Opinion – Page 186
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OpinionComment: Retailers can't have secrets in the age of transparency
I’m glad to say that I have never been in charge of a business on the receiving end of a major media attack.
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OpinionRetail surgery: What are the most common errors made by retailers using social media channels?
What are the most common errors made by retailers using social media channels?
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OpinionRetail surgery: How can I reduce the chances of cart abandonment?
For ecommerce retailers, providing quality products and a streamlined user experience is half the battle when attempting to grow sales.
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OpinionNick Bubb's verdict: Ted Baker - a great advert for good design
Ted Baker famously hasn’t got to where it is today, after 25 years of existence, by spending lots of money on advertising and PR.
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OpinionComment: Overseas growth beckons UK retailers
Two hundred years after Napoleon’s famous observation, we are still a proud nation of shopkeepers. But for many of us, future success will mean that we have to look beyond our national borders for new market opportunities.
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OpinionBlog: Tesco and Sainsbury's chiefs aligned on consumer sentiment
Grocery chiefs Philip Clarke and Justin King were both aligned today when asked about consumer sentiment.
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OpinionBlog: New money revitalises neglected shopping centres
New buyers are coming to the UK with money to slosh around doing up neglected schemes, reigniting the tenant mix and generally improving some very tired shopping centres.
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OpinionComment: Dunelm's not quite home and dry
While much of the attention today has been on food giants Sainsbury’s and Tesco, there has been an update too from home specialist Dunelm.
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OpinionComment: Tesco must ride out the European storm
While Tesco reshapes its ailing UK arm, pulls out of the US and takes a step back in China, there is one part of the business which has its own issues. Tesco’s problems in central Europe are twofold.
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OpinionComment: Aldi’s broad appeal will fuel more growth
It would be all too easy for rivals to dismiss the presence of lobster tails on Aldi’s burgeoning product list as a PR gimmick.
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OpinionComment: Tesco’s Chinese deal exposes difficulties of BRIC entry
It might finally be time to put one of the great myths of global retailing to bed. Contrary to popular belief, the BRIC markets are actually a bit rubbish. OK, I may be oversimplifying things slightly, but this observation is certainly the case when it comes to grocery retailing.
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OpinionBlog: Slyce makes mobile search a potential sales source
Slyce is a Canadian start-up whose software enables shoppers to photograph any object and find the exact item or a matching product online and available to buy.
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OpinionComment: Aldi is sending shivers through the grocery industry
Aldi’s sales growth has been quite phenomenal and along with the likes of B&M Stores, Home Bargains, Lidl and Poundland it is sending shivers through the supermarkets and supply chain alike.
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OpinionComment: Winning the battle of the high street needs engagement from Westminster
It was perhaps appropriate that Bill Grimsey chose the Churchill Dining Room in the House of Commons to officially launch his review of the high street.
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OpinionComment: Nostalgia should be what it used to be in retail
New store openings from Sainsbury’s and HMV show a design appetite for the past is asserting itself.
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Blog: Are cloud platforms really retail ready?
For a long time, whenever ‘the cloud’ was mentioned it was like it was something mystical. A platform with magic properties that would never fail.
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OpinionComment: Appeals backlog should trigger transparency at the Valuation Office Agency
The Government must make the setting of business rates more open and transparent in order to cut the number of unnecessary appeals and reduce the cost of the Valuation Office Agency.
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OpinionComment: Tackling parking costs could move retail up a gear
You can’t help but admire the tenacity of the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government.
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OpinionComment: Retailers must evolve with the times to remain customer-centred
I’m sure that, like me, you’ve been glued to the recent BBC2 series Robert Peston Goes Shopping. The series provided a concise but definitive history of retailing in the UK.
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OpinionComment: Supermarkets - the new innovation leaders
Somebody said recently that if you want to see innovation in retail go to a supermarket.