Rebecca Saunders

Retail, Digital & Consumer | Ex @notonthehighst, @johnlewisretail | Leader @Orch_ofthe_City | @columbia_biz MBA, @NewtonprogramVC

[Rebecca Saunders @RetailDetail]

What do you think of the new @JohnLewisRetail strapline? Read my thoughts (and see some pics of in store execution) here 👇
https://t.co/BbZP853rtV

[Rebecca Saunders @RetailDetail]

@_aoifemorgan Congratulations Aoife!

[Rebecca Saunders @RetailDetail]

Anyone spending £250 on an advent calendar this year?

I shared my thoughts on advent calendars with @_aoifemorgan at @retailgazette 👇

[Aoife Morgan @_aoifemorgan]

Weekend read: Have we reached peak Christmas advent calendar? 🤍

https://t.co/sjmHHaj4kI

[Orchestras Live @OrchestrasLive]

We're recruiting new trustees. Find out from our current Vice-Chair @RetailDetail what it's like being a Board member for OL and how the Board supports our work

#OLTeaBreak #trustee #WomenonBoards

https://t.co/IccIysvECS

[Rebecca Saunders @RetailDetail]

@maureen_retail Agreed - so wrong - but 50k people have viewed the video already!

[Rebecca Saunders @RetailDetail]

John Lewis appoints CEO to "supercharge transformation" 👀

https://t.co/4n8jsRCPBj

[Rebecca Saunders @RetailDetail]

@Savvy_Catherine @waitrose I'd think that (sadly) most Waitrose customers don't know what a B Corp is. Some explanation would have been great.

[Rebecca Saunders @RetailDetail]

@marklobel Great story Mark!

[Rebecca Saunders @RetailDetail]

I'm speaking next week about the future of department stores at #pblondon run by @pro_beauty. Let me know if you're going!

[Alvarez & Marsal @alvarezmarsal]

During this period of growth in e-commerce and focus on D2C strategies, is there still value in department stores and retailers? Connect with Rebecca Saunders at International Manufacturers & Distributors Forum 2023 to find out: https://t.co/fktKQeQdBy #AMon #IMF2023 #Retail

[Rebecca Saunders @RetailDetail]

Yes, this 💯

[Rebekah Kondrat @rdkondrat]

How much money would be saved (or made) if for one week out of every year, every executive for brands with stores were required to work as a frontline retail employee?

[Robert Carruthers @RJCarruthers]

At least there's a winner. After the one-two blows of Pandemic/CoL crisis, it's...health & beauty, followed possibly by clothing & footwear, boosted by the cold snap. Online is giving up nearly all its Pandemic gains. The recessionary "lipstick effect" appears to be the victor.

[Rebecca Saunders @RetailDetail]

Interesting move... Hush using and promoting John Lewis / Waitrose distribution via its own site and email 👇

[Rebecca Saunders @RetailDetail]

"Every industry hits rock bottom eventually... the high street has reached that point" 👇

[Neil Saunders @NeilRetail]

🇬🇧 M&S is leading Britain’s high street revival as online retailers careen into crisis https://t.co/vjACPXc8OS

[Forbes @Forbes]

More retailers are charging customers to return holiday items this year. Sometimes they're even refunding the purchase price without asking for the item back. The message: You might not want the gift, but we don't either. https://t.co/R4u2idTcWY

[Neil Saunders @NeilRetail]

Only 5 days into 2023 and we've had massive Amazon layoffs, a bankruptcy warning from Bed Bath & Beyond (though has been brewing for ages), 20% of staff laid off at Stitch Fix, Walgreens posting a $3.7bn quarterly loss, Victoria's Secret CEO exiting, Macy's announcing closures!

[Rebecca Saunders @RetailDetail]

Such a significant drop in high street footfall - and with continuing train disruption this week and Royal Mail strike impact, even if consumers want to spend it's increasingly hard for them to do so before Christmas 👇

[George MacDonald @GeorgeMacD]

Strikes and cold weather hit retail footfall last week. Down 0.9% year on year - down 10 .2% on high streets- and down 20.1% vs 2019, traffic monitor Springboard reports.

[Rebecca Saunders @RetailDetail]

Agree with your analysis here @DeMelloRetail 👇

[Jonathan De Mello @DeMelloRetail]

My views on @Etsy given cost of living increases - and my longer term prognosis for the business - in this @BBCNews article here: https://t.co/mCUkgOKwFg. Etsy need to focus back on their core (unique) business mode & international, and in doing so should continue to succeed.

[Simon French @Frencheconomics]

Interesting to look at today's UK retail sales & which channel shift to online has stuck, vs which was transitory. Apparel now back at pre-CV19 trend, household goods still a bit above, but reverting to trend. Food is the area where behavioural shift has held (up 2.5ppt on trend)

[Rebecca Saunders @RetailDetail]

New job alert - after many years in independent consultant, I'm excited to have joined the Consumer & Retail Group at @alvarezmarsal: https://t.co/ex1E0EuOn8

[Neil Saunders @NeilRetail]

🇬🇧 Next snaps up collapsed online furniture retailer https://t.co/hVUaEft4Is for £3.5m https://t.co/p3ECcETWdM