All Opinion articles – Page 288
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OpinionWill Bolland’s caution be enough for M&S?
Marc Bolland showed when he succeeded Sir Ken Morrison that he knew how to manage a legacy. And while the Dutchman was unmistakably in charge as Marks & Spencer announced its interim results this week, Sir Stuart Rose’s M&S will live on, because Bolland’s eagerly awaited vision wasn’t very radical ...
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OpinionAsos could well defy doubters
Online star Asos not only has fashion to die for, its numbers look pretty stylish too.
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OpinionRetail surgery: How will the forthcoming VAT increase affect my rent, specifically the Stamp Duty Land Tax liability on my shop leases?
How will the forthcoming VAT increase affect my rent, specifically the Stamp Duty Land Tax liability on my shop leases?
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OpinionRetail surgery: Some of my employees are nearly 65 and one of them has a very physical job. Given the plans to abolish the default retirement age, what are my options?
Some of my employees are nearly 65 and one of them has a very physical job. Given the plans to abolish the default retirement age, what are my options?
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Staples automates auditing system to fight shrinkage
Staples has improved the accuracy and speed of audits through automating this system to fight shrinkage and improve corporate compliance.
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Making his Marc
Marc Bolland outlined his plans for M&S with a marathon session at the interims today, but how much of it was really new?
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Pets at Home achieves success with click and collect
Pets at Home has achieved double the orders it anticipated through its click and collect service.
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Love it or hate it, it has its place
The Marmite pop-up stores in Selfridges stores are an example of why location matters.
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Sitting comfortably
DFS did remarkably well through the downturn, but how much will Richard Baker tinker with the formula?
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SPONSOR POST: Peak online trading day in the UK? Monday 6th December
Last year, I predicted that ‘The Busiest Day’ online here in the UK would be Monday 7th December.
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Hawes & Curtis
An online tool trialled by shirt and suit retailer Hawes & Curtis shows how close websites are getting to matching the in-store experience.
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OpinionA meeting of retail migrants
Some 1,000 participants migrated to Berlin last week for the World Retail Congress. And as migration, in a sense, was a congress leitmotif, Berlin was the perfect location. Ring-walled from access for millions of its nearest neighbours over decades, this city is now the cosmopolitan meeting point über alles.
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OpinionEtail is redefining the retail property market
The names of the retailers taking stands at this year’s British Council of Shopping Centres said everything about today’s retail property market. Five of the top six supermarkets were there competing for sites, as were value retailers Wilkinson, Poundland and Store Twenty One, vying for space in an increasingly crowded ...
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OpinionM&S’s overseas conundrum
Marks & Spencer may have made a mistake when it sold its shops in France and Spain almost a decade ago, but buying them back sounds downright odd.
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OpinionRetail surgery: Can I suggest a debt-for-equity swap to our bank or would that only work for larger companies?
My retail business has accumulated a fair amount of debt recently and it is becoming unmanageable. Can I suggest a debt-for-equity swap to our bank or would that only work for larger companies?
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OpinionRetail surgery: I need a cost-effective way of ensuring my small stores have the right staffing hours and that we pay staff the correct amount. What are the options?
I need a cost-effective way of ensuring my small stores have the right staffing hours and that we pay staff the correct amount. What are the options?
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OpinionThe customer will be king in 2011
Customer habits are changing and retailers need to stay ahead of the game, says Richard Baker
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Back in business
It may have been the usual suspects who were most prominent, but this year’s BCSC was a much more positive affair
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Carrefour Belgium to expand self-scanning in stores
Carrefour Belgium is to roll-out hand-held scanning devices to stores for customers to use to speed up and improve their shopping experience.