All Opinion articles – Page 294
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Opinion
Booze Britain
The Scottish government’s plans for a minimum price on alcohol are a useful contribution to the debate on alcohol
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OpinionRetail’s modern-day Troubleshooter?
When the BBC showed Mary Queen of Shops as a modern-day Troubleshooter for retailing, this should at last have been a chance to show audiences what retailing is all about and how fascinating it is.
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OpinionRetail surgery: What are the implications of the VAT rise on the taxes we pay on our shop leases?
What are the implications of the VAT rise on the taxes we pay on our shop leases?
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OpinionRetail surgery: We spend a lot of money on shopfits. How can we ensure that stores are designed so that we get a good return on this investment?
We spend a lot of money on shopfits. How can we ensure that stores are designed so that we get a good return on this investment?
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OpinionThe cost of convenience
Customers will weigh up the cost of delivery charges against the benefits, says Steve Robinson
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OpinionTough times will sort men from the boys
There will doubtless be the usual gloomy predictions, but Christmas will be OK because Christmas always is.
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OpinionTime for Argos to help itself
What has almost 1,000 pages and sells everything from air beds to yoga mats? It’s not Argos’s latest big book, but Tesco’s.
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OpinionTesco brings drive-though shopping across the Pond
Tesco’s drive-through shopping service comes as no surprise - Tesco is a great innovator (or very good at borrowing ideas from elsewhere) and we as a nation are following our chums across the Atlantic in expressing a liking for doing things in our cars.
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OpinionZara and H&M set to fight it out for online share
Zara’s move onto online is likely to generate a great deal of interest, which will include praise and criticism, as the world’s largest fashion group Inditex finally embraces the world of online.
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School for Retailers
There were a few new brooms at this year’s Oxford Summer School, but the event’s traditions remained undimmed
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Dereliction of duty?
The controversy which follows it everywhere means Tesco needs to be whiter than white with its property affairs
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OpinionBody of evidence
Non-disclosure of rents does nothing to encourage an open retail property market
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OpinionOf Chopin and McDonald’s
Retailers could and perhaps should do more to entertain their customers
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OpinionRetail surgery: Which members of staff should we issue keys to, and what kind of locks should we use to optimise security?
Which members of staff should we issue keys to, and what kind of locks should we use to optimise security?
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OpinionM&S’s online food for thought
Ocado’s share price since flotation and its ongoing attempt to become profitable will be of consuming interest to retail directors other than just the online grocer’s. Among them no doubt is Marks & Spencer chief executive Marc Bolland, who is gearing up to unveil his strategy this autumn.
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OpinionRetail surgery: What does a mobile version of an ecommerce site need in terms of features and functionality?
What does a mobile version of an ecommerce site need in terms of features and functionality?
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OpinionLike-for-like focus disturbs real picture
Forecasting the nature and shape of demand is always challenging because the consumer has, to a significant degree, the freedom to totally ignore supply if they want to.
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OpinionA new era of calm on the cards at M&S
Following Marks & Spencer is probably going to become less interesting over the next few years - which is bad news for us journalists but good news for investors.
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OpinionMy advice to Sir Philip Green
Taking the axe to public servants who hold back retailers would be a good start
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OpinionTwittering on about social media
It is right and essential for retailers to invest more heavily in social media in the war for customers. But what use is all this interaction when we still get the basics wrong and on a daily basis alienate existing and potential customers?