All Opinion articles – Page 170
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OpinionComment: Why it's worth investing to create retail destinations
This week it was revealed that Asda may be considering a bid for Mothercare’s Early Learning Centre as it looks to fill excess space in its stores.
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OpinionComment: What makes a float successful
As interest grows in IPO, Gareth Iley, consumer partner at advisory firm Clearwater Corporate Finance, discusses conditions that are conducive to a successful IPO.
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OpinionAnalysis: Taking Morrisons private could raise fears for Ocado
The news this week that Morrisons’ founding family are attempting to take the company private came as a surprise.
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OpinionBlog: Retailers battle it out in Retail Week's 2014 Omni-lympics
As the world turns its attention to the Winter Olympics, today sees the launch of our own retail-specific games - The 2014 Omni-lympics.
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OpinionComment: Dixons boss Sebastian James on keeping a retail brand relevant
For the last few years at Dixons – but thankfully no longer – my team and I have been the worried-looking doctors and nurses clustered round the bedside of this Great British institution.
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OpinionComment: Will investors make a £1bn bet on Ao.com as it lines up IPO?
White goods etailer Ao.com has made its presence keenly felt in the industry over the last few years, whether for the way it has put customer service at its heart or its amusing ads.
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OpinionComment: How wearable technology will make little difference
The idea that by donning a pair of Robocop-style glasses things will be better is the stuff of Never Never Land.
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OpinionBlog: Thriving housing market is giving home retailers a boost
As a business benefiting from the housing boom, Next Homeware demands a seamless supply chain.
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OpinionComment: Retailers must consider new technology's return on investment
Across the retail sector a lot of effort is going into finding creative ways of using technology to create new customer experiences.The question is, will that investment trickle down into a return for the business, or is it just window dressing?Marc Jacobs recently revealed that it plans to open a ...
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OpinionComment: Transforming supply chains is top priority
From big-name fashion, electronics and furniture retailers to the major grocers and department stores, existing supply chains are being tested to the max.
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OpinionRetail surgery: What impact will wearable technology have on retail?
Wearables, or wearable technologies, are different to mobile devices.
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OpinionRetail surgery: What is the best way to adopt new technology?
Despite vast investment, retail IT projects routinely fail to deliver. Retailers spend a lot of time and effort on increasingly sophisticated technology, so how should they be developing and adopting it?
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OpinionComment: Retailers race for a slice of the sportswear market
In just four weeks since the peak Christmas trading period, it is clear that sportswear will be in the retail spotlight in 2014, with both specialists and non-specialists targeting it for growth opportunities.
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OpinionComment: Look beyond losses to see Ocado’s success
The ongoing scepticism from certain quarters about Ocado’s ability to turn a profit has become a familiar companion to the online grocer’s results.
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OpinionComment: Mixed messages for retail economy in 2014
There have rarely been so many mixed messages about what really is going on with the economy and what 2014 will look like. It seems we are enjoying rapid economic recovery.
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OpinionComment: Overseas retailers join the race to float
While British retailers line up to float, overseas groups are also eyeing London listings.
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OpinionComment: Ann Summers' Jacqueline Gold on consumer conversations
Openness and honesty are essential in order to build shoppers’ trust, says Ann Summers chief executive Jacqueline Gold
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OpinionComment: Retailers can't afford to take their foot off the digital pedal
Marketing, buying and merchandising, IT, store operations, ecommerce - it’s the retail structure we know and love.
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OpinionComment: How to avoid Screwfix's mega-bargain online glitch
Shoppers at DIY online retailer Screwfix.com couldn’t believe their luck when the retailer – selling everything from sheds to pricey power tools – cut all its prices to £34.99 at the end of January.
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OpinionNick Bubb's verdict: Ocado begins with 'O' but will it end with £1.8bn?
One wag famously once said Ocado begins with an ‘O’ and ends with a zero, but it seems to be very much alive and kicking.