Opinion – Page 276
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OpinionPanda is not black and white
Google’s latest site update – named Panda – is reported to be having a significant impact on the visibility of certain websites in natural search results.
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OpinionWhy long-haul can be too short-term
There is an increasing trend for retailers to move sourcing closer to home.
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OpinionRetail surgery: How can we compete with retailers that run more promotions than we do?
How can we effectively compete with retailers that run double the number of in-store promotions that we do?
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OpinionRetail surgery: If customer data is lost by another company can we make an insurance claim?
Another company processes all our credit card transactions. If customer data is lost or stolen, can we make a claim against their, or our, insurance policy?
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Amazon Checkout
Launched last week, Checkout by Amazon allows the etailer’s customers to make purchases on another retailer’s website using the delivery addresses and payment information stored in their Amazon account.
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OpinionSelf-help is the key to success
Tough times demand that retailers must innovate to generate growth, says Ian Cheshire
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OpinionSorry? Jack Wills...scandalous?
Where should the line be drawn between “flirtatious fun” and inappropriate material?
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Are you being served?
Beales is undergoing a quiet transformation under Tony Brown, but bringing the Anglia Co-op’s stores up to date won’t be simple
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OpinionCould JJB CVA start a trend?
JJB Sports was handed a lifeline when its landlords voted in favour of its second CVA.
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M&S supplier loses customer data
Marks and Spencer has become the latest retailer to fall foul of a third party security breach after its email supplier Epsilon lost customer data.
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OpinionDebenhams transactional Android and Nokia apps
Last week Debenhams launched transactional Android and Nokia apps to build on its current growth in the m-commerce market, making the retailer the first to have transactional apps for all three major smartphones.
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Rising in the East
A Retail Week tour of Westfield Stratford revealed some interesting names earmarked for the centre.
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How the Angry Birds shop got more traffic than M&S
The success of the Angry Birds online shop is a testament of how quickly things can gain traction on the web if they capture consumers’ imagination.
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Administering bad news
Four administrations in the past week can only be bad news, but say more about the companies concerned than the market.
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JJB Sports: not many reasons for visiting
A quick visit is enough to say all that needs to be said
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OpinionRetail surgery: I want to assign my shop lease to another group company and refit it, can I just proceed?
I want to assign my shop lease to another group company and refit it. The lease says I can assign within the group and carry out alterations without the landlord’s consent. Can I just proceed?
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OpinionPublic retailers in pole position
There’s no doubt that 2011 is shaping up to be a somewhat punishing year for retailers and store stocks have consequently been under pressure.
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M&S in Paris
A store on one of the most expensive streets in the world is a brave way for Marc Bolland to announce M&S’s return to Europe