All Opinion articles – Page 308
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OpinionBreak down the cross-border barriers
UK consumers are Europe’s biggest online shoppers. Most other EU states are way behind so there’s a lot of future business out there and many retailers want to tap into it. But it’s often not that easy, says Stephen Robertson
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Cook! Sort of....
Frozen ready meals retailer Cook has opened round the corner from me. Which given my reliance on food which comes from plastic containers, could turn out to be a Godsend.
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OpinionUgly word, ugly concept?
Commercialisation of malls is a concept hated by retailers but becoming more and more important to centre owners. But if they’re going to do it, they have to think of their tenants.
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OpinionTalking books: the way forward
Walking through the lone example of TK Maxx Woman last week it was hard not to wonder which retailers might do something similar.
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Clever books for clever people
Promoting Ant & Dec in Hampstead and the England football team in Glasgow was a recipe for disaster for Waterstones
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OpinionWaterstone’s has a role to play
Multimedia will be part of Waterstone’s future but maybe it could be a strength, not a weakness, of the store chain to operate in distinct contrast to what consumers expect from online.
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OpinionIs management shake-up just the start for Metro?
Metro Group has announced a shake-up of its leadership and unveiled a new corporate logo ahead of its 2009 results conference. The shuffling of senior management mainly affects the trade group’s Metro Cash & Carry division, and reflects a significant structural change there.
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OpinionCarpetright warning a sign of things to come
This week’s profit warning from Carpetright should be taken seriously as an indication that no one can bank on a rapid, unbroken recovery.
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OpinionRetail surgery: What are the timelines for the Carbon Reduction Commitment?
What are the timelines for the Carbon Reduction Commitment?
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OpinionRetail’s best are coming from FMCG marketing
Many retail executives with initial FMCG careers can establish their credentials as brand marketers turned super-marketers.
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OpinionBecoming a game-changer
Retailers need the right structures to ensure innovation drives growth, says Ian Cheshire
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OpinionRetail surgery: We have looked at how green our distribution fleet is, but what can we do about our company car fleet?
We have looked at how green our distribution fleet is, but what can we do about our company car fleet?
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Automation’s what you need?
I’m no expert on the world of supply chain but one thing I do know is that there’s no bigger name in that vital yet unglamorous part of the retail world than Lawrence Christensen.
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OpinionInconvenience stores
As a lifelong resident of south London I feel like I’ve been given a life sentence to shopping at Sainsbury’s. The weak link is the convenience stores.
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OpinionE-learning from the public sector
Retailers can learn much from how the push to deliver far more public services online plays out.
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OpinionThe unsustainable growth in property costs
Rents may not be rising at the speed they were, but the growth in overall costs of occupying retail property is still out of control.
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This is not just consigned to the dustbin
A big day for M&S today as the legendary “this is not just…” food advertising slogan has been consigned to history.
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OpinionOn being young
Bhs is working on improving its in-store act currently and it will certainly be interesting to see what the outcome is. Perhaps the future for this high street hardy perennial is already on view: in Oxford Street.
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OpinionGreen shoots have many sources
Word is the recession is over - and it’s not coming from stats, but consumers, says Lord Kirkham