All Opinion articles – Page 233
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OpinionBlog: Retirement suits relaxed Peter Marks
Peter Marks appeared more relaxed than usual at The Co-op’s interim results yesterday. The last time I saw Marks was at Retail Week conference when he was literally sprinting down a corridor to go to a meeting in Westminster.
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OpinionComment: New appointments at BRC should make a strong team
The news today that KPMG’s Helen Dickinson has been appointed as the BRC’s new director-general will be met with surprise in some quarters – many had expected a retailer to fill the shoes of incumbent Stephen Robertson.
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OpinionRetail Surgery: Is it possible to monetise Facebook’s ‘Like’ function?
Is it possible to turn Facebook’s ‘Like’ function into a profitable enterprise? And if so, how do I go about it?
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OpinionRetail Surgery: How can I capitalise on exclusive brand partnerships?
How can I leverage exclusive brand partnerships to differentiate our offer?
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OpinionComment: A decade of change and more to come
Our firm’s recent 10th anniversary has caused us to reflect on what has happened in the retail sector over the past decade – an extraordinary period of change and corporate activity – and to wonder what might happen in the next 10 years.
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OpinionComment: Competition hots up for Amazon
The launch of US bookseller Barnes & Noble’s Nook ereader in the UK this autumn will bring a welcome increase in competition in the ebooks market.
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OpinionBlog: Chuggers rule OK?
So-called chuggers remain an emotive issue for retailers and the public. Estimates suggest charity street collectors raise £130m a year but their underhand and at times aggressive tactics can harm high streets.
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OpinionComment: Apple retail boss Browett admits 'messing up' over store changes
Technology giant Apple has made headlines after becoming the world’s most highly valued company in history, worth $624bn. But at the company’s retail division there is evidence that all has not gone smoothly since former Dixons chief executive John Browett became Apple’s senior-vice president of retail in April.
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OpinionComment: Festival fashion straight to your tent
For some festivals are as much about the fashion as they are the music. Nowhere is that more true than the glamorous (note: you can choose to insert your own adjective here) world of Essex which is why young fashion brand Very decided to set-up shop at V Festival in Chelmsford over the weekend.
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OpinionComment: Retailers should not rest on their laurels
One of the key challenges facing any retailer today is how to keep track, and ideally stay ahead of, shoppers and a retail landscape that seem to change at an ever-faster pace.
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OpinionComment: How to entice the shopping family
Changes to family structures and the proliferation of online and social shopping have combined to transform the way families shop today.
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OpinionComment: Raining on retailers' parades
The great British summer is here and we’re moving from sweltering in our jumpers to shivering in summer clothing within a matter of minutes.
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OpinionComment: Are pop-up stores a sign that things are bad?
The phenomenon of the temporary store goes from strength to strength, but is it just a case of fiddling while retail burns?
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OpinionComment: No place for class divides today
Imagine getting an email from the bank saying that, as you’ve only got £50 in your account, it’s not worth showing you its full range of services. Or a train company deciding that, because you paid the lowest fare, it won’t tell you what’s in the dining car.
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OpinionComment: World class Olympics, world class shopping experience
‘World Class’ is a phrase that’s dominated the headlines regarding the UK’s celebration of sport and culture, and we aim to put ‘world class experience’ at the heart of every Westfield shopping centre.
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OpinionComment: Sunday trading may not be the road to retail gold
As the Olympic flag passed from London to Rio de Janeiro on Sunday and the nation began reflecting on the athletic and cultural success the Olympic Games have proven to be, attention soon turned to sustaining that momentum and building on the legacy left behind by London 2012.
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Blog: The secret to re-booting the high street is at your fingertips
Almost everyone has one. You can launch infuriated fowl at devious swine with them. And they provide the missing link between virtual and physical worlds.
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OpinionComment: An extra 1% effort can improve performance
It’s been an amazing few weeks, from Danny Boyle’s wonderful celebration of everything that makes us proud to be British in the Olympic Opening Ceremony to the Games themselves, with so many extraordinary athletes and outstanding performances.
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OpinionRetail Surgery: What are the benefits of a retail apprentice?
What are the business benefits of taking on an retail apprentice?
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OpinionRetail Surgery: How can I get accurate profit projections as a multi-channel retailer?
Now that we operate across multiple channels, we find it difficult to make profit projections accurate. How can we change that?