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Rebecca Thomson

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2 years

Thanks @BBCPanorama for including me and @ComputerWeekly in this important programme on the Post Office scandal. I'm glad to have played a part in getting the story out - read Great Post Office Scandal by @nickwallis for the whole saga

BBC One - Panorama, The Post Office Scandal

The story of the most widespread miscarriage of justice in British legal history.

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Thank you @sabahmeddings and @vickicouchman @thesundaytimes for this piece on our @ComputerWeekly 2009 story.

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It's not online but @HugoCDaniel and I have a story on bankrupt postmasters being offered half their interim compensation in today's Sunday Times. Big thank you @DeirdreC65

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Our podcast this week - bankrupt postmasters are having huge chunks of payouts taken to pay debtors, others are being offered far less than they should be, and some have waited years for nothing so far. @nickwallis

Ep 25 - The Compensation Crunch

A day of tedious technicality and extreme misery combined to flatten any Christmas cheer around central London on Thursday 8 December. Both Nic and Rebecca attended a special compensation hearing to...

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2 years

Excited that @nickwallis and I have launched a podcast covering all things Post Office scandal. You can listen here:

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2 years

The Post Office inquiry this week - confirmation bias, software that needed to be re-written, and postmasters being systemically ignored in the late 90s

Ep 19 - Dark secrets about Horizon's birth revealed

Another week of evidence from the Post Office Horizon IT inquiry concludes with a burning question still unanswered. Who at the Post Office decided to start using data from an obviously unstable IT...

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2 years

This week at the Post Office inquiry - the last week of phase 2 packed in the witnesses, from secretaries of state to union leaders. The common theme was no-one was checking that the tech worked for postmasters. @nickwallis

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2 years

Five more Post Office convictions overturned yesterday

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2 years

Big thank you to postmaster Richard Hawkes & Prof @RichardMoorhead on this week's Post Office podcast - we talk perversion of the course of justice, potential racial disparities in postmaster treatment, & the role of lawyers/implications for the profession

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2 years

Our interview with Lord Arbuthnot covers how he got involved with the Post Office scandal, why people didn't take it seriously for so long, and multiple missed opportunities to put it right @nickwallis #postofficescandal

Ep 20 - Master interview: Lord Arbuthnot

Lord (James) Arbuthnot speaks to Rebecca and Nick. An hour wasn't quite long enough, but the good Lord did reveal some intriguing details we haven't heard before including the revelation he applied...

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2 years

Yesterday's Post Office compensation hearing: 20% of @hudgellsol clients are bankrupt; new 3-week deadline for interim payments; we interviewed @FloraClairePage and postmasters @FelsteadTracy @SeemaMisra7 @Janetsk20073533 and Parmod Kalia:

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2 years

The last two weeks of the Post Office inquiry have offered glimpses of how people and crucial info were silenced in the early days of Horizon: Which is also explored in our latest podcast:

Ep 23 - Byers Beware

Our first former Secretary of State - Stephen Byers - and the first woman - Dr Sarah Graham - give evidence to Phase 2 of the Post Office Horizon IT inquiry. Nick and Rebecca have parsed the week's...

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2 years

This week at the Post Office inquiry: the Horizon death march, dissenting voices being silenced, and an unexplained leap in requests for audit data @nickwallis

Ep 22 - Dave the Destroyer

Dave McDonnell becomes the most important witness of the second phase of the Post Office Horizon IT inquiry so far by explaining in detail exactly how the Horizon system did not and would not work,...

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2 years

Big thank you to the brilliant @CastletonLee for speaking to me for our latest podcast episode. One of the first postmasters affected by the Horizon scandal, he is so interesting on every aspect of the Post Office saga and British scandals more broadly

Ep 10 - Lee Castleton: Justice For Subpostmasters Alliance founding...

Lee was there right at the beginning, has seen it all and has campaigned hard every step of the way. How hard is to be a campaigner when you've been sapped of your energy and you have no funds to...

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2 years

Should those who sent postmasters to prison be investigated for perversion of the course of justice? Great piece by @sabahmeddings with me and @HugoCDaniel and thanks to @PaulMar72224296

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2 years

The Post Office inquiry this week: lots of tech, unauthorized access to Post Office counter systems, and mistrusting journalists: @nickwallis

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2 years

No date given for compensating 'most desperate' Post Office victims #postofficescandal

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2 years

As @nickwallis has tweeted we are covering the Post Office inquiry from today and hope to produce a weekly round-up podcast and articles. We're doing this via crowdfunding, and will be very grateful to anyone able to support

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7 years

‘Micro’ influencers on Instagram with approx 100k or fewer followers increasingly drive better engagement than celebrities with millions of followers #nrf2018

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2 years

Key questions for the next phase of the Post Office public inquiry, which re-starts this week

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2 years

Our podcast and a quick round-up of week one, phase two of the Post Office inquiry, including the potential role of Whitehall's culture.

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Rebecca Thomson

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8 years

Heard two CEOs today say on cost cutting (Virgin Atlantic and Ted Baker) - never touch the things the customer is going to see #RWL16

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Rebecca Thomson

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8 years

Baroness Neville-Rolfe on senior women in business - retail needs to lead the way because vast majority of its customers are women #RWL16

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2 years

@JoHamil73963257 ha jo you are the star, I am in awe of you all

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2 years

On episode 7 of the Post Office podcast, we interviewed @HannahQuirk1 , an expert in miscarriages of justice who is working on unraveling the long-term implications of the case

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7 years

US activewear brand Outdoor Voices uses Instagram to have a conversation with consumers - it also gets feedback and ideas for new product development #nrf2018

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9 years

The 3 Innovation Campus finalists are Elevaate, DigitalBridge and Formisimo #RWL15 http://t.co/zQPIZZAwNs

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Rebecca Thomson

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10 years

Our John Lewis special issue in print #JL150

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2 years

@evilattic if you're happy to, i'd also be grateful to speak to you. I'm working on a possible story in this area - rebeccamthomson @gmail .com

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7 years

The advertiser base on Instagram has doubled twice in the last 6 months; 80% of its 800m users connect voluntarily with businesses #nrf2018

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8 years

Another 2016 theme: subscription model moving beyond the niche Deloitte's Retail Trends by @iandgeddes @benrperkins

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7 years

Alibaba says Chinese consumers will account for 44% of global luxury sales by 2025 #NRF2018

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7 years

Stylus' latest Macro Trend, The Work/Life Revolution: Threats + opportunities facing brands in a post 9-to-5 world:

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Rebecca Thomson

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6 years

Why multichannel in fashion is speeding up:

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Rebecca Thomson

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2 years

@JoHamil73963257 you were easy to believe!

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Rebecca Thomson

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7 years

Fashion's 5 most emotionally engaging Xmas ads, according to face-tracking tech from @realeyesit

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Rebecca Thomson

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2 years

@stephennaylor Haha thank you, it feels like an odd turn of events. Hope all is well with you

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Rebecca Thomson

@Rebeccathomson_

10 years

Start-up of the week is native retail app platform Poq Studio @poqstudio : http://t.co/EZ4tioeEud - they are currently fundraising

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10 years

Pete marsden, Asos CIO, says if one of the big magazines like Grazia got good at ecommerce 'they'd be a real threat' at #SDLinnovate event

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10 years

Asos CIO on delivery in Russia- it takes us a day to get it to the Russian border and then 28 days to get it to the customer #RWL14

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Rebecca Thomson

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6 years

Our annual consumer data survey on how fashion shoppers' habits are changing:

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Rebecca Thomson

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6 years

Five fashion tech trends from NRF a couple of weeks ago

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10 years

At John Lewis's JLab pitch day for start-ups - analytics, mobile and location services all popular http://t.co/fzpfxj39us

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2 years

@HeatherDexterR1 @BBCPanorama @ComputerWeekly @nickwallis thank you and no, there's a long way to go

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10 years

Twitter UK MD Bruce Daisley says @Jacqueline_Gold usage of twitter is 'incredible' #RWL14 . You need timely messages, and talk in a human way

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11 years

How retailers can use neuromarketing and psychology to influence shoppers http://t.co/ltj7k99dJl

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8 years

Virgin Atlantic CEO great on innovation: best way to do it is to ask a group of very different people a very good question #RWL16

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10 years

Interesting structure at Asos- IT sits right alongside marketing, work very closely together. 'Big part of my job is speed' CIO says #RWL14

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8 years

Useful / interesting stats on the influence of digital on stores - 33% of UK store sales now influenced by digital

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2 years

@ArchNichola @hudgellsol @FloraClairePage @FelsteadTracy @SeemaMisra7 @Janetsk20073533 Thank you!

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Rebecca Thomson

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7 years

Levi’s on experiential retail & Levi’s stadium at NRF conf today, the first keynote: how can we think beyond a pair of jeans and create a place to actually wear them. #NRF2018

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7 years

How Chinese retailers are embracing facial recognition technology:

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Rebecca Thomson

@Rebeccathomson_

2 years

@ArchNichola @nickwallis thank you for speaking to us for it!

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2 years

Write up of 2nd Post Office compensation hearing: explanations from BEIS, & further Post Office criticism from postmasters’ barristers –"We are told the historic failings are a matter of great regret but there is little evidence of this."

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Rebecca Thomson

@Rebeccathomson_

11 years

V clever Uniqlo scheme in store - free heat tech t shirt in return for your email and mobile no http://t.co/mijHuvuTKF

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Rebecca Thomson

@Rebeccathomson_

10 years

Sir Terry Leahy and Nick Robertson on why delivery has become so crucial http://t.co/JEBbdBYCIQ

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@Rebeccathomson_

8 years

. @RetailWeek 's video on Deloitte Digital's Connected store...using IoT technology to show how stores will change

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@Rebeccathomson_

11 years

John Lewis is to trial an online personal shopper service after an internal innovation competition: http://t.co/Fohg29Dj2h

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@Rebeccathomson_

9 years

Who are 2015's top 10 fastest-growing retailers in the UK? http://t.co/jmsRlQvazJ

Analysis: The top 10 fastest-growing retailers in the UK, 2015

Our list of the fastest-growing retailers in the UK highlights businesses that have excelled at increasing profits in the past year.

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@Rebeccathomson_

7 years

In 2009 Ali baba did $7m worth of sales in 24hrs; in 2017 they did $25.3bn. Bigger than Brazil’s and Australia’s entire annual ecommerce sales #NRF2018

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Rebecca Thomson

@Rebeccathomson_

11 years

We're collecting retail Christmas facts, one of my favourites is that Asda is selling £1million worth of onesies a week & has been since Oct

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Rebecca Thomson

@Rebeccathomson_

10 years

Our etail powerlist is out today, free to view - the top 50 most powerful people in UK ecommerce: http://t.co/yztf9U3p8a #etail50

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Rebecca Thomson

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11 years

To clarify sorry we are after technoloy start-ups that are retail related, like Blippar - we're collecting a list of the best ones

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11 years

Spots direct uses its app for scan and shop in its new mag, which is interesting http://t.co/Ed0e82T5nO

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Rebecca Thomson

@Rebeccathomson_

10 years

@mattjames78 @fredsoneya @dant3 @FergalOMullane great to see you!

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Rebecca Thomson

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8 years

At a very busy Retail Week Live and Tesco UK boss Matt Davies started the day by pitching Tesco as the supermarket that cares #RWL16

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14 years

Central London at a total standstill and ox circus station on fire. Clever students! What an intelligent point you make

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2 years

At last week's Post Office hearing, the compensation process was described as a ‘scandal within a scandal.'

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9 years

Entries for our tech and ecom awards are up 50% on 2014 - shows how much the industry has done in this area in the last year

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Rebecca Thomson

@Rebeccathomson_

15 years

RT @lauraoliver RT @journalismnews How to: write the perfect press release for journalists - our crowdsourced answers http://bit.ly/hK8jj

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15 years

Got 17 languages, 8 degrees and does your mum edit the WSJ? RT @adders Telegraph's editorial graduate scheme is back http://bit.ly/7frRwM

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10 years

The print Power List is out.. And you can see it online at http://t.co/L6WZL8D70M

Rebecca Thomson's post on Vine

The print Power List is out.. And you can see it online at www.retail-week.com/5050502.article

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2 years

@RonRwarming @BBCPanorama @ComputerWeekly @nickwallis thank you!

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10 years

@FOXHUNTmenswear @TheDandyLab @coeur_peter great thanks. We will cover it Oct 10th issue & online today, pls copy in matthew.chapman @emap

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2 years

@bysianharrison @BBCPanorama @ComputerWeekly @nickwallis thank you!

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Rebecca Thomson

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10 years

Tesco offers London shoppers free lunches to trial in-store mobile payment: http://t.co/zFwOtPuUpD

Tesco offers shoppers free lunches to trial in-store mobile payment

Tesco has teamed up with technology firm PowaTag to test a mobile payment platform that allows shoppers to pay via QR code.

www.retail-week.com

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Rebecca Thomson

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10 years

Shop Direct, Tesco, John Lewis and Argos on how to work with tech start-ups: http://t.co/D5T1jobrrY

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7 years

How B&Q has updated its digital strategy:

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10 years

Secrets of success: Leading retailers including Andy Clarke and Mike Coupe reveal what got them to the top: http://t.co/qYRHwqGAj0

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7 years

Topshop’s latest VR project taps into the trend for sensorial immersion:

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2 years

“There has been delay, obfuscation, they make statements and excuses. They do everything but pay up promptly.”

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10 years

Tesco trials slimline contactless payment tills in London stores: http://t.co/XEQMrKmpLa

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2 years

@TomMcAteer5 @BBCPanorama @ComputerWeekly @nickwallis thank you! Nick's book is great

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7 years

How retailers are becoming activists, and why consumers want them to:

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11 years

What’s next for ecommerce?Find out from online retail experts including @HoF_Andy during our Etail Power List Webinar http://t.co/lYyzAOefZt

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7 years

Some of the best tech innovators from last week's Retail Business Technology Expo:

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9 years

@Hamilton_Alex @lmarks @Katie_Barker13 @retailweek in the next 2 to 3 years we'll start to see the IoT have more of an impact #TSRevolution

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10 years

Asos technology boss Pete Marsden on the fashion retailer's IT investment plans: http://t.co/UMXCEcpHI0

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13 years

Been researching customer service on social media this week and the winners have been @Waterstones and @BandQ

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8 years

Great documentary on women in business - part of Retail Week's Be Inspired campaign by @rolandbodenham #RWBeinspired

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11 years

Tesco's chief information officer @mikemacn on the key technology trends of NRF 2014: http://t.co/1HobUHWpdE

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12 years

How retailers can harness Pinterest: http://t.co/IM3g1BV5

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14 years

Government departments must publish all IT contracts online from July http://bit.ly/bg2NGI

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8 years

Ray Kelvin stresses how important it is to care about staff / people - says he wants to make everyone feel like an entrepreneur #RWL16

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10 years

Asos offers free shipping to 250 countries. Just from one warehouse. "Our customers expect it and its our job to make it profitable" #RWL14

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10 years

Start-up of the week is personalised shopping app Gentset: http://t.co/gBmRiCo0OT

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6 years

Tomorrow @Drapers is running a live briefing on what the ideal customer experience increasingly looks like in fashion, and who's achieving it. You can register for free here -

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6 years

Drapers has a launched a gender equality survey to determine the state of equality in fashion

Drapers launches gender equality survey

We want as many members of the UK fashion industry as possible to take part in the anonymous surv...

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15 years

Blog: Know someone with good advice? No Country for Young Women connects the generations http://bit.ly/3ux4tG follow @NCYW

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11 years

Dont forget our twitter chat tomorrow 2pm: Do retailers do enough to appeal to mums? Who's best at it,whose offer needs improving? #RWmums

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