All Retail Week articles in November 26 2010 – Page 5
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AnalysisTaking the risk out of the switch to green
Green technology suppliers must recognise the challenges facing the high street and respond accordingly
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AnalysisThe happy medium
A good work-life balance can benefit both the individual and the business, explains Pauline Hudson-Evans, founder and director of Hudson Walker International
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AnalysisOn-the-job training is ideal for retail
Anne Seaman, chief executive of Skillsmart Retail, describes how apprenticeships help to improve management skills and build teams that can work together
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NewsLeading retailers reveal multichannel strategies
Retail Week has launched Multichannel Now, the most in-depth research report yet on the true impact multichannel is having on UK retailing, and where the industry’s leaders think it will go on the years ahead.
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AnalysisMarketplaces
A marketplace lets retailers be seen as a one-stop-shop for shoppers to source a particular product, but etailers need to avoid the potential pitfalls
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AnalysisMeasuring success
Criterion Partnership director Alan Redman takes us through the seven critical success factors for creating return on investment
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AnalysisMorrisons United
Retail transformation projects have a habit of causing disruption and falling short of their goals. Halfway through a radical four-year systems overhaul, how has Morrisons avoided the pitfalls? Tim Danaher speaks to the key players in the biggest transformation project in retail
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AnalysisMultichannel Now
Based on exhaustive interviews with many of the biggest names in UK retailing, Retail Week’s groundbreaking report Multichannel Now is the definitive guide to multichannel in the UK. Here, in an extract from the introduction to the report, its author Joanna Perry sums up the challenges the multichannel world is ...
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AnalysisSocial platform
Bearing Partnership co-founder Tim Smith discusses how social media affects the composition, responsibility and recruitment of an ecommerce team
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AnalysisOn a roll with receipts
It’s not easy being green, but there are simple, easy to implement solutions out there for retailers that want to not only help the environment but cut costs as well
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AnalysisTalent spotting in recruitment
The Government is firm that skills development is crucial to the sustainable growth of the UK economy.
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AnalysisA supporting role
Angela Mortimer, co-founder of recruitment agency Angela Mortimer, advises on how to make office support staff feel like they are an integral part of the business
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AnalysisSearch and selection
Using an executive search firm helps find the top performers in your sector to recruit, says Mathew Dixon, director of Hudson Walker International
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NewsTesco's Brasher dismisses Clubcard concerns
Tesco’s incoming UK chief executive Richard Brasher has dismissed suggestions that its ramped-up loyalty programme is inflating UK sales.
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NewsLocal authorities must stop raising parking charges says BRC
The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has renewed calls for cash-strapped councils to stop increasing parking charges which are harming high street sales.
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NewsJohn Lewis records weekly sales of £100m
John Lewis sales for the week ending Saturday November 27 were just shy of £100m, showing shoppers were not deterred by the snowfall across the country.
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NewsValue of online grocery sales to double to £9.5bn
The value of grocery shopping on the internet is predicted to nearly double to £9.5bn in five years, according to grocery research house IGD.
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NewsLondon's West End retailers score £250m weekend sales
Retailers in London reported a bumper start to the festive shopping season with shoppers splashing out more than £250m in the West End over the weekend.