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Fast Fashion: The global battle

The fast fashion landscape is a crowded space. Spend a couple of minutes on a train platform, browsing Instagram, scrolling…

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Amazon to show 20 Premier League matches a season

Amazon has announced it has won a broadcast package to show 20 Premier League matches per season from the 2019…

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Amazon to create 2,500 UK jobs

Online retail giant Amazon has announced that it will create 2,500 permanent jobs in the UK in 2018, taking the…

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The scale of retailers’ underpreparedness

Against the backdrop of compressed margins and relentless competition from the large retailer players such as Amazon, and with more…

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Amazon faces legal action over alleged ‘bogus’ self-employment

GMB, the trade union for ‘gig economy’ workers, has announced plans to bring legal action against three of Amazon’s delivery…

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Retailers to be forced to report suspicious purchases to MI5

The new Home Secretary Sajid Javid has announced a policy that will see retailers forced to report suspicious sales such…

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GMB Amazon probe finds ‘terrible conditions’ for warehouse staff

An investigation by trade union GMB has found “terrible conditions” and poor treatment of workers in Amazon warehouses. A series…

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Over 10,000 stores predicted to close in 2018, analysts say

A new report from the Centre for Retail Research (CRR) has predicted that 2018 will be the worst year on…

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40% of independent Amazon shareholders oppose Bezos ‘being his own boss’

Over a quarter of Amazon shareholders have voted in favour of a resolution filed by SumOfUs calling on the company…

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Retail survival tactics that work

The so-called retail apocalypse has hit both long-standing high street giants and hardworking independent retailers, although some brands are proving…

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