Opinion – Page 203
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OpinionComment: Why F&F expansion will work while Fresh & Easy failed
Being relevant at a local level and understanding a market is the key to success for any retailer.
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OpinionComment: Boots must remember its loyal customers
The owner of Boots has just announced a trading profit of £1.27bn in the year to March 31 – marking its second straight year of double-digit growth.
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OpinionComment: Non-executives can add value to your business
There is an old joke that goes along the lines of: “What’s the difference between a non-executive director and a shopping trolley?”
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OpinionComment: Future-proofing in a multichannel world
What’s been the biggest breakthrough in multichannel retailing in the past five years?
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OpinionComment: Retailers need information to make multichannel decisions
The fact that multichannel supplements and articles are a regular feature across a variety of media testifies to the
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OpinionComment: It's time to assess how multichannel retail is changing
The high street has experienced dwindling sales while ecommerce has picked up the pace and posted record figures year on year - and 13.4% growth is projected in the UK for 2013.
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OpinionRetail surgery: How can I improve my use of marketing emails?
How can I improve my use of marketing emails?
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OpinionRetail surgery: How can I become more connected with my customers?
How can I become more connected with my customers?
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OpinionNick Bubb's Verdict: Dixons - If only France and Southern Europe didn't exist
Dixons’ sterling progress in the UK and Nordics continues to be undermined, alas, by poor trading in Southern Europe and its French business Pixmania.
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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.