Opinion – Page 57
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OpinionOpinion: Why Boohoo raided Primark for its new CEO
If you were to appoint a new chief executive for a fast-growing pureplay retailer with a blossoming international presence, what sort of person would you hire?
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OpinionOpinion: Retailers can only hold their stomachs in so long
Beefcake actor Burt Reynolds – Hollywood’s biggest box office draw of the 1970s and early 1980s – died earlier this month.
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OpinionOpinion: Time for Ashley to take Sports Direct private
It’s not every day that reading a stock exchange announcement brings laughter and open-mouthed disbelief.
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OpinionOpinion: Think really big, long term and really disruptively
Ocado chief technology officer Paul Clarke was named Tech Pioneer of the Year at the Tech. Awards 2018 last night. In his acceptance speech, he sets out a challenge to his peers to harness technology for the good of business and society.
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Opinion: JD Sports shows that stores still matter
It may have a healthy online business, but stores are at the heart of JD Sports’ rise and rise and rise.
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OpinionOpinion: Primark and JD show golden rules hold good
Retail may be changing at byte speed, but two stellar successes demonstrated this week that some of the oldest rules in the book still apply.
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OpinionDividing opinion: The case for and against CVAs
If the last eight months are anything to go by, 2018 is shaping up to be the year of the CVA.
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OpinionOpinion: No more Wild West – ecommerce has come of age
News headlines have been filled with reports painting a dismal picture of the retail industry lately, whether it is coverage of stores shutting for good or plummeting sales.
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OpinionPolitical stalemate stifles Northern Ireland retail
Northern Ireland is a great place to live, work, invest and visit. It has a skilled workforce, relatively low property prices and it has not reached retail saturation in the burgeoning towns and cities that are home to over 1.8 million shoppers.
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OpinionOpinion: Amazon should follow Coke into coffee shops
Whitbread’s surprise sale of Costa Coffee to Coca-Cola for £3.9bn prompts the question of who else might have been in the race for a caffeine fix – or who perhaps should have been.
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OpinionOpinion: Debenhams. What's in a name? Not much.
Looking at the history of the Marks & Spencer logo since the 1930s reveals that there have been seven logo changes in the last 90 years, but that three of these have taken place since the turn of the millennium.
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OpinionOpinion: Ashley’s not responsible for HoF supplier woes
Sports Direct boss Mike Ashley is not always an easy person to sympathise with.
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OpinionOpinion: The cat is out of the bag at Footasylum
Footasylum’s second profit warning in three months cements a dramatic fall from grace for the once-vaunted sportswear retailer.
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OpinionAstronomic investment needed to fix retail black holes
There is still no substitute for store visits if you want to see reality rather than the ‘fake news’ emanating from the boardroom and the PR department.
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OpinionBe Inspired: Four steps to career success
When you can do 80% of your job, it’s time to move on. This was just one of the many key takeaways from the latest Be Inspired workshop, which centred on how best to further your career.
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OpinionOpinion: Why Homebase deserves a lifeline from creditors
The fate of DIY retailer Homebase will be decided on Friday, when creditors vote on a proposed CVA.
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OpinionRetailers putting plastic genie back in its bottle
That Sir David Attenborough is a living legend is beyond any reasonable doubt. But I think everyone has perhaps been a little surprised by the long-lasting impact of Blue Planet, which documented the damage inflicted by plastics on the oceans and its inhabitants.
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OpinionOpinion: How to avoid 'volcanic' online reviews
Customer feedback is essential for retailers – but how can they ensure the loudest voices are not the only ones potential new customers hear?
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OpinionOpinion: Farfetch – the future of retail?
The extent of change in retail was thrown into stark relief again this week.
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OpinionOpinion: A store without stock? Yes please
You don’t need to have ‘stuff’ in a store for it to be a shop. There are alternatives.