
Ellis Hawthorne
Journalist and Features Editor at Retail Week
Journalist • Features editor @RetailWeek • she/her
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Data: Six retailers that can afford to raise prices – and four that can’t By Ellis Hawthorne2025-06-20T05:30:00 If you were to increase your prices overnight, how might your customers react? Thanks to data from Kantar’s Pricing Power division, Retail Week can reveal what the consequences for 10 retailers could be if they were to do just that With so many varying factors and priorities, getting a gauge on how customers feel about your brand is a difficult thing to do
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Matalan improves profitability as turnaround gets underway By Ellis Hawthorne2025-06-18T11:05:00 Matalan has improved underlying profitability but its executive chair has said there’s “more work to do” as it accelerates its transformation. Matalan said it was focused on driving profitability rather than sales growth to “enable sustainable growth as business transformation progresses.”
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retail-week.com | Ellis Hawthorne
Primark orders staff back to the office By Ellis Hawthorne2025-06-18T14:36:00 Primark has cut down on the number of days staff in selected teams spend working from home. The update, which comes into effect on September 15, applies to the retailer’s employees based at its Arthur Ryan House office in Dublin.
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retail-week.com | Ellis Hawthorne
Matalan improves profitability as turnaround gets underway By Ellis Hawthorne2025-06-18T11:05:00 Matalan has improved underlying profitability but its executive chair has said there’s “more work to do” as it accelerates its transformation. Matalan said it was focused on driving profitability rather than sales growth to “enable sustainable growth as business transformation progresses.”
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retail-week.com | Ellis Hawthorne
Refined and reimagined: The Cotswold Company’s ‘Gentle Renovation’ in Knutsford By Ellis Hawthorne2025-06-17T14:48:00 The Cotswold Co has converted a former bank into its latest showroom in Knutsford. The former site of a Barclays Bank, Cotswold said it had “completely transformed” the unit, which has been vacant and derelict for several years.
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