Opinion – Page 162
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OpinionComment: Game relies on the product cycle to drive fortunes
As Game confirms its intention to float, it’s clear the retail IPO train continues to come at a pace after such a long drought.
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OpinionComment: The Morrisons “supertanker” is heading towards an iceberg
Talk of change at the top for Morrisons, as Sir Ken Morrison’s “iceberg” warning of impending danger has a familiar feel to it.
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OpinionComment: Dixons and Carphone connect, but do they have a USP socket?
Dixons and Carphone Warehouse merging is like the plot twist in season five of a DVD box-set, when former foes team up to reboot the story.
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OpinionComment: The Co-operative Group needs to get back to its roots
The news that investors have backed the Co-operative Bank’s latest capital raising round gives me mixed feelings.
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OpinionNick Bubb's verdict: Dixons Carphone – a merger of cynics?
It is rare for “mergers of equals” to work straightaway, so is it surprising that the Dixons Carphone merger has attracted some cynicism?
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OpinionComment: Supermarkets could find themselves in the political spotlight
With a year to go until the next election, politicians may be about to turn their attention to retail in an effort to win votes.
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OpinionComment: Morrisons needs to persuade customers to love it again
Morrisons disappointed the City yet again last week with a below consensus 7.1% plunge in like-for-like sales excluding petrol.
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OpinionComment: Would a Dixons/Carphone deal be retail’s first m-commerce merger?
The likely tie-up between Carphone warehouse and Dixons might in future come to be seen as retail’s first big m-commerce merger.
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OpinionComment: Tesco smartphone makes sense as tech becomes a retail battleground
Last week Tesco revealed that it is to launch its own smartphone this year.
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OpinionComment: Why the Internet fridge remains frozen in time
Retail Week ran a comment article last month citing the idea of the Internet fridge that could understand when you were low on cheese and connect to online grocers to ensure you never ran out again.
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OpinionComment: Rivalry matters, but so does teamwork
A promotion in Milan this weekend points towards a tendency for teamwork that should be emulated by retailers in this country.
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OpinionBlog: Can Whistles crack the menswear market?
There’s no denying the fact that the menswear market is tough, with independents in the sector slipping away every week. Still, this hasn’t stopped Whistles from moving into the category, with the contemporary fashion retailer previewing its first menswear collection last week.
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OpinionComment: M&S website is its flagship store, as balance shifts to digital
As digital commerce continues to grow, many retailers are beginning to set objectives aimed at balancing sales between bricks and clicks.
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OpinionComment: Can the Co-op brand recover from a year of scandal?
The Co-op brand has been constructed on a simple and powerful idea: ethical business. Its dilemma now is that the scandals of the past year stand in total opposition to that core brand idea.
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OpinionComment: Product proliferation and brand dilution
Most retailers offer too many product options. This has evolved over time. I believe there is some confusion over what choice really means.
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OpinionComment: Sainsbury’s stands at a crossroads as King exits
Sainsbury’s departing chief executive Justin King can hold his head high as he prepares to bow out after reporting a profit uplift of 5.3% in the year to March 15.
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OpinionBlog: Walgreens trials iBeacons in pharmacy stores
iBeacons are on the minds of many technologically minded marketeers at the moment – but mainly because it’s difficult to work out what to do with them.
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OpinionNick Bubb's verdict: Look again in a year to see Justin King’s true Sainsbury’s legacy
Given the poor state of the businesses that Dalton Philips and Philip Clarke inherited, can Mike Coupe be more confident about Sainsbury’s?
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OpinionComment: Lord Myners – radical action needed to save the Co-op my mother loved
When I was a child growing up in Truro, Cornwall, my mother told me that I should always try to spend my pocket money in the Co-op in Kenwyn Street.
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OpinionBlog: Rivals should pay attention to Argos' new home own brand
Argos has traditionally been strong in sales of home-related products, but its crown has slipped in recent years.