All Opinion articles – Page 5
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OpinionPeter Williams: ‘A second wave, curfews, empty offices – is this as good as it gets?’
By now we had all hoped that there would be a predictable path back to some kind of steady-state resembling where we were pre-Covid.
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‘We’re all responsible for looking after the people that contribute to retail’s success’
We – you, me, every leader in British retail – have been handed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to prevent a potentially life- and sector-changing incoming mental health storm.
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Move of the Week: M&S ups digital game with new hire Lumsden
In a week that has seen Tesco chief executive Ken Murphy make his first significant appointment in the shape of new finance chief Imran Nawaz, a less high profile but potentially just as significant hire caught my eye.
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‘As shoppers flock online, investors are following’
The Issa brothers’ £6.8bn swoop on Asda may be an exception that proves the rule. While the forecourt convenience retail entrepreneurs have put their money into a primarily bricks-and-mortar business, other people’s cash is increasingly going elsewhere.
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‘Retailers can play crucial role in stemming tide of social deprivation’
British retailers’ benefits to the health and wellbeing of society has never been properly valued.
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‘Data is one of the biggest opportunities still available in retail’
Brands and retailers have an opportunity to pause and listen to what their customers want before blindly marketing products at them, says Sarah Curran-Usher.
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‘As we face a second wave employee wellbeing is paramount’
The best-laid plans often go to waste, but never more so than during the past six months.
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‘Whisper it for now, but retail is on the road to recovery’
One would be forgiven for thinking retail was on its proverbial deathbed given some of the media coverage of the past few days.
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Andy Clarke: ‘Online rush will contribute to serious margin trouble across grocery’
The battle for the online food home-delivery market is entering the world of the surreal.
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No Limits: ‘Help us keep retail at its brilliant best for everyone’
The retail industry’s meritocratic reputation has always been celebrated.
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Ian Shepherd: ‘Don’t wall off data inside the marketing department’
In more than one high street retailer I’ve heard the same thing. “Oh, yes, we do data science stuff – it’s over there in the marketing department where we decide who to email”.
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‘Christmas time, Covid tests and wine? Retailers must adapt for a taxing Golden Quarter’
In little more than a week’s time, retail’s traditional Golden Quarter begins, but it would take more than three wise men to work out how it may go this year.
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WBA: ‘Overcoming racism in retail means taking a hard look in the mirror’
In RWRC Be Inspired’s first column, Walgreens Boots Alliance senior director of diversity and inclusion Fiona Ibáñez-Major reflects on what the racial pandemic has taught the business, steps being taken to drive real change and how others in the industry must follow suit.
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Move of the Week: Morrisons' new marketing chief Rachel Eyre
At a time of great change and disruption, acquiring and retaining talented individuals has arguably never been more important.
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Richard Walker: ‘Our species and the planet have a serious problem with plastic’
‘You can’t manage what you can’t measure’ is an insight usually attributed to Peter Drucker, probably the most famous management consultant of all time.
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Andy Clarke: ‘Consumers haven’t felt the real pain yet, but they will’
It’s the cliché of 2020 to read that we are in unprecedented times, or this, that and the other have been changed forever by the Covid crisis.
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‘Landmark CVA vote must usher in a New Look for retail rents’
One line stood out in New Look chief executive Nigel Oddy’s statement this afternoon after creditors rubber-stamped its controversial company voluntary arrangement (CVA).
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Move of the Week: Big shoes to fill at Booker and Amazon
It’s taken less than a fortnight for the jobs’ market to explode back into life after the summer break with two significant appointments confirmed within hours of one another earlier this week.
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‘As a second lockdown looms, here’s what shielded shoppers would love from retailers’
New restrictions are a stark reminder that the pandemic is not over. Shielded shopper and retail analyst Michael Lieblich shares his experience of what retailers are doing well and what they could do better for vulnerable customers.
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‘If landlords reject New Look CVA, they’ll be next in line for administration’
A lot of people have had to swallow bitter pills to help safeguard the future of New Look. Now one final group, landlords, is being asked to share the harsh medicine.
