Opinion – Page 210
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OpinionComment: The shift to digital retailing needs bold decisions
Retail company investors should change their stock-picking criteria and industry directors must move even faster than they think to adapt to ecommerce trends.
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OpinionComment: Is the Morrisons and Ocado tie-up a good idea?
It’s always nice to be vindicated, or, to paraphrase Keynes, it is better to be roughly right than precisely wrong.
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OpinionComment: Consumers need support from the Chancellor’s Budget
I sense that the Budget lobbying process can feel a bit like firing your carefully crafted submission over the gates of Downing Street.
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Blog: Retailtopia - mapping out a proper returns journey
BT is today launching the findings of Retailtopia, a year-long investigation into the challenges facing the retail supply chain. I was lucky enough to be involved in a panel discussion to review the findings of the research and two words dominated the event: transformation and urgency.
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OpinionComment: In defence of private equity
Despite the spate of negative comments about private equity and retail recently, it is worth remembering a few points in private equity’s defence.
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OpinionBlog: The Budget needs to fill in gaps on the high street
There is a week to go until the Chancellor reveals the Budget on March 20 and time is running out for retailers lobbying Government to freeze business rates in April.
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OpinionBlog: Tesco UK MD Chris Bush on its Price Promise
More than ever, in today’s economic climate, we know customers want to rely on us to offer the best possible prices.
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OpinionComment: Showrooming - the new buzz word for retailers
Just when you thought you had cracked one buzz word, along comes the next battleground in the war for the consumer – showrooming.
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OpinionComment: How the economic climate is influencing CEO career moves
Against the context of a continuing tough trading environment, the UK high street saw almost one shop close every hour in 2012.
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OpinionComment: How social media and mobile have changed attitudes to privacy
When it comes to softening up shoppers and making them more comfortable sharing personal information with retailers, nothing has done a better job than social media sites.
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OpinionComment: & Other Stories - the next big thing in fashion retail?
Last week saw the global debut of & Other Stories, a new fashion format from H&M, and there was a lot of excitement.
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OpinionBlog: John Lewis Partnership results day gains added spice
The buzz of John Lewis Partnership’s results day is one of the most iconic days in the retail calendar and its usual vibrancy had added spice yesterday.
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OpinionComment: Retailers cannot live by celebrity endorsements alone
From Dannii Minogue to the Kardashians, celebrities from all walks of life seem to have their own fashion lines at the moment.
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OpinionComment: Retail technology – what are the new innovations?
Some of the most impressive work undertaken by multichannel retailers over the past 12 months has been in the once unglamorous arena of the supply chain.
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OpinionComment: New fascia & Other Stories will broaden H&M's appeal
& Other Stories cements H&M’s fashion forward stance but widens its pricing architecture away from the value end of the market – attracting shoppers with higher disposable incomes.
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OpinionComment: Bonding with consumers helps drive ideas and investment
Almost three years ago, Hotel Chocolat raised more than £4m by offering the UK’s first ever ‘chocolate bond’ to our customers.
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OpinionComment: Sales growth must not derail fair rates for retail campaign
The unexpected February retail sales figures sparked inevitable questions about whether we are on the verge of a sustained period of growth.
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OpinionRetail surgery: What could retail content teams learn from the fashion industry?
What could retail content teams learn from the fashion industry?
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OpinionRetail surgery: How can online retailers predict seasonal demand and avoid customer dissatisfaction?
How can online retailers predict seasonal demand and avoid customer dissatisfaction?
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OpinionComment: Can department store Debenhams get back on track?
Department store group Debenhams has fallen from grace with investors, with almost 15% wiped off the retailer’s share price.