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OpinionFlat outlook for retail shares
Next chief executive Simon Wolfson put the cat among the retail share price pigeons last week with a frank summary of current trading conditions and the shape of things to come.
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OpinionRetail surgery: How do we go about increasing our store conversion and repeat purchase rates?
How do we go about increasing our store conversion and repeat purchase rates?
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OpinionRetail surgery: Can we compete with the biggest retailers when it comes to marketing ourselves on our sustainability policies?
Can we compete with the biggest retailers when it comes to marketing ourselves on our sustainability policies?
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The Tech Guys
IT budgets are holding firm, but retail CIOs are being asked to do more with them, particularly around multichannel
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OpinionCan Mango realise its ambitions on global rivals?
As far as Spanish fashion giants go Mango has very much languished in the shadows of Zara owner Inditex which is the undoubted leader of international fashion retail.
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Of mice and Morrisons
Blocking the development of a supermarket because of dormice shows that the planning system really isn’t working.
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OpinionThe Primark effect
Anyone who remains sniffy about the impact of Primark on a town needs their head examining.
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Ethics men
Anyone know the reason for the extraordinary flurry of stories about factory standards? Or is it just that we’re in the quiet middle of August?
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OpinionThe Big Apple
Is the new Covent Garden store actually that different from any other Apple emporium, or is it just bigger?
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OpinionThe mobile is the medium of the message
“The medium is the message”. Marshall McLuhan’s dictum, which defined the post-Second World War marketing era, has become more pertinent than ever in this age of the worldwide web.
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OpinionPedal power is policy progress
Government and business can work together to make health targets a reality, says David Wild
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OpinionWatchdog is bad news, but grocers will cope
It was begun during one administration’s tenure and completed under another’s, but you probably couldn’t tell: the Government response to the consultation on creating a grocery ombudsman - or adjudicator as it is now termed - is classic British fudge.
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OpinionMorrisons sets the pace
Morrisons has traditionally been the most shy of the big four grocers towards City analysts, investors and the media. Some believe that has led, in part, to its de-rating.
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OpinionRetail surgery: Brands are starting to engage much more directly with customers. What can we learn from them?
Brands are starting to engage much more directly with customers. What can we learn from them?
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OpinionRetail surgery: As a supermarket, how far should we extend our celebrity tie-up when it comes to point-of-sale marketing?
As a supermarket, how far should we extend our celebrity tie-up when it comes to point-of-sale marketing?
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OpinionFive and a half minute limit
It’s no surprise to hear that shoppers don’t enjoy queues, but the question is what are retailers prepared to do about it?
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OpinionBikes, free wi-fi and nude women
If you want to see unlikely retail couplings, head to London’s East End
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OpinionNo room for smug consensus
Ocado chief executive Tim Steiner rather gracelessly laid into independent City analysts after last week’s lacklustre IPO, following which the online grocer’s shares immediately fell below the opening price.
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OpinionCouncils must invest in high streets or they’ll die
The pressure on budgets means councils are going to be tempted to wring every last penny out of their town centres. But ultimately if they fail to invest in making their high streets attractive places to shop, they’ll only have themselves to blame when retailers walk away
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OpinionBright young things
Understanding how today’s younger shoppers think is vital for success, says Martha Lane Fox