Opinion – Page 37
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Opinion‘The most important thing a CEO can do right now is ask for help’
Retail is going through unprecedented times. Bosses in the sector should swallow their pride and ask for help because there’s plenty of people willing to lend a hand, says former White Stuff boss Sally Bailey.
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OpinionMove of the Week: Wilko’s new CFO will need to hit the ground running
It’s a difficult time for anyone employed in retail, and thoughts are with those who have already lost their job or face an anxious wait to see if it still exists as bosses pick through the wreckage caused by Covid-19.
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Opinion‘Asos ticks the boxes for success in turbulent times’
Online fashion trailblazer Asos’ trading update this week was a sparkling exception that proved the generally dismal rule that the retail industry right now is under the cosh as never before.
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Opinion'Why now is the time for D2C brands to shine'
Many investors are currently shying away from the retail industry, specifically the indirect brand economy.
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Opinion‘Retailers must seize Covid opportunity to radically restructure’
The need to transform to keep pace with consumer demands and habits is a never-ending narrative in UK retail.
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OpinionOpinion: Covid-19 has widened the retail talent pool
As an optimist, it’s in my nature to look for silver linings in difficult situations – and in recruitment terms, I think I’ve found one.
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OpinionOpinion: Summer statement cements retail’s place as UK’s invisible industry
There was hope, rather than expectation, that chancellor Rishi Sunak would offer retailers a lifeline this week.
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OpinionOpinion: Boohoo should cut ties with Leicester following sweatshop revelations
Online fashion star Boohoo has become too big to countenance links with Leicester factories alleged to operate under Dickensian conditions in flagrant breach of the law.
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OpinionFiona Lambert: Leicester must break vicious cycle and restore great fashion factories
With a long career in the fashion and textile industry and living and working in Leicester, I’ve been deeply saddened by the reports that garment manufacturing has potentially had a part to play in the spread of Covid-19 and the extended lockdown.
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OpinionOpinion: Four ways to maintain healthy work/life balance WFH
I’ve noted several times over recent weeks how Covid-19 has tested the retail (and wider) workforce like never before.
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OpinionDanone director: Being ‘good’ is not good enough for post-Covid businesses
Like so many other companies across the UK, at Danone, we have been working hard to get urgent help to people affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
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OpinionOpinion: As jobs are decimated, Johnson must help ‘build, build, build’ retail
There’s no getting away from it – this has been a bruising week for retail.
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OpinionOpinion: Why have retailers become entrepreneurs all of a sudden?
Almost every day there’s another story on Retail Week about a retailer doing things in an entrepreneurial way. But where were all these entrepreneurs before the start of this pandemic?
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OpinionOpinion: Lululemon’s Mirror deal should usher in new type of retail acquisition
Sports apparel and leisurewear specialist Lululemon’s $500m purchase of interactive home gym start-up Mirror may turn out to be one of retail’s most inspired deals this year.
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OpinionOpinion: Black Lives Matter movement signals time for retailers to act on diversity
Well-known retailers have shown their solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement and it is time for UK businesses to take long-term action.
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OpinionOpinion: Retail diversity shouldn’t hinge on one chief executive
This week, Card Factory chief executive Karen Hubbard will leave the business after four years at the helm.
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OpinionOpinion: How to sustain team culture while home working
The office dynamic cannot be replicated entirely at home, but businesses can take steps to ensure people continue to feel engaged and valued
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OpinionOpinion: Raise a glass – responsibly – to lockdown relaxation
As retail reopened last week, there was no getting away from the fact that there was a gaping hole at the heart of town centres and other shopping destinations: the absence of almost any form of recreation.
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OpinionOpinion: How to ace a virtual job interview
It barely needs repeating that retail is entering a ‘new normal’. Some changes, such as social distancing in shops, will hopefully be temporary, while others are set to become a permanent feature of the new business landscape.
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OpinionOpinion: Reopenings reveal a flight to value that retail must embrace
It has become something of a recurring theme during this pandemic, but retailers and their frontline workers did themselves proud again on Monday.