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Group Gifting from Notonthehighstreet.com
Notonthehighstreet.com has become the first site in the UK to launch a new social commerce feature so groups of friends can share the cost of large-ticket items.
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Google explains how to approach international etail
International markets are a big opportunity for growth in the next few years, and there are plenty of companies keen to capitalise on retailers’ planned expansion. Google is one – although many of the tools it offers are free – and the company wants to offer retailers access to its huge swathes of data.
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OpinionRetail surgery: Does spending money on point of sale drive sales?
In the current economic climate does spending money on point of sale still drive sales?
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OpinionIceland is not for sale
Vultures are supposedly circling, but Iceland is fighting fit and battle-ready, says Malcolm Walker
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OpinionAsda should be doing better in tough times
It hasn’t been a good week for Asda. To lose a COO after six months might be considered bad luck, to have lost 0.4% of market share as well starts to look a bit careless.
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OpinionBetting on Dunkerton
It was a big day last week for fashion specialist SuperGroup when the City’s scribblers descended on Cheltenham for a bit of speed-dating with the management.
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OpinionThe public will still believe that Primark exploits workers
The news of the BBC Trust’s apology to Primark over fabricated footage in the Panorama programme about child labour in the retailer’s supply chain gave rise to some heated debate among the Verdict analysts - as happened more widely.
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Why would Home Retail want to buy Habitat?
Why Home Retail would want to buy Habitat is a mystery
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OpinionRead up and smell the coffee
The news last Friday that Starbucks took a £10m hit in the UK last year from the collapse of the Borders bookshop chain offers a piquant reflection on the ongoing transformation of our high streets from retail strips of independent and multiple stores (with banks, and estate agents aplenty) into elongated food courts.
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Power packed
The 2011 Power List has changed a lot from previous years, and is already provoking debate - which is exactly the idea
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OpinionPower List 2011: All change for retail’s high-flyers
This is the sixth year of Retail Week’s Power List, but the first time we’ve had a change at the top.
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OpinionCan't get no satisfaction?
The only was to let landlords know you’re a dissatisfied tenant is to tell them
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OpinionPicking a winner is easy
As consumer sentiment hardens, identifying retailers that are doing what they should is more straightforward than ever.
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OpinionHow do some retailers buck the negative trend?
It seems like another year when the economic climate and a lack of consumer confidence are the main reasons given by retail chief executives for the recent lacklustre performance in their high street stores.
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OpinionThe new age of own-brand
Retailers can capitalise with own-brand products as customers seek out value, says David Wild
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OpinionRetailers must travel beyond UK for growth
International expansion has traditionally been seen as an opportunity to take advantage of exciting new territories and the growing consumer economies of emerging markets.
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OpinionThe big-box blues
After all the speculation beforehand, Carphone Warehouse gave away little about the future of the fledgling Best Buy big-box business in the UK when it updated on Tuesday
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OpinionRetail surgery: How can we use social media to generate sales?
Tesco has claimed impressive sales figures generated through social media. How can other retailers learn from this?
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An attack on retail
The BBC Trust’s verdict against Panorama’s attack on Primark demonstrates there was, and probably still is, an agenda against retailers in the liberal media
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OpinionRetail surgery: Can suppliers include consequential loss within their contracts?
I’ve heard suppliers may include consequential loss within their contracts. For retailers, this might seem too good to be true,but what are the pitfalls of this kind of agreement?