Opinion – Page 193
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OpinionComment: BRC's Helen Dickinson - How we're stepping up a gear on business rates
The BRC has been banging the drum for a business rates freeze for several years now. We’ve worked hard with campaign partners but we’ve reached a point where we felt a rethink was needed.
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OpinionComment: The BRC's new approach to business rates is refreshing
Retailers might be surprised by the BRC’s decision, revealed today, to review its approach to business rates and abandon its calls, made repeatedly over recent years, for a freeze in business rates.
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OpinionComment: The BRC supports a thriving retail industry
Since joining the British Retail Consortium (BRC), I have enjoyed meeting our members and discussing the future of the retail industry, and hearing your insights into the BRC’s work and our future direction.
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OpinionBlog: EBay takes a stylish swipe at personalisation
EBay is the latest retailer to integrate a stylist service onto its site in a bid to curate its vast fashion selection for its customers.
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OpinionComment: Tesco UK ops director sets the record straight on foreign workers
I doubt many of our customers spend much time thinking about our distribution network and how the food on our shelves comes to be there.
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OpinionComment: At home and abroad, the Tesco empire strikes back
All eyes were on Watford last week as Tesco unveiled the first incarnation of a new model for its big-box Extra format.
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OpinionBlog: A whistlestop tour through the wonderful world of Boden
If you stay on the central line just a few stops after Oxford Street and Westfield London, you arrive at another retail landmark – the home of middle class fashion favourite Boden.
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OpinionComment: Retail landlords still need to get real
I couldn’t help smiling, albeit through clenched teeth, while reading the interview with Hammerson boss David Atkins last week on Retail-week.com.
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OpinionComment: Chris Bryant's criticism of Next and Tesco missed the real retail jobs story
British retailers employ 3 million people in the UK, but you’d think from Labour immigration spokesman Chris Bryant MP’s comments that they all come from Gdansk or Warsaw rather than Dagenham or Wakefield.
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OpinionComment: Are UK supermarkets better?
Supermarket design is riding high at the moment, but other parts of the retail spectrum are not looking so swift of foot.
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OpinionComment: Flexible contracts may be more ‘hero than zero’
A lot has been written this week about zero-hour contracts, whereby employees need to be available for work, but are not guaranteed any set number of hours.
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OpinionComment: Tesco’s venture will create a Chinese grocery powerhouse
Tesco has been firmly in the spotlight of late after revealing a glimpse of the future in its new Watford store and taking action to stem losses in China.
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Blog: Spending a day in a cashless, cardless world
Not a day goes by without at least one email appearing in my inbox telling me about a new revolution in the world of payments.
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OpinionComment: Notonthehighstreet.com's founder calls for more retail entrepreneurs
Seven years ago I set up Notonthehighstreet.com alongside my business partner, Sophie Cornish. Our aim was to build an online marketplace that provides a unique platform.
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OpinionRetail surgery: How can I improve my trading in China?
How can I improve my trading in China?
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OpinionRetail surgery: How can automating back-end processes improve my ecommerce operation?
How can automating back-end processes improve my ecommerce operation?
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OpinionBlog: A fresh approach for Tesco at its remodelled Watford Extra
Today was my second trip to Tesco’s remodelled Extra store in Watford this week and each time customers have come up to me to tell me how much they like the store. And each time the car park has been rammed full.
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OpinionNick Bubb’s Verdict: Shopping Centres - Can they adapt to an online shopping world?
Shopping centres have a tough job to compete with online retailing these days, but the big landlords seem surprisingly confident.
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OpinionBlog: How Tesco’s Harris + Hoole is bringing digital in store
Stepping into Harris + Hoole’s Cannon Street, London store, it’s immediately clear this is a coffee shop with a difference.
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OpinionComment: Tesco UK boss Chris Bush - 'The age of the cookie-cutter supermarket is over'
Tesco today unveiled its blueprint for the future of its large stores at its Extra store in Watford. Here, UK boss Chris Bush explains the rationale behind the new format.