Eight trends for 2019 The focus for the 2019 World Retail Congress is High Velocity Retail. In describing the ever-faster pace of change that is impacting on retailing, the theme also describes a new …

“Department stores are great and they have a great future. People have been trying to kill us off for centuries,” Dimas Gimeno Alvarez, El Cortes Ingles’ Chairman told the World Retail Congress on Thu …

Opportunities for retail growth remain strong despite concerns about protectionism impacting global supply chains in a number of emerging markets, according to Deloitte Chief Global Economist Ira Kali …

Kaspar Basse, founder and CEO of Joe & the Juice, said: “Everything goes through our employees and if it’s not engaging to our employees we would not do it, no matter how much money it would make. We …

What does it mean to you to be a female leader and trailblazer? “I don’t perceive myself as a trailblazer. Rather, I am grateful to those women who paved the path. However, being a female leader gives …

Q: In the Global Powers of Retailing report, you stated that you thought the global economy finished 2018 at a turning point and could be entering difficult times. This is in contrast to the optimism …

What it means to you to be a female leader and trailblazer? “It is a huge deal to have created a pioneer brand in my home country after having honed my skills 10 years away in the US. I love that whil …

In a speech which introduced the company's policy of paying college fees for the children of full-time staff, Stanley the female company dog and why employees are taking a petition to end the tax on f …