Why did anyone think that Sharon White, a career civil servant, was the right person to lead John Lewis? Did they have something other than the best person for the job in mind?
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Debenhams will close the doors of its remaining U.K. stores for the final time this weekend because of lockdown, bringing more than 240 years of retail history to an end.
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The new chicken sandwich will ‘Be Right Back’ according to Popeyes.
UK shoppers are on course to buy more ethically than ever this December, according to new research
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Credit and debit card fees that are added to payments for goods and services will be axed from January, the government has announced
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Jessi Baker, founder of blockchain technology platform Provenance, envisions a future where all physical products have digital histories, allowing people to trace and verify products’ origins, attributes and ownership. Is it time for a new dawn of transparency in retail?
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Traditional retailers have been struggling in the 21st century, and there’s been a steady stream of news highlighting those struggles. Retail giants J.C. Penney, GameStop, Sears, Kmart, Macy's, RadioShack, Payless Shoes, and many other businesses are closing thousands of collective physical locations, but sales across the board are increasing. Creative destruction may mean the death of shopping as we've known it, but it also means shopping will be better.
Payless ShoeSource filed for bankruptcy. Macy's and J.C. Penney are closing a significant number of stores. Everyone is buying online, but can e-commerce jobs make up for the destruction of traditional retail jobs?
(ANTIMEDIA) Consumerism has long been a defining element of American society, but retail giants are now shutting down thousands of their locations amid a long-anticipated “retail apocalypse,” as Business Insider describes it.
The outlet reports that over the next couple months, more than 3,500 stores are expected to close:
Craftivists are putting their needlework skills to the test by sending hand-sewn handkerchiefs to Marks & Spencer board members in a bid to make the company a living wage employer
