All Argos articles – Page 34
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NewsAldi latest retailer to enter budget tablet market
Discount grocer Aldi is to enter the budget tablet market with the launch of Lifetab E7316.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Retail Christmas adverts - sifting the crackers from the turkeys
Which retail campaigns hit the right note and which need a rethink? Rebecca Thomson gets the views of two advertising experts and assesses social media reaction to some of this year’s Christmas ads.
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OpinionBlog: Etailers on the hunt for smaller stores with more flexible terms
It wasn’t so long ago that many in the property world were predicting the demise of the high street. High profile administrations suggested that the high street and, consequently, retail were in permanent decline.
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OpinionComment: Engage your business around the customer journey
Much thinking about customer service has focused on ‘moments of truth’, the particular interactions with high emotional content that provide the opportunity to delight the customer and intensify loyalty.
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OpinionComment: 2013, the year that shops got better
After being in the doldrums for half a decade, this year has seen store openings that show physical retail is alive and kicking.
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OpinionComment: Argos offers a vision of a digital future
It is half a decade since the news broke that Woolworths was collapsing, a watershed event in the development of UK retail that heralded a period of unprecedented change on the high street.
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AnalysisVirtual store tour: Argos shows off digital format
Take a look inside Argos’s new digital store in Old Street.
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AnalysisVideo: Argos boss John Walden on his new digital stores
As Argos previews its new digital store model, managing director John Walden tells Retail Week executive editor George MacDonald about the changes he has introduced.
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GalleryIn pictures: Argos unveils new generation of digital stores
Multichannel retailer Argos has previewed a new-model digital store designed to reflect changing shopping habits and enhance appeal to consumers.
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AnalysisWoolworths collapse 5th Anniversary: How has the high street changed?
The news that Woolworths was collapsing broke half a decade ago. Five years on, what have retailers learned from Woolworths’ demise?
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OpinionNick Bubb’s verdict: Dixons - Down with Comet, up with service?
Dixons has picked up a lot of market share over the last year, thanks to the demise of Comet, but can they now build on that success?
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OpinionComment: Retailers' Christmas ads - the good, the bad and the ugly
Mid-November and it’s little more than a week since stores were festooned with vampire costumes and we’d all been merrily sending a week’s wages up in multicoloured smoke.
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Analysis
Analysis: Innovation in supply chain online fulfilment
As cut-off times for next-day delivery get later, and same-day delivery becomes more widely adopted, retailers’ supply chains are being tested to the limit, writes David Brooks.
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NewsCustomers object to use of their data by retailers
Shoppers have warned retailers off using mobile and bank data as worries over big brother-style intrusion into personal information mounts.
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NewsArgos teams up with ITV for interactive Christmas campaign
Multichannel retailer Argos has linked up with broadcaster ITV to run a Christmas campaign which it describes as a marketing first.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Is dynamic pricing about to take off in retail?
Retailers looking for new ways to update prices are rethinking an older technology. Rebecca Thomson reports on the latest initiatives.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Why Ebay's Shutl purchase is only part of the fulfilment story
EBay’s purchase of Shutl is the latest in a long list of delivery innovations and launches in retail this year. Rebecca Thomson takes a look at how this crucial battleground is developing.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on Argos, Ann Summers and Tesco
Retail news round-up October 30, 2013: Argos advert banned by the ASA; Ann Summers hires Propaganda to widen appeal; Tesco awards Amscreen contract for dynamic screens
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OpinionComment: British etail leaders remain world’s best
Charged with developing and future-proofing the sales channel broadly regarded as having the biggest potential for growth in British retail, these individuals must be prepared to be leaders of innovation.
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NewsArgos predicts click-and-print will become new click-and-collect
Argos digital director Bertrand Bodson predicts that the rise in 3D printing means that customers will be clicking and printing rather than clicking and collect in the next ten years.