Opinion – Page 194
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OpinionComment: Tesco Extra Watford - white elephant, red herring or silver bullet?
Today’s official relaunch of Tesco Extra Watford is justifiably being heralded as a pivotal day in determining the future of the UK grocery sector and in reshaping the future of its largest protagonist.
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OpinionComment: How reliable a source of growth is international retailing?
With demand flat and most retailers having too many stores, genuine growth has become challenging to achieve and sustain.
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OpinionBlog: Sports Direct's new magazine is boosted by mobile
Sports Direct’s new magazine might seem a strange choice for a media launch in 2013, considering that retailers are generally busy battling it out over who can be the most digitally innovative.
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OpinionComment: British retailing should learn from the US and hire from the military
I was recently invited to St James’s Palace for the inaugural reception for the Royal Marines charity the C Group.
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OpinionComment: Tesco shows big retail can still be beautiful
The superpowers of grocery may have called an end to the hypermarket-driven space race, but a new front is opening up as these retail giants seek to best leverage the assets they already have.
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OpinionComment: What Bezos's Washington Post deal says about retail and HMV
Amazon is as much a media business as it is a retailer, so are there retail lessons to be learned from the etailer’s founder Jeff Bezos’s acquisition of US newspaper the Washington Post?
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OpinionComment: Why zero hour contracts are indispensable in retail
Zero hour contacts, which give no guarantees of shifts or work patterns, are the latest work-place controversy to hit businesses. Are they indispensable for retailers, or ineffective?
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OpinionComment: Value groceries not so easy to conquer
Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, best known for his easyJet budget airline, has a reputation for defining the value end of the many sectors in which his business operates.
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OpinionComment: Apprenticeships could inspire a generation of new retail leaders
The economy is showing tentative signs of recovery with the latest GDP figures up 0.6% for the second quarter of the year, meaning retailers will be looking to take advantage of this more positive contemporary climate.
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OpinionComment: Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou on his new EasyFoodstore.com venture
I was surprised how much interest the mere registration of a trademark and a URL has attracted especially considering easyGroup owns thousands of “easy” trademarks and “easy” URLs - often for defensive purposes.
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OpinionComment: High street retailers should look at airports for ideas
The highly targeted retail offers found in airports are part of an experience economy that makes shoppers shop.
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OpinionComment: Crown Estate's pop-up retail venture is inspired
Anyone who reads this column will know that I’m always on the lookout for new and innovative ideas in the UK retail space – and clearly I am not alone.
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OpinionComment: George at Asda - quick to capitalise on new royal arrival
As the nation waited in anticipation for the royal baby to be named, marketing and product teams from the UK’s leading retailers all charged full steam ahead.
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OpinionRetail surgery: How can I make sure new payment technologies work for my business?
How can I make sure new payment technologies work for my business?
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OpinionRetail surgery: How will the draft Consumer Rights Bill protect customers buying digital content?
How will the draft Consumer Rights Bill protect customers buying digital content?
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OpinionComment: Rihanna and Topshop battle shows observing image rights shouldn’t just be a US phenomenon
Rihanna’s high court battle with Topshop over the use of her image on a t-shirt highlights that celebrities can still rely on the law to prevent retailers from profiting from the use of their image.
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OpinionBlog: My day on the shopfloor at B&Q
If my admiration for store staff had ever wavered since my uni days spent behind the tills at the Body Shop, I have a new found respect for the job.
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OpinionBlog: Nordstrum stops tracking shoppers' mobiles in-store
US department store chain Nordstrum has stopped collecting data from shoppers’ mobile phones in store, partly because of complaints it received from shoppers.
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OpinionComment: Reinvention is the key to retail success
Kate Bostock’s abrupt departure from Asos, following on from John Browett’s short stay at Apple, highlights how fast retail is changing.
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OpinionBlog: Why Ikea's use of augmented reality is clever
Ikea has been quietly getting on with its own take on multichannel innovation, and its latest offering - a 2014 catalogue with augmented reality - is unique.