Opinion – Page 203
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OpinionComment: Grocer Morrisons needs to keep pace with competition
A minus sign in front of a retailer’s like-for-like sales figures does not prompt investors to fill their shopping trolleys with stock.
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OpinionComment: UK retailers can find success trading overseas
For the past four weeks I’ve travelled around the world: Hong Kong, Australia and the Americas, South and North.
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OpinionComment: M&S turns on style but can it turn on customers?
Marks & Spencer hosted its much anticipated autumn/winter clothing preview, the first ranges under direction of the new clothing team and perhaps Marc Bolland’s last attempt at turning its general merchandise arm of the business back to growth after seven consecutive quarters of sales decline.
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Blog: Customer loyalty tools help Notcutts nurture growth
We’re about to kick off a new customer relationship management (CRM) and loyalty initiative with the garden and outdoor specialist Notcutts.
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OpinionComment: Ocado and Waitrose’s game of brinkmanship
Waitrose managing director Mark Price has so clearly drawn a line in the sand by threatening to derail a potential tie-up between Ocado and rival grocer Morrisons.
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OpinionBlog: Tesco director Kevin Grace on Bangladesh and improving standards
The death toll at the Rana Plaza factory collapse in Dhaka, at the time of writing, stands at more than a thousand.
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OpinionComment: Best Buy’s venture into the UK retail market was misjudged
Has any retail foray in recent history promised so much, but ultimately delivered so little as Best Buy’s into the UK?
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OpinionComment: Tackling business rates would create the lifeline that high streets need
Governments exaggerate. We all know that. Most of us laugh when we hear ministers promising a New Jerusalem.
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OpinionComment: Supergroup stores show what matters
Retailers need good stores as much as good stock if they are to succeed in the current climate.
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OpinionComment: Management changes at Jack Wills hint at global aspirations
Jack Wills has just announced some more high-level changes to its management team as the company prepares for its next phase of expansion.
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OpinionComment: Shopping choices must suit customer needs
A focus on convenience is key for retailers, says Mark Newton-Jones, whatever the channel.
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OpinionRetail surgery: What are the elements of a successful mobile app?
What are the elements of a successful mobile app?
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OpinionRetail surgery: How can I use showrooming to my advantage?
How can I use showrooming to my advantage?
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OpinionBlog: Asos rolls out virtual fitting room technology
Online fashion giant Asos is extending the use of a virtual fitting room using technology provided by Virtusize.
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OpinionComment: The Morrisons message has been drowned out by rivals
Morrisons reported yet another declining quarter of like-for-like sales this morning, its fifth back-to-back decline excluding fuel and is continuing to lose customers to rivals.
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OpinionComment: Argos’ digital quest for success
Despite improvement at the flagship Argos business, parent Home Retail’s shares fell after its full-year results.
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OpinionComment: Retail strategy is being overtaken by tactics
Remember when business was all about making a profit, and strategy was the plan to achieve that?
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OpinionBlog: Verdict on Mary Queen of the High Street, episode one
I think I expected too much from Mary Queen of the High Street, which aired for the first time last night (Tuesday).
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OpinionComment: Boss Justin King rules over Sainsbury’s success
In posting a 6.2% rise in underlying pre-tax year-end profits, Sainsbury’s deflected some attention away from the rumours surrounding Justin King’s eventual departure.
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OpinionNick Bubb's Verdict: Sainsbury's - fresh food rather than fresh messages?
With no new news on trading/strategy to impart today with the final results and with the whole world obsessed with speculation that Justin King will soon leave, what would your PR advice have been to Sainsbury’s?