Opinion – Page 142
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OpinionComment: How will Osborne’s business rates review impact retailers?
The Chancellor’s business rates announcement could be an easy way of appearing to be addressing the issue without actually having to do anything.
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OpinionComment: Lewis’ Tesco restructure could make the grocer more agile
Tesco boss Dave Lewis leadership changes could see the grocer turn around on its difficulties with branding and the customer.
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OpinionComment: What was the weak link in Tesco’s financial controls?
Having dealt with a misreported payment himself, Tesco boss Dave Lewis faces a difficult task picking up the pieces at the retailer.
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OpinionComment: Bonmarché has driven sales by knowing its audience
Bonmarché first-half profits and sales surged as it kept focused on its core customers despite being hit by warm autumn weather.
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OpinionComment: What can supermarkets learn from the automotive sector?
The difficulties supermarkets are currently facing with discounters mirror changes the automotive industry underwent 15 years ago.
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OpinionComment: Black Friday and Singles Day improve the retail calendar
Seasonal retail promotions imported from overseas can be tricky for retailers but are still a great way to engage customers.
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OpinionComment: Does Christmas signal shutdown time for store design?
Christmas is normally a slack time for the store design and build sector, but this year things look a little different.
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OpinionBlog: The beginning of Christmas and that (Black) Friday feeling
Martijn de Lange, operations director at Hermes explains how the company is working to ensure retailers meet their customers’ needs throughout this festive season.
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OpinionComment: Lessons to learn from Colombia’s retail success story
Colombia’s booming retail sector provides a glimpse of the opportunities available to businesses looking to expand overseas.
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OpinionRetail surgery: How can I create in-store Christmas experiences?
While there’s no doubt that consumers are increasingly blending their route to purchase, the fact remains that in June this year the ONS reported that 90% of UK retail sales in 2013 took place offline.
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OpinionComment: What retailers can learn from Miliband and Kardashian
With the year-end approaching, there are plenty of lessons for retailers to learn from this year’s standout news headlines.
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OpinionComment: Black Friday is here to stay, for better or worse
Black Friday looks set to be a fixture of the UK retail calendar following Amazon and Asda’s US led success with the trend in previous years.
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OpinionComment: How sustainable is Black Friday as a retail event?
Black Friday is a big date in the retail calendar. But as sales start earlier and discounting becomes normal will sales fatigue kick in?
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OpinionBlog: Are drones that can deliver in 30 minutes the future of fulfilment?
As Christmas approaches, innovations in fulfilment are on retailers’ minds, but are drones that can deliver packages within 30 minutes the future?
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OpinionComment: Cyber Monday will be bigger than Black Friday in the UK
As Black Friday approaches, Amazon and others are preparing for Cyber Monday, perhaps the biggest day in the UK online retail calendar.
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OpinionComment: Christmas windows are about more than driving sales
If we didn’t have the festive feeling and everything associated with it, Christmas wouldn’t happen. It was the shops wot done it.
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OpinionHow can I move away from siloed working?
With Forrester Research reporting that the web will influence $1.8trn (£1.15trn) of retail sales by 2017, there is increasing pressure on retailers and brands to ensure their departments and systems are fully integrated to meet changing consumer demand and buying behaviour.
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OpinionComment: Online shoppers are ready for a connected Christmas
With Christmas fast approaching, the wonderful and sometimes weird internet of things will change how people live and shop.
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OpinionComment: As Asda’s sales decline, could the golden era of grocery be over?
Despite growth in convenience and online retail, the big four grocers continue to struggle to maintain share in a competitive market.
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OpinionComment: Retailers should not let big data cloud the big picture
Big data is an essential tool for retailers but it shouldn’t get in the way of good old-fashioned intuition and judgement.