Opinion – Page 116
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OpinionBlog: Investing in innovation to prepare for future growth
Despite having its most successful peak season to date in 2015, delivery company Hermes is already looking for ways to improve for 2016.
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OpinionOpinion: How retailers can learn from Christmas to boost their online offers
The BRC’s latest figures show that consumer spend has continued to move online – how can retailers adapt to this trend in the year ahead?
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OpinionOpinion: Why like-for-like sales no longer tell the full story in retail
For years, reporting retail success has focused on like-for-likes, measuring who is up and down. But this is becoming less useful.
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OpinionTheo Paphitis: Everything’s changed in retail... and there’s more to come
The pace at which retail innovations are being adopted by consumers shows no signs of abating and the industry will never be the same again.
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OpinionOpinion: David Bowie offered retailers lessons in reinvention and innovation
The death of David Bowie – unexpected and too soon – had a profound impact on many of us, and highlights how perceptions can differ.
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OpinionBlog: Need-to-know delivery disruptors for the retail supply chain
From peer-to-peer platforms to crowd delivery, there are several companies attempting to shake up the traditional delivery models.
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OpinionOpinion: Why Asda's tough decisions are a necessary evil of the industry
Asda has had to make difficult calls to keep itself competitive, particularly in light of the ongoing challenge from the grocery discounters.
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OpinionWebsite review: Aldi’s ecomm debut pushes simplicity but loses on delivery
As Aldi’s eagerly awaited wine website hits the market, is the discounter’s offer going to challenge its more established competition?
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OpinionOpinion: Traditional KPIs mean little in this new era of retail
The Christmas trading updates have been a mixed bag, dividing retailers into two starkly contrasting groups of under- and over-performers.
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OpinionOpinion: Product sets retail winners apart over Christmas trading period
December, traditionally the month in which retailers had a licence to print money, proved lacklustre for many, as sales and footfall data have shown.
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OpinionOpinion: US retailers are failing to innovate at home and abroad
A visit to the National Retail Federation expo in New York reveals that while US stores are good, they are stuck in something of a rut.
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OpinionLeo McKee: Adapt to survive the changing shape of retail
As trading patterns shift and consumer habits change, retailers must evolve with the times in order to ensure a successful future.
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OpinionRetail surgery: Maximising the impact of online design and marketing
How can retailers maximise the impact of design and marketing online?
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OpinionOpinion: Tesco confounds critics over Christmas and will continue to do so
After Tesco posted a better than expected Christmas trading update today, people are asking themselves if the grocer has turned a corner.
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OpinionOpinion: Retail should prepare for a year of unprecedented change
If the unsettled start to the year is the shape of things to come, don’t expect 2016 to be the era the new normal emerges in retail.
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OpinionOpinion: Sainsbury's Home Retail bid will progress, but questions remain
If the price is right, Sainsbury’s move on Home Retail could make sense. But is this the right response to Amazon and what will happen to Homebase?
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OpinionOpinion: Boost to tourism retail as visas for Chinese extended to two years
UK China Visa Alliance welcomes longer standard visas for Chinese visitors but says it will continue to push for 10-year permits.
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OpinionOpinion: Augmented reality and connected groceries at CES 2016
Technical innovations varying from augmented and virtual reality to the internet of things were all on display at trade show CES 2016.
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OpinionBlog: Reflecting on the success of delivering Christmas 2015
Hermes head of marketing Joanne Morley discusses a successful peak trading period for both retailers and the delivery giant.
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OpinionOpinion: 2016 will be a momentous year for retail as policy challenges loom
While the industry can do much to help itself, a lot rides on easing some of the policy burdens imposed on it by Government.