Opinion – Page 264
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OpinionThe global shopping centre
Tuesday’s thronged opening of Westfield Stratford City showed that the right stores in the right locations will continue to seduce shoppers.
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Net-a-Porter uses augmented reality to bring print ads to life
Online fashion retailer Net-a-Porter is continuing its clever use of augmented reality, after testing the water with the pop-up window shop they opened last week.
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OpinionNewness is the talk of New York
Goldman Sachs’ 18th Annual Global Retailing Conference in New York last week was held against a sombre backdrop of US economic indicators: consumer confidence lowering to near recession levels; disposable incomes and unemployment both stagnating; and a stock market in decline for the fourth consecutive month.
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Best Buy's new mobile site
Electricals giant Best Buy has invested in mcommerce and launched a fully transactional mobile optimised site.
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Westfield goes east
Westfield Stratford City will be the last big shopping centre opening for some time, and it was a good one - with some reservations
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OpinionThe positive power of retail
After a summer of economic uncertainty and civil unrest, UK retail needs a lift. The opening of the £1.45bn Westfield Stratford City is exactly that tonic.
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OpinionA golden opportunity
With Westfield Stratford City on the doorstep of the Olympic Park and set to be a major destination for athletes and spectators alike at Games-time, east London is at the start of an exciting new journey.
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Will Westfield Stratford work?
It’s a tough time to open a megamall and the economic indicators are stacked against success, so has Westfield Stratford got what it takes?
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OpinionThe secret to being a successful founder
In 1997, Michael Dell infamously said if he was in charge of Apple he would “shut it down and give the money back to the shareholders”.
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Etailers go multichannel with bricks-and-mortar trials
With all the talk surrounding multichannel retailing, it was only a matter of time before etailers started dipping a toe in the world of bricks and mortar. The last couple of weeks have brought news of three of the biggest online names making small steps into offline, all in different ways.
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Mobile gocery shopping
Asda and Tesco have both launched transactional mobile optimised versions of their grocery sites, allowing shoppers to order their weekly shops via a smartphone.
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OpinionJustin King: Retail’s role in rebuilding
Big retailers can make a real difference in communities hit by the riots, says Justin King
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OpinionRetail surgery: What must be removed from premises to give vacant possession?
We have served a notice to terminate a lease. What do I have to remove from the premises in order to give vacant possession?
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OpinionRetail surgery: How can I protect my business against late payments?
I’m finding that many of our bills are being paid up to a month late. How can I protect my business against late payments?
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OpinionRetail excellence will make all the difference
The 0.6% like-for-like sales decline recorded by the BRC this week was reassuringly not too bad.
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OpinionKingfisher turns the page
The collapses of furniture retailers such as Floors2Go in the last month served to show that the furniture and home sectors are in a run-down state – a verdict reinforced by the BRC retail sales data this week.
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OpinionRe-evaluating the store
Five years ago, a typical non-food prime site retailer starting out and looking to reach its optimum market might have targeted as many as 200 sites to trade from.
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SPONSOR POST: How can retailers deal with downtime?
Our customers in the retail sector often tell us that downtime of critical computer systems impacts not only employee productivity, but also customer satisfaction.
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OpinionHow can we stop this ‘carry on regardless’ culture?
You’d be forgiven recently for believing we’d been transported back to the early 1940s.
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OpinionCreating better stores
Clinton Cards is changing its management and stores, but there is much to be done.