Analysis

‘Middle East conflict is unlikely to be the last geopolitical shock to test global supply chains’

‘When it comes to buying anything more than basics, we’d rather speak to a human than a bot’

‘It’s nonsensical to make hiring harder as youth unemployment climbs’

‘Consumer spending squeeze will sort the strong from the weak’

‘Too many strategic decisions are built on underlying tech assumptions that no longer apply’

‘Forget about price caps. Retailers are already doing their bit for consumers’

‘In a time of upheaval, retailers have mistaken efficiency for strategy’

‘As public awareness of the horrors of retail crime increases, so too does the risk of a PR disaster’

‘What a difference three months makes – and why retailers shouldn’t panic’

‘Almost no one thinks about how to invest in retail’

‘In these troubling times, retail shouldn’t forget Jewish people’s great contribution to the industry’

‘As retailers find life a slog, roll on the World Cup’

‘New laws will fail shop workers unless employers make it easier to report crime’

‘Primark will need to face down short-termists when it goes public’

‘The UK food system is tired of poor policy and incompetence’

‘Succession planning needn’t be a minefield’

‘Inflationary pressures created by war are very much alive’

‘M&S has spoken out powerfully on retail crime – now let’s pressure authorities to act’

‘Government suggestion of war ‘profiteering’ was cheap politics’

‘AI may not be threatening jobs right now. But in future..?’

‘1990s reloaded – why retailers need to respond to the AI revolution’

‘Next will set the tone on retail’s prospects when it reveals results as war rages’

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