 Continuing the election theme, George MacDonald, Ellis Hawthorne and I had a bit of fun coming up with a fantasy retail cabinet: https://lnkd.in/e8NFqyf3 🎄 It's also Christmas (in July) time and Retail Week will be publishing a month's worth of content looking ahead to the crucial Golden Quarter. The first article is a forecast with exlusive data looking ahead to which categories will succeed this December: https://lnkd.in/eyuZVK-6 ✈ Ellis Hawthorne had a look at what the retail offering would be in the world's great airport departure lounge: https://lnkd.in/euH97FRc 🛒 To celebrate Morrisons 125th anniversary, George MacDonald mused whether more recent retail names will live long enough to celebrate similar milestones? https://lnkd.in/emNnM4wq 💄 + 🏋♂️ Ritika Bhoora looked at where next for Boots UK following the departure of Sebastian James and wallgreens rowing back on sale plans (https://lnkd.in/ebitWfr8) + sat down with Gymshark chief brand officer Noel Mack to discuss next steps to making it "one of the biggest brands in the world": https://lnkd.in/eqg6ik7Y 🛍 Megan Robinson delved into the latest MRI Software footfall data (https://lnkd.in/eaZ2255n) and sat down with AO brand director Arafa Heneghan to discuss growing its customer base: https://lnkd.in/eVVBstPS 🏫 With school holidays around the corner, Chloe M. got a cracking exclusive with John Lewis & Partners set to to keep back to school uniform prices flat for a fourth consecutive year: https://lnkd.in/eZHnFqdY