Opinion – Page 363
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Knowing me, knowing you
Many IT directors employ gatekeeper secretaries, guard mobile phone numbers closely and refuse to set up voicemail in order to keep technology sales people at bay.
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Landlords are living in the past
The poor Christmas that many retailers suffered has meant this year has started on a glum note. The usual flux of property stories from retailers setting out their expansion plans for the year has been replaced by stories of caution.
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UK is design supermarket
Walk along Regent Street, take a stroll along a high street or visit almost any shopping mall and the one thing you will see everywhere is new shops.
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Life tastes better at Morrisons
Morrisons chief executive Marc Bolland will have toasted the grocer’s sparkling Christmas results this week.
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Online, the fashion frontier
So, JD Sports has been voted the retailer with the worst customer service on the high street followed closely by another sportswear retailer, JJB.
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Store manager’s diary – A successful Sale is all down to preparation
January is all about clearing the remainder of the autumn/winter reductions and focusing on the season ahead.
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Bolland’s world of opportunity
When future retail historians write the history of Morrisons, the first quarter of 2008 will figure large. March will be the end of an era, when Sir Ken Morrison steps down as chairman. And what better present could he leave with than the grocer having turned the corner as spectacularly ...
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When will we stop deluding ourselves?
Are we entering 2008 with unrealistic expectations? Not quite at every turn but at most, it strikes me that we do face unrealistic expectations.
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Lord Kirkham: We’ve had it easy for too long
Retailers need to put things in perspective – there are worse fates than falling like-for-likes
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Who wins in a Somerfield sale?
The auction of neighbourhood food retailer Somerfield superficially puts the retailer in a position of strength but, in reality, its situation is ambiguous.
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Promote patronage, not prices
At last week’s National Retail Federation show in New York, nearly all conversations covering retail or technology were prefaced with comments about the state of the increasingly fragile world economy.
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Agency conflict rears its head
Many property agencies have had to juggle conflict between retailers and landlords for some time.
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Sainsbury’s bests Purley king
Sainsbury’s in Wallington, the place where South London fizzles out and suburban Surrey begins, has just had a makeover.
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Somerfield bid will likely break it up
One of retail’s worst kept secrets was made official this week, when the private equity owners of Somerfield and investment bank Citi revealed that the grocery chain was being touted around the supermarket industry.
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M&S’s knight is not beaten yet
Would Marks & Spencer’s investors have been better off if Sir Philip Green had succeeded with his 400p takeover proposal three years ago?
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Is the luxury sector's crown slipping?
The luxury sector has long been touted as the last bastion of booming sales during the credit crunch.
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Welcome to the new world disorder
Last weekend I stumbled across a photographic exhibition called Shutting Up Shop at the National Portrait Gallery.
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Spending: innovation will keep it up
The way to keep consumers buying is to offer something that is different and inventive
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Share carnage is over the top
Wouldn’t life be easy running an energy business, or a rail operator? Your customers have little choice but to use your services and you can raise prices at a whim.