All Opinion articles – Page 305
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OpinionPressure on Morrisons grows
Morrisons’ new chief executive Dalton Philips will have been in the hot seat for only about six weeks when the grocer delivers its first-quarter update next week.
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OpinionJohn Thurso: The Liberal Democrat retail plan
We will only get an economy that works for everybody if we guarantee fiscal responsibility, restructure our banking system and provide a boost to jobs and incomes, says Liberal Democrat Business Spokesman John Thurso
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OpinionBest Buy will have an electrifying effect on UK
From the electric cars to the manically excitable Blueshirts, there’s something almost evangelical about Best Buy. But behind the cult is a steely determination to crack the UK market and get its proposition here absolutely right.
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OpinionThe retail Arctic Explorers’ Club
A little volcanic ash couldn’t dampen a birthday trip to the North Pole, says Malcolm Walker
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OpinionRetail surgery: What should we do to maximise customer service and loyalty when customers expect to be worse off after the election?
What should we do to maximise customer service and loyalty when customers expect to be worse off after the election?
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OpinionRetail surgery: Our estimates of the number of customers who shop across more than one channel are much lower than our competitors’. Why is this?
Our estimates of the number of customers who shop across more than one channel are much lower than our competitors’. Why is this?
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OpinionDecade essays: 10 years of progress
The first decade of the 21st century was one of enormous change for UK retail. Bricks-and-mortar retailers have had to work harder than ever to get customers through their doors and spending,while online retailing has grown from almost a standing start.
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OpinionYoung guns
Young fashion is continuing to shine as one of the best growth areas in retail, with sales still growing for many players and the float of SuperGroup, and now potential sale of Republic, two great retail success stories highlighting investment appetite for such businesses.
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OpinionInterchange fees: A done deal?
The news that Visa Europe has offered to reduce interchange fees on debit cards has yet to convince the European Commission that it should end antitrust proceedings.
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Choking on his cornflakes
Scott Wheway remembered my prediction that Best Buy wouldn’t have it all it’s own way in the UK, and is determined to prove it wrong.
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OpinionBest Buy: Just another big box?
One thing seems almost certain: The first UK Best Buy store will be another example of big box retailing at its least imaginative. Drive past the Thurrock store-to-be and the yellow and blue logo is certainly large, but it will be a real bombshell if the interior is in any measure appreciably different from its rivals’.
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Retail blues
Plenty of big retail names were out for David Cameron’s appearance at the Fashion Retail Academy, but as ever Philip Green stole the show.
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OpinionTesco’s food fight
Tesco showed once again this week why it is market leader, but with rivals hot on its heels, the sector is squaring up for an interesting food fight.
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Cheesewrong
Walmart Canada boss David Cheesewright and Asda finance director Judith McKenna have both been strongly linked with the Asda CEO’s job, but as it stands neither is in the running.
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OpinionUK sees eruptions of optimism
The recent spate of sunny weather has brought not just an uplift in spring 10 sales but also a renewed sense of optimism. Results from some of the leading fashion firms seem to suggest we are over the worst.
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OpinionTesco primed for economic recovery
Sir Terry Leahy may be many things, but you won’t often hear him accused of being a ray of sunshine. So when you hear him speaking as positively as he was this week about how UK consumers have left the recession well and truly behind them, you know he is ...
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OpinionThe sustainability drive
Sustainability is now firmly on everybody’s agenda - with businesses placed in the middle expected to deliver on the targets of government and the aspirations of the consumer, says Land Securities chief execurive Francis Salway.
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OpinionMark Prisk: The Conservatives’ vision for retail
If elected, a Conservative government would be determined to provide the best environment for retailers to prosper again, writes Shadow Business Minister Mark Prisk.
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OpinionRetail surgery: We have yet to publicly report on our carbon footprint. What is most important to measure?
A report from Smart Sustainability into the carbon and sustainability data collected by FTSE 350 companies has highlighted a lack of credibility in the data they collect - either because the companies don’t use standardised measures or because the data is not independently verified.