Opinion – Page 345
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Is M&S right to hope for the best?
Sir Stuart Rose’s assertion earlier today that “every morning is a good morning” at M&S seemed fairly terse.
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OpinionGreen IT gets a retail lesson
A new book by John Lewis Partnership technical strategy manager Gary Hird helps managers cut through all the industry greenwash and pick out what is important within the mass of information published on green IT.
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OpinionProperty comment: Westfield, retail's Marmite
Where Marmite is concerned, you either love it or hate it. Retailers fall into the same distinct camps when it comes to Westfield London.
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Stores 2008: this year’s retail design round-up
Tomorrow sees the publication of Stores 2008, a book produced by Retail Week with the support of Land Securities that celebrates the best in retail design across the world during the past 12 months.
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Sainsbury's connects with its customers
It’s difficult sometimes to see the difference between the grocers’ price promotion campaigns.
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Good news is still out there
Watching TV and reading the national press, you could be forgiven for thinking it’s Armageddon.
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Sir Stuart Rose and Sir Terry Leahy are survivors
The results caravan moves on next week through two of its biggest stops on the trip. On Tuesday, Tesco unveils first-half figures and on Thursday, Marks & Spencer issues second-quarter numbers.
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JD Sports is a cut above
JD Sports Fashion’s stellar results may have come as a surprise to many, especially those who have been following the fortunes of its sportswear competitors, JJB Sports and Sports Direct.
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Stephen Robertson, British Retail Consortium: Retail needs more palatable food policy
In early sci-fi movies, when robots were given conflicting orders the sparks flew and their heads blew off. Being a food retailer trying to respond to contradictory government policy must sometimes feel just like that.
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OpinionNo one is immune to the slump
If giant banks are falling victim to the downturn, it’s a sign retailers can’t afford to be complacent.
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Cabot Circus: Bristol’s much-needed retail injection
Of all the shopping centres opening this autumn, Cabot Circus in Bristol is arguably the most needed.
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Retail cinderellas: why retailers need a consistent store standard
As well as being the year that will be remembered for exposing the peril of injudicious lending and the plague of short-selling, this year may go down as the last dance in the development ball in retail circles.
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Can Tesco beat the discounters at their own game?
It seems strange that the mighty Tesco should be worried about a competitor that is just a fraction of its size. Yet this week the grocer launched its biggest package of money-saving measures since it launched its iconic Value range 15 years ago.
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A whiff of panic about Tesco
At a time when such excitement has been focused on the discount grocery retailers it was always going to be a question of when, rather than if, Tesco fought back.
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Will there be any fashion victims?
What a difference a few days can make. This week’s financial meltdown is of a scale unknown by many working in retail.
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City Insider: Morrisons is well placed to win
Morrisons unveiled a surge in sales and profits last week, but the retailer was rewarded not with an investor buying spree but by its shares touching a two-year low.
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Michael Poynor: Why the fast and the focused will win
As the economy slows down, speed paradoxically grows in importance.
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Ian Cheshire: Value has to be a commitment
Only those retailers with a long-term focus on offering value will benefit through the downturn.
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Dancing to a digital tune
Since Apple turned the music retail business on its head with the launch of the iPod and iTunes online music store, it has rather set the pace of change in the industry.
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Liverpool One is still a success
A few months ago I received a “save the date” letter from Grosvenor, the developer of Liverpool One, telling me to keep October 1 free.