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• Zara launches ‘heavily Harry coded’ range by Harry Styles’ stylist

  10-11-2023 17:59
  
  Harry Lambert’s 60-piece collection includes retro-inspired silhouettes and playful cartoon printsHe’s the stylist responsible for putting Harry Styles in neon suiting and dainty pearl necklaces. But now Harry Lambert is bringing the aesthetic to the masses with the launch of a 60-piece collection for Zara, featuring retro-inspired silhouettes and playful cartoon prints, including a giant bunny in a green hat.“People like Prince and Mick Jagger have done it before,” says
  
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• Majestic Wine joins forces with Rest Less to attract vintage colleagues

  10-11-2023 17:33 via retailgazette.co.uk
  
  Majestic Wine has joined forces with digital platform for the over-50s Rest Less to attract a larger number of older colleagues to the company.
  The partnership allows Majestic to post vacancies from all areas of the business on the Rest Less job board.
  Rest Less, which was launched in 2019, helps its members “get the most from life” from employment opportunities to health advice.
  The move comes as the wine retailer has seen a rise in older staff members joining the business since the
  
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• Many unhappy returns: UK retailers count the costly growth in sent-back items

  10-11-2023 17:02
  
  Mounting waste, rising costs and shrinking profits prompt firms to find ways to deter shoppers from sending stuff backAs the UK gears up for this year’s festive shopping spree, retailers are increasingly worried about how to handle the millions of unwanted items bought online and then sent back by shoppers.Up to half of clothing bought on websites is returned, depending on the retailer, and last year the number of items sent back rose by 26% on 2021, with the biggest day for returns being
  
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• OnBuy hails first ever profitable month ahead of expansion plans

  10-11-2023 15:32 via retailgazette.co.uk
  
  OnBuy marked its first ever profitable month in October and is also forecasting a profitable quarter.
  Although the marketplace did not reveal specific figures, it claimed it had continued to see impressive year-on-year results following a range of new releases and optimisations across its platform.
  The news comes as the company’s CEO and founder Cas Paton confirmed OnBuy had secured strategic investment from a Nasdaq-listed global tech firm to accelerate its global expansion and UK growth.
  
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• Iceland shuns Christmas 2023 ad to invest more in keeping prices low

  10-11-2023 13:53 via retailgazette.co.uk
  
  Iceland has chosen not to release a Christmas TV and will instead invest in supporting customers during the cost-of-living crisis.
  The decision comes amid other supermarket giants launching their Christmas campaigns earlier this month.
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• Groceries shoppers are proving resistant to tech disruption

  10-11-2023 13:42
  Instacart and Amazon show shopping habits are hard to break, especially in the US
  
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• Booths supermarkets to ditch self-checkouts in north of England stores

  10-11-2023 12:04
  
  Supermarket chain to remove self-checkouts from all but two of its stores, saying ‘we’re not great fans’Some people love the speed and efficiency of supermarket self-checkouts. But then there’s the not recognising your bag, the unexpected item in the bagging area, the surprising item on the scale, the point-blank refusal to scan something, the constant coupon confusion and that’s all before the long – so long – wait to get your alcohol or paracetamol app
  
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• Delivering growth: How to master order fulfilment for online marketplaces?

  10-11-2023 11:57 via retailgazette.co.uk
  
  Fulfillment refers to everything that happens between the moment an order has been placed by a customer and the moment they receive the product. This includes the picking, packing, delivery of those products, but also tracking orders, handling returns and providing customer support.
  The rules of the game have changed, and it is delivery that often has the final say on where consumers spend their money. Post purchase, bad fulfillment is a fantastic way to lose customers. According to Ipsos, 85% o
  
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• Watch: All of retail’s Christmas ads, from John Lewis to Asda

  10-11-2023 09:17 via retailgazette.co.uk
  
  It’s that time of year again. Christmas ads have started appearing on TV with retail front and centre with a slew of blockbuster campaigns.
  While some of the ads tug on viewers’ heartstrings with tales of lost mittens and cuddly toys, others take on a playful tone with singing oven gloves and dancing dolls.
  This year there is also an array of big name celebrities making appearances, from Michael Bublé to Ryan Reynolds.
  Retail Gazette looks at all of retail’s Christm
  
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• Asos to open first-ever London pop-up store ahead of Black Friday

  10-11-2023 08:16 via retailgazette.co.uk
  
  Asos is set to make its physical pop-up store debut this month in London, allowing customers to experience its “fashion first-hand” as well as a collaboration with Snapchat promising “to take immersive shopping to the next level”.
  The four-storey pop-up at 11 Rathbone Place in London, will run from November 23-26, coinciding with Black Friday, and will offer an immersive space for consumers to try on and buy, both physically and digitally, a curated edit of its autum
  
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• Luxury ecommerce groups lose their sparkle after top labels play digital catch-up

  10-11-2023 06:00
  Farfetch and Yoox Net-a-Porter suffer as high-end brands boost their online offerings
  
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• Q&A: Luca Cassina, President, Retail, Planet

  10-11-2023 01:00 via theretailbulletin.com
  
  Luca has over 20 years’ experience in retail, ecommerce, and payments, and comes from Mirakl, a French cloud-based e-commerce software company providing online marketplace software to retailers. He also... View Article
  
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• H&M launches new snow collection

  10-11-2023 01:00 via theretailbulletin.com
  
  H&M has launched a new affordable winter performance wear range for women and men as part of its H&M Move brand. The new Snow Collection has... View Article
  
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• Burberry Streets launches in New York

  10-11-2023 01:00 via theretailbulletin.com
  
  Burberry is celebrating the festive season by taking London to New York with a temporary takeover of the Temple Bar in NoHo as part of its... View Article
  
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• B&M raises profit guidance as it announces store expansion plans

  10-11-2023 01:00 via theretailbulletin.com
  
  B&M has increased its full-year profit outlook after posting a strong uplift in first-half sales and profit. In the 26 weeks to 23 September, group revenue... View Article
  
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• Anya Hindmarch to open Labelled store in Burlington Arcade

  10-11-2023 01:00 via theretailbulletin.com
  
  Anya Hindmarch is to open a new store in Burlington Arcade, the 204-year-old luxury shopping destination in London’s Mayfair. Spanning 120 square feet, the shop will... View Article
  
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