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AnalysisOpinion: Landlords need vision to attract retail's star performers
The key to a thriving prime retail destination is a visionary approach and securing ‘stars’ from the international premium and food sectors.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Eight trends transforming customer experience in retail
Convenience is currently the watchword in customer experience trends. We pick out a few of the best examples from around the world.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Trading lessons and emerging trends from the golden quarter
What were the key trends to emerge from the all-important festive trading period? OC&C’s Tom Gladstone looks at the numbers.
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OpinionOpinion: Ocado’s new non-exec director may help deliver an overseas deal
Ocado’s appointment of Dixons Carphone’s deputy chief executive Andrew Harrison as a non-executive director looks like a good selection.
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OpinionOpinion: Why online shopping growth owes a debt to bricks and mortar
New stats regarding online shopping were released last week and, before the ink had dried, headlines were heralding the death of the high street.
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OpinionNick Bubb's verdict: 'Old Carphone' is driving force behind Dixons Carphone
Eighteen months on from the merger, it’s ironic that it is the ‘old Carphone’ that seems to be driving the Dixons Carphone business.
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OpinionOpinion: Retail’s productivity conundrum is as pressing as ever
Christmas brought a continued acceleration of online migration: not perhaps an inflection point, but certainly a quickening of pace.
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OpinionOpinion: Product sets retail winners apart over Christmas trading period
December, traditionally the month in which retailers had a licence to print money, proved lacklustre for many, as sales and footfall data have shown.
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OpinionOpinion: 2016 will be a momentous year for retail as policy challenges loom
While the industry can do much to help itself, a lot rides on easing some of the policy burdens imposed on it by Government.
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OpinionOpinion: A Sainsbury’s/Home Retail deal makes sense on paper… but in reality?
When Sainsburys updates on Wednesday there will be as much interest in its potential tie-up with Argos as about grocery conditions.
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OpinionOpinion: Debenhams’ new leader must initiate a retail revival
Debenhams is on the hunt for a new chief executive and whoever is appointed has a lot of work to do to revitalise the retailer.
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OpinionNeil Saunders: US retailers had reasonable but not spectacular Christmas
Although it is early in the reporting period, initial results suggest the holiday season for US retailers was reasonable but not spectacular.
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OpinionOpinion: Why it's Back to the Future for retail in 2016
Star Wars has recently caught people’s imagination in retail but the film franchise that holds greater resonance is surely Back to the Future.
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OpinionOpinion: Why 2015 has become the year of the retail park
Often overlooked as the less glamorous part of the retail property sector, retail parks have undergone significant change in recent years.
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OpinionOpinion: How changing demographics will disrupt the retail industry
Retailers face a more complicated, nuanced demographic landscape than ever and they need to be able to adapt to the changes.
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AnalysisReview of the Year: Store openings, closures and tie-ups in 2015
From new shopping centres to some intriguing shop-in-shop tie-ups, 2015 showed how bricks-and-mortar retailing continues to evolve.
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OpinionBlog: Ten years after the Buncefield blast, Asos is still delivering
Ten years ago the southeast of England was rocked by the biggest explosion since World War Two. But Asos bounced back and continued to grow.
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OpinionOpinion: Crossrail is a Christmas gift for retailers in London’s West End
Crossrail benefits are already starting to show with station revamps kick-starting the rejuvenation of the West End shopping experience.
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OpinionOpinion: Why online retailers are laying bricks-and-mortar foundations
As the ecommerce market becomes increasingly crowded, more pure-play etailers are taking steps towards launching a physical presence.

















