Opinion – Page 290
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OpinionEtail is redefining the retail property market
The names of the retailers taking stands at this year’s British Council of Shopping Centres said everything about today’s retail property market. Five of the top six supermarkets were there competing for sites, as were value retailers Wilkinson, Poundland and Store Twenty One, vying for space in an increasingly crowded ...
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OpinionM&S’s overseas conundrum
Marks & Spencer may have made a mistake when it sold its shops in France and Spain almost a decade ago, but buying them back sounds downright odd.
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Back in business
It may have been the usual suspects who were most prominent, but this year’s BCSC was a much more positive affair
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Carrefour Belgium to expand self-scanning in stores
Carrefour Belgium is to roll-out hand-held scanning devices to stores for customers to use to speed up and improve their shopping experience.
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Jacques Vert to overhaul IT systems
Womenswear retail group Jacques Vert is to undergo a major overhaul of its IT systems, to support multi-channel growth.
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John Lewis Partnership to deliver more targeted campaigns with new system
John Lewis and Waitrose will implement a new system to deliver more targeted and personalised marketing campaigns to their customers.
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OpinionUp close and personal
All retailers would like to think that they work at a micro and macro level, but is it really possible for a chain to create a relevant local offer?
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Two new changes
An afternoon of property yesterday: Westfield Stratford followed by One New Change
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John Lewis to relaunch website
John Lewis is to use a single commerce platform to power a new website and manage customer interaction across all channels to drive sales and customer loyalty.
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Tommy Hilfiger automates invoicing to improve trading efficiency
Tommy Hilfiger plans to reduce cost and error in processing invoices and speed up payments through automating its invoice system.
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Debenhams new TV channel brings the retailer to life
Launched this week, Debenhams’ new TV channel brings the retailer to life. Although video is not a new idea in the fashion sector, Debenhams TV has launched with a variety of formats that will appeal to the department store group’s different consumers.
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OpinionRetail surgery: Can you explain the legal wrangle between Marks & Spencer and Interflora over online search terms, and what are the wider implications for retailers?
Can you explain the legal wrangle between Marks & Spencer and Interflora over online search terms, and what are the wider implications for retailers?
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OpinionRetail surgery: Online Christmas Sales continue to start earlier and earlier. Is it best to launch my Sale on Christmas Day or should I do it before?
Online Christmas Sales continue to start earlier and earlier. Is it best to launch my Sale on Christmas Day or should I do it before?
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OpinionDon’t underestimate the web’s impact
Invariably discussions about online retailing now refer to its ‘maturity’. While online sales growth mirrors the volatility of retail sales generally and exceptional growth rates are history, growth remains and will remain significantly above average.
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OpinionRetail can innovate in social media
More UK retailers should explore and exploit the social network, says Martha Lane Fox
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OpinionStores’ future hinges on multichannel success
You know the retail world is changing when Sir Stuart Rose stands on a podium and starts talking about Twitter and Facebook. Yet there he was at this week’s World Retail Congress (WRC) in Berlin sharing the stage with a man from Google.
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OpinionToo soon to see Best Buy’s impact
Aside from Next, the big update next week will come from Carphone Warehouse which posts interim results on Friday.
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OpinionBuild it, but will they come?
Looking back on the last 10 years of Retail Week Awards we see the very best centres that hit the headlines for all the right reasons. All demanded the unprecedented vision and conviction of a few; each believing in a new generation of regional or city centre malls that would ...
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OpinionIt’s all about quality
Rather like the BCSC and MAPIC events we preview in this special supplement, celebrating the best retail environments is at the heart of what Retail Week is about.
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OpinionFunding is out there, but only for the best deals
Funding is out there for deals involving large retailers with dominant market positions, but is still harder to come by for smaller deals and distressed situations, the World Retail Congress heard this morning.