Opinion – Page 150
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OpinionComment: Has Selfridges hit the limit for department store retailing?
How many additional areas can be added to a department store’s core competence without compromising the whole enterprise?
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OpinionBlog: Supporting career progression in logistics for aspiring drivers
The Hermes Driving School has been designed to improve driver engagement and performance in legal compliance, customer service and health and safety.
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OpinionRetail surgery: How can I minimise the risk of dilapidation costs?
Jacqui Allen, partner at property and construction consultancy Tuffin Ferraby Taylor, advises: “Discuss dilapidation with your old and new landlord well in advance, and it’s best to take independent advice.”
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OpinionRetail surgery: Could the internet of things reduce consumption while increasing profit?
It’s no secret that retail consumption generates unsustainable volumes of waste.
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OpinionComment: Retailers need a radical approach to compete with etailers
As UK trading standards are unenforced for many websites, traditional retailers must innovate to compete with etailers’ advantages.
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OpinionComment: Dave Lewis’s call to arms and return to basics at Tesco
As Tesco’s chief executive Dave Lewis starts the job a month early, what advice should he take on how to turn the struggling retailer around?
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OpinionComment: Retailers must prioritise mobile to meet customer demand
Mobile as a term has changed in meaning significantly over the last few years and now dominates the online retail market.
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OpinionComment: High street revival needs collective of retailers and landlords
In the wake of the Government’s Future High Streets Forum, does retail recovery lie with landlords or retail entrepreneurs?
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OpinionComment: What should Dave Lewis bring to Tesco’s retail offer?
In the era of multi-format, omnichannel retail, could a chief executive with a non-retail background be exactly what Tesco needs?
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OpinionComment: Phones 4U must rethink offer to safeguard place on high street
Phones 4U has put a brave face on the decision by Vodafone to end its network agreement, but the decision to hang up comes as a major blow.
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OpinionComment: Can value grocer Lidl disrupt the clothing sector?
The competition has once again heated up among the supermarket chains. Lidl has launched a value clothing range for women which will compete with value retailers such as Asda’s George and Primark.
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OpinionComment: Dixons Carphone benefits from Vodafone’s split with Phones 4U
Now that the main summer holiday period is over the reporting season kicks off again in earnest next week, when Dixons Carphone is among those updating.
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OpinionComment: Tesco’s One Stop lights a beacon in convenience retail
Tesco’s convenience subsidiary is rolling out beacon technology in a move which could herald a new era of digital retail engagement.
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OpinionBlog: Lidl could benefit from the Primark factor in its fashion foray
Lidl grabbed many column inches when it launched its first womenswear collection last week, but will it prove successful?
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OpinionSocial and mobile combine in Heineken's Where Next campaign
Those clever chaps at Heineken have done it again. Not content with using science for the greater good of mankind (brewing beer), they have now launched an exciting social media campaign.
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OpinionComment: Tesco should keep the faith with its store refresh programme
At a time when others are raising their game, slowing the store refresh programme at Tesco seems the wrong thing to do, even post-profit warning.
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OpinionBlog: Arcadia puts testing software in place for supply chain overhaul
Returns are a long-term problem for online retailers. The proportion of returned products can reach 40% in some categories, with fashion particularly affected.
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OpinionComment: Tesco's new boss Dave Lewis must hit the right price point
With Dave Lewis’ arrival at a rudderless Tesco being brought forward and the warning on profits again, it is fair to suggest that all is not sweetness and light in Cheshunt.
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OpinionComment: Changing shopper habits will make the Sunday trading debate redundant
When the Sunday Trading Act 1994 was introduced, part of the rationale was to better reflect the changing needs of consumers - but today those needs are changing again .
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OpinionRetail surgery: How can retailers use content to differentiate themselves online?
For retailers, the internet has rewritten the marketing rulebook – it’s getting more difficult to differentiate themselves online.