Opinion – Page 172
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OpinionComment: Overseas retailers join the race to float
While British retailers line up to float, overseas groups are also eyeing London listings.
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OpinionComment: Ann Summers' Jacqueline Gold on consumer conversations
Openness and honesty are essential in order to build shoppers’ trust, says Ann Summers chief executive Jacqueline Gold
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OpinionComment: Retailers can't afford to take their foot off the digital pedal
Marketing, buying and merchandising, IT, store operations, ecommerce - it’s the retail structure we know and love.
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OpinionComment: How to avoid Screwfix's mega-bargain online glitch
Shoppers at DIY online retailer Screwfix.com couldn’t believe their luck when the retailer – selling everything from sheds to pricey power tools – cut all its prices to £34.99 at the end of January.
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OpinionNick Bubb's verdict: Ocado begins with 'O' but will it end with £1.8bn?
One wag famously once said Ocado begins with an ‘O’ and ends with a zero, but it seems to be very much alive and kicking.
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OpinionAnalysis: Ocado’s future lies in technology but only if it can be profitable
While Ocado’s deal with Morrisons goes a long way to validate its operating model, its potential will only be recognised fully if it can be consistently profitable.
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OpinionComment: Why big data should be every retailer’s roadmap to the future
I was alarmed to read a piece in Retail Week entitled ‘Retailers are being blinded by big data’.
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OpinionComment: Why Carphone Warehouse's Samsung deal makes sense
Samsung has revealed plans to open 60 stores in Europe in partnership with Carphone Warehouse – a strategy that will give Samsung a European presence that took Apple nearly a decade to build, but in just three months.
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OpinionComment: Sainsbury’s - a runner, not a splurger
Little and often, rather than the store design equivalent of binge drinking, is what has made Sainsbury’s a winner under Justin King.
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OpinionBlog: Are home and DIY retailers sitting pretty for growth in 2014?
After seven years of turmoil, the housing sector is daring to hope for growth this year.
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Comment: Why John Lewis' Commonwealth Games sponsorship is a golden opportunity
As a brand, John Lewis is highly based on values. The unique employee ownership structure; emphasis on long-term quality customer service; and brand communications that reflect how we behave towards each other rather than our own personal wants gives John Lewis a special place in British society.
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OpinionComment: Online retailing has changed the rules of merchandising, says Facebook
Retailers have developed and refined the science of merchandising for hundreds of years, but the disruption of the internet and e-commerce has been an enormous catalyst of change for the industry
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OpinionRetail surgery: What’s the best way to target older customers?
Sweeping judgments are often made on the basis of age, but are today’s stereotypical ‘older shoppers’ set in their ways and unlikely to be a target opportunity for anything new?
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OpinionRetail surgery: How do retailers achieve operational efficiency?
How do retailers achieve operational efficiency without compromising customer service?
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OpinionComment: Justin King - the man who made Sainsbury’s great again
Retail is blessed with many great characters whose personalities loom large, but few have become quite so synonymous with the success of their business as Justin King, who is to stand down from the top job at Sainsbury’s in July.
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OpinionComment: Justin King leaves a great legacy at Sainsbury's, says Bryan Roberts
The ink’s still barely dry on the press release and the rumour mill is already in overdrive. Where is Justin King off to?
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OpinionComment: Westfield on its new click-and-collect hub in White City
The relationship between online and physical retailing has long been debated, and as a shopping centre group you may think you know where Westfield stands on the issue.
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OpinionComment: Retailers are being blinded by big data
One of the most sensible and thought-provoking things that I heard last year was “you can’t use all the data that you’ve got and there is a fine line between personalised and creepy”.
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OpinionAnalysis: Finding a buyer for Early Learning Centre will be a challenge
The Early Learning Centre, which has been owned by Mothercare for seven years, continues to lack destination appeal for mothers due to its inaccessibility and higher price architecture compared to the rest of the increasingly competitive toy market.
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OpinionComment: Activist investor interest in grocers' property is unwelcome distraction
You’d think the property boom days were well and truly back judging by the hopes of activist investors to force a supermarket property restructuring.