Opinion – Page 232
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OpinionRetail Surgery: How can I avoid a NatWest-style IT disaster?
We plan to upgrade our IT systems shortly, but how can I protect my company against a NatWest-style disaster?
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Blog: A place to read about the cutting edge
The Retail Week eFashion blog - a place where people from the fashion retail ecosystem can break the news about the newest, coolest, most interesting things that they’re doing online.
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OpinionBlog: Retailers must innovate to make a success of their social strategy
Topshop’s announcement today that it is partnering with Facebook for its first-ever live ‘customisation of the catwalk’ is one of the clearest indications yet that and retailers are searching for innovative ways to capitalise social media.
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OpinionComment: What the 'mega-Thursday' trading updates say about retail prospects
Traditionally, the back to school trading period for retailers in early September gives a good guide to how the rest of the Autumn will pan out on the High Street.
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OpinionComment: Debenhams sets the standard for retail
Department store group Debenhams took analysts on a tour of its Milton Keynes shop last week.
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OpinionComment: Beware of online competition
I used to warn potential investors to avoid retailers that were at risk from competition from either hypermarkets or the internet, especially in the UK where hypermarkets were growing rapidly and online shopping already represented 14% of non-food sales by 2011.
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OpinionBlog: Twitter pushes fashion week agenda
Social network Twitter has created a fashion guide to allow users to follow the major fashion weeks online.
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OpinionBlog: Etailers must emulate Vogue to keep site visits up
Etail giant Asos launched a weekly magazine via its iPhone app last week as it seeks to further advance its fashion credentials.
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OpinionComment: Walmart is quietly becoming quite the mobile hipster
Despite a staggering $444 billion in annual revenue, Walmart has generally been sluggish and conservative, allowing tech innovations to be toyed with by rivals such as Amazon.
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OpinionComment: Property’s change of pace
In terms of retail property, 2012 has been a year of extremes.
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OpinionComment: Retail property sector should adapt in a changing world
Stephen Hawking once said, “Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change”. Well, the world is buzzing with change, but what are we doing about it?
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OpinionComment: Invest in your online strategy
At five months pregnant with baby number one, I am the goldmine customer for many retailers.
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OpinionComment: Retailers must encourage diversity of thought
The Paralympics have changed perceptions about diversity in sport, but should retailers start thinking about diversity in thought?
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OpinionComment: Retailers should look to efficiency to improve customer experience
These days more consumers are making the internet their first choice shopping destination, putting pressure on physical retailers.
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OpinionComment: A disappointing New Look
Walking through Nottingham city centre on Saturday it was hard not to admire New Look’s windows.
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OpinionComment: Sports Direct proves it’s still on a winning track
Sports Direct this week proved itself once again to be a retail gold medallist.
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OpinionComment: The UK still offers investment opportunities
The UK and its retail industry still tick the boxes for investment opportunities.
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Blog: SaaS and ERP - indestructible force meets immovable object
It has always been one of the unsolved mysteries of the universe, something that our minds can’t grasp, the intellectual challenge that relates to the question: “What would happen if the indestructible force met the immovable object?”
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OpinionRetail Surgery: Does SEO for mobile sites differ from desktop sites?
Does SEO for mobile sites differ from that of desktop sites?
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OpinionRetail Surgery: How can we get our CEOs interested in digital?
How can we get our chief executive and board to engage with digital?