Opinion – Page 170
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OpinionNick Bubb's verdict: Pets At Home - what’s left in the tank?
Pets At Home seems to be a great business, but how much has been left in the fuel tank by its private equity owners?
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OpinionComment: Malcolm Walker on lessons learned from letting TV cameras into Iceland
These days social media might be more effective than TV coverage, says Iceland chief executive Malcolm Walker
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OpinionComment: Why it's right that retail buyers are tough customers
You never think that the buying team needs anyone to speak up for them, do you? Always pretty streetwise people who seem, well, just a bit more resilient than most.
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OpinionComment: Imagine a world where nothing has a price tag
This world already exists in the high-priced, high-end markets: crazy 24 bedroom houses with their own cinemas, moats and swimming pools list ‘Price on Application’; fancy jewellery stores or performance motor cars choose not to be as vulgar as to talk about price, reminding shoppers of the saying ‘If you have to ask, you can’t afford it’.
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OpinionComment: M&S can now make the most of multichannel
Marks & Spencer opened its new flagship store on Tuesday. Unlike its predecessors it’s built not of bricks and mortar, but of bits and bytes.
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OpinionComment: Why you should buy into virtual reality
Virtual reality is one of those terms we’ve heard for a really long time, but it has always seemed like tomorrow’s technology. However, it’s actually here, now, and starting to gain some real momentum.
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OpinionBlog: My Topshop virtual reality front row experience
If you’ve wandered up to Oxford Circus over the past three days, you could have been forgiven for thinking Kate Moss was in the window of Topshop given how many people were crowded around peering in.
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OpinionReview: Marks & Spencer's new website - editorial, shopper inspiration and good design
Marks & Spencer has launched its new ecommerce site, having spent two years moving from its Amazon platform. Rebecca Thomson takes a look.
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OpinionComment: There's nothing cut-price about Poundland's ambitions
Poundland has pushed the button on its IPO. The single-price retailer has bolstered its board and could achieve a valuation of up to £700m.
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OpinionBlog: Home and DIY retailers cannot ignore the power of online
It was widely reported last month that online shopping saved Christmas, with fashion and electricals retailers in particular benefiting from consumers’ rising confidence in the channel.
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OpinionComment: Sir Stuart Rose is the shot in the arm the NHS needs
The announcement on Friday that Sir Stuart Rose is to advise the Health Secretary on how to attract inspiring leaders has been met with mixed opinion.
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OpinionComment: Euroshop - when Dusseldorf rules
There are relatively few times when the entire retail design world beats a path to Düsseldorf, but this week is one of them.
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OpinionComment: Why usernames and passwords are too old-fashioned for ecommerce
The news that over 2,000 user credentials from Tesco have been posted online does not come as a surprise given the recent frequency of attacks on major retailers.
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OpinionComment: Falling food sales show how habits are changing
Seven years of the toughest trading conditions in living memory have embedded a high level of caution into the psyche of retail bosses.
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OpinionNick Bubb's verdict: Does Ao.com's valuation signal another dotcom bubble?
The old Appliances Online business may have changed its name to the anonymous Ao.com but that hasn’t changed its appeal to US Internet investors.
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OpinionBlog: One month to go to enter BT Retail Week Technology Awards
There’s one month to go to get entries in for the BT Retail Week Technology Awards.
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OpinionComment: Why it's worth investing to create retail destinations
This week it was revealed that Asda may be considering a bid for Mothercare’s Early Learning Centre as it looks to fill excess space in its stores.
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OpinionAnalysis: Taking Morrisons private could raise fears for Ocado
The news this week that Morrisons’ founding family are attempting to take the company private came as a surprise.
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OpinionComment: What makes a float successful
As interest grows in IPO, Gareth Iley, consumer partner at advisory firm Clearwater Corporate Finance, discusses conditions that are conducive to a successful IPO.
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OpinionBlog: Retailers battle it out in Retail Week's 2014 Omni-lympics
As the world turns its attention to the Winter Olympics, today sees the launch of our own retail-specific games - The 2014 Omni-lympics.