Opinion – Page 207
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OpinionBlog: The BT Retail Week Technology Awards shortlist is out
The BT Retail Week Technology Awards shortlist is out, highlighting some of the best retail technology projects of the last year in UK retail.
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OpinionComment: Which stores are offering true convenience retailing?
There remains a huge gulf between genuinely operating a convenience store and running a small version of a big supermarket.
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OpinionComment: Marks & Spencer has lost touch with Middle England
Marks & Spencer, along with a number of other stalwart high street brands, has had a tough time recently.
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OpinionComment: Government's move to boost housing transactions will benefit retail
The success and buoyancy of the retail sector has a strong connection to the housing market.
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OpinionComment: Retailers must maintain difference to make acquisitions work
Large retailers are buying smaller ones and there is good reason for them to do so, but they need to respect what they’ve acquired.
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OpinionComment: A new M&S - coming soon to a high street near you
A slump in clothing sales combined with freezing weather across the UK has left Marks & Spencer with its seventh consecutive quarterly fall in fashion revenues.
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OpinionComment: Hilco has work to do to get HMV back on song
Few retail failures have inspired the level of public regret that greeted HMV’s fall into administration earlier this year.
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OpinionComment: A canter through my horsegate
Nearly two months have passed since my “Ratner moment” in the media, and amazingly I still seem to be in a job.
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OpinionRetail surgery: How can I help ensure my local high street survives?
How can I help ensure my local high street survives?
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OpinionRetail surgery: Why should I be aware of what activists are saying about my company?
Why should I be aware of what activists are saying about my company?
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OpinionComment: M&S must convince women to return to its stores
Marks & Spencer clothing market share as been in decline since the 1990s with its core customers, women, no longer regarding it as the primary destination for clothes shopping.
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OpinionComment: Tesco targets Extra appeal
Ahead of Tesco’s prelims next Wednesday there has been much speculation about the future of the Fresh & Easy business in the US.
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OpinionComment: Retailing needs a new model to build brand loyalty
“Showrooming” involves customers visiting a store to seek advice or to experience a product, but completing the purchase elsewhere.
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OpinionComment: Singapore hosts The World Retail Congress Asia Pacific
You only have to be in Asia just a few hours to realise the world is now truly divided into the ‘old’ and the ‘new’.
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OpinionComment: What does Facebook Home mean for retailers?
Last week, Facebook announced a new app called ‘Home’ to be hosted on the HTC First phone, relflecting the growing importance of social networks.
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OpinionComment: So what does the term 'convenience' store actually mean?
Last week saw a first for Aldi in the UK. It opened a ‘convenience’ store on London’s Kilburn High Road.
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OpinionComment: Tesco shoppers are likely to choose Giraffe over horse
Tesco’s decision to buy restaurant chain Giraffe clearly underlines its determination to make big supermarkets attractive retail destinations.
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Blog: A power shift at the top table?
There used to be a time when the board would set out its aims and objectives for a retailer and IT would then try and make sure the technology in place was, at best, an enabler.
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OpinionComment: Retail alone cannot save the UK high street
The opening of Trinity Leeds brought hordes of consumers to the newest retail offering in one of the UK’s premier shopping locations.
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OpinionComment: Bricks-and-mortar stores are here to stay
Thinking back over the past three months, it’s hard to recall a time when in-store technology and, in a broader context, technology has occupied a more prominent position in retail.