Opinion – Page 338
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Snow shows the web is a lifeline for consumers
The snow of early this week highlighted just how important the internet has become to society. Retailers should take every opportunity they get to benefit from this.
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Prupim's monthly rent offer comes with strings attached
The news that landlord Prupim has offered retailers monthly rent payments is to be welcomed wholeheartedly. But the move does raise a number of questions.
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Regent Street: don't waste the recession
‘A recession is a terrible thing to waste,’ said Kevin Roche, a director at US store design company Callison, last week in what might, at first glance, appear to be a distinctly counter-intuitive moment.
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Tesco talks fashion
Tesco will launch a new-look clothing website in autumn. Will it be enough to take on the might of online leaders such as Asos? And will it be enough to take on value giants such as Primark and George?
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OpinionRetail space is becoming a Waste Land
Two weeks ago this organ reported that 300 of the 815 Woolworths stores had “been secured or are under negotiation”.
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OpinionIt’s evolution, plain and simple
The recession is returning balance to business and extinction is the right course for many.
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Is the Government Backing UK Retail?
You hopefully won’t have been able to avoid noticing Retail Week’s Backing UK Retail campaign, which we’ve been running across the magazine and website throughout January. Events this week show exactly why the campaign is needed.
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Troubled Stylo acts with honour
“This is not about the mass closure of Barratts, it’s quite the opposite. What’s been put out for creditors to vote on is the rescue of the company.”
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Mosaic wise to assess options as Iceland rebuilds
A change of government in Iceland heralds a new start for the country, and may signal a thawing of the glacial process of evaluating the UK retail assets held by the administrators to its banks.
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Plenty to do in retail IT
Retail IT departments can pay for themselves many times over, so a recession is the worst time to try and save money by making IT staff cuts.
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The lines of communication are still open
Those of you lucky enough to be at Retail Week’s Property Directors Forum last Thursday will have seen a truly lively set of discussions unfold.
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The retail banking crisis
Type “store design” into the search box on Vimeo's home page and hundreds of short videos, including some excellent Retail Week inclusions, will be available for your perusal. And strangely, among these, there's even a short clip showing a bank at Piccadilly with a swish new interior.
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Morrisons takes the crown
Morrisons outperformed the industry over the Christmas period, but as we officially enter a recession, can it stay on top this year and continue to beat Tesco, Sainsbury's and Asda?
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VAT cut is not optional
It’s been a good week to bury bad news. So retailers ought to be grateful that on the day Barack Obama was inaugurated, a curious statistic was tucked away at the back of the ONS’s inflation report.
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OpinionObama’s an example to us all
he presidential campaign is an inspirational model for any business that wants to touch people
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John Richards: Think it's bad? You've seen nothing yet
Plan for lower sales in 2009 and 2010 and you won’t suffer too many unpleasant shocks. The severity of the financial crunch and the excesses that led to it mean that the adjustment process must not only be painful but protracted.
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Electricals war is yet to be won
There’s little sign of a surge for electricals retailers this year.
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Obama's 'new era of responsibility' comes to retail
Who would have thought that JJB's suspended chief executive Chris Ronnie would be one of the first symbols of “the new era of responsibility” outlined by newly elected President Barack Obama?
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Retail event cancellation a blow for IT
In some bad news for the retail technology industry, it has been announced that next week’s Retail Business Show exhibition will not be taking place.
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We live in uncertain times
The year has started with something of an uneasy lull in property circles. With most but not all retailers having reported their Christmas sales, it’s obvious that the last month has brought some mixed fortunes.