Editor, Essential Retail
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Retail Ramble podcast: Maskey face coverings – scaling a business during Covid-19
Essential Retail chats to the founder of Maskey to learn about scaling a business during a global pandemic.
Next boss: Thousands of retail jobs will be “unviable”
Next boss Simon Wolfson details how the retailer is prepared for the supercharged shift to online as he describes taking on new staff in call centres and distribution.
Retail Ramble podcast: Facebook on trends for a Covid Christmas
Facebook talks about Christmas 2020 and how Covid will change consumer shopping habits.
Bikes and staycations deliver sales uplift for Halfords
The UK trend for staycations has had a positive impact on bike sales at Halfords.
Where will robots fit into the future of the store?
Join us to learn how robotic solutions can help create a strong and resilient future store estate
Pret A Manger launches in-store coffee subscription
Pret a Manger is offering a digital coffee pass for £20 per month.
Retail Ramble podcast: Pandemic pressure on the supply chain
Swedish fashion brand NA-KD discusses the challenges of moving products around the world during a global pandemic.
M&S and Ocado joint venture goes live
Shoppers will be able to get their hands on M&S food online for the first time from today.
Operational resiliency: advice from leading brands
Join us and learn how leaders are building an agile and capable workforce to win in the new normal and how large-scale projects can be quickly realised towards operational resiliency.
Retail Ramble podcast: Adapting to Covid-19
Insider Trends talks about some of the opportunities retailers can tap into as we make our way through economic uncertainty.
Quick wins for managing local lockdowns and navigating uncertainty
Join us to learn which measures thought-leading retailers have put in place to remain agile during lockdown periods and how they upskilled their workforce into a competitive edge
Retail Ramble podcast: Live streaming eCommerce with Huawei
Huawei describes how live streaming it set to transform social commerce.
Covid-19: UK falls into recession
The UK economy shrank 20.4% between April and June showing the significant impact of coronavirus lockdown measures on spending habits.
Covid-19: Debenhams to cull 2,500 jobs
More bad news from the high street as Debenhams announces 2,500 job losses.
Covid-19: Aldi trials audio prompts to help blind and partially-sighted shoppers
Aldi is working with the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) to introduce audio prompts to improve its traffic light entry system for blind and partially-sighted customers.
