All Opinion articles – Page 261
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Tesco comes out fighting
Tesco’s like-for-like sales fall in the UK is big news, but Phil Clarke didn’t seemed fazed by the challenge ahead today
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Thomas Pink utilises video
Shirt retailer Thomas Pink has redesigned its transactional website with a strong focus on video.
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Quick fix low cost design. There is no such thing
At a time when cost is almost everything, the notion that a low cost format will jump full formed from the computer screen is wishful thinking.
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Westfield revisited
Returning to Westfield Stratford two weeks after opening showed that trade had settled down after the first day frenzy, but that the shoppers now are the ones retailers will want
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OpinionFat Face thrives under new management
Little over a year ago, one wondered whether Fat Face, the lifestyle fashion retailer, had run its course.
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OpinionDesigner service
Designers create interiors that make you want to shop. But do they consider the service element in any meaningful way? 20|20’s Jim Thompson comments
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OpinionDealing with uncertainty
It’s been a long, not very hot summer that has seen retailers come (mainly from overseas) and go (mainly among the native big-ticket operators).
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OpinionRetail surgery: How can I meet my health and safety obligations when using contractors?
When using contractors, how can I ensure that I satisfy my health and safety obligations to prevent prosecution by the Health and Safety Executive?
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OpinionRetail surgery: What is the value of a chief operating officer?
Why should retailers hire a chief operating officer, and what value do they provide?
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OpinionNew skills will cause a shift in power
We know that the retail industry is changing at a pace the like of which has never been seen before.
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OpinionMoss Bros helps itself to profits
Moss Bros this week provided a rare piece of good news for the high street.
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OpinionThe truth behind the story
The reality is retail is thriving, and keen young people are driving its success, says Jacqueline Gold
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OpinionGrocery retailing isn’t just about price
It would have been hard for Tesco’s Big Price Drop to live up to the hype that built up before its launch.
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OpinionTesco and the supermarket price wars
So the Tesco Panzers have launched an autumn blitzkrieg pricing offensive and Reichsleiter Brasher has fired the opening £500m salvo in the mother of all supermarket price wars.
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Why mobile is so crucial
The managing director of Google UK has said having some kind of mobile presence is now so crucial for retailers that not having anything is “like having your shop shut on a Tuesday.”
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OpinionBirmingham's BID to get shoppers back
Birmingham’s Style Live event showed the role Business Improvement Districts can play in creating excitement which brings shoppers back.
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OpinionRetail surgery: How can I cut energy costs?
I’m concerned about increasing energy prices. What can we do to cut these costs without interrupting business and do we have any legal obligations to save energy?
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OpinionJust how many stores do you need?
The arrival of Simply Be on the high street shows that the online merchants view the high street as a source of revenue.
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OpinionFrench Connection is an enigma of UK fashion retailing
It experienced exceptional sales growth from the late 1990s on the back of the controversial FCUK advertising campaign until 2003/04, when it dramatically ran out of steam.
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OpinionNo wonder shoppers are retreating when the news is so gloomy
Looking at a newspaper the other day, what struck me was that almost every headline included words such as “crisis”, “worst ever”, “collapse”, “dire” and so on. I’m normally a glass-half-full person but it felt as if the end of the world was truly nigh.