All Opinion articles – Page 315
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OpinionWhat’s the point of a door?
Unusually, I was asked to appear on TV last week to talk about shop doors, or rather the lack of them.
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OpinionNovember numbers not such a let-down
After the strong sales performances in September and October, November’s weaker sales will add grist to the usual hype that this Christmas will be the worst in ‘x’ many years.
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OpinionTesco quietly impresses
Tesco’s trading updates often split the City, and Tuesday’s third-quarter announcement was no exception. Some highlighted that UK like-for-like growth was below expectations, while others reiterated the longer-term benefits of being more than just a UK food retailer.
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OpinionSanta and his enterprising sleigh
Preparing for the two most important trading weeks of the year and ensuring you reach expectations.
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OpinionCVAs are the lesser evil
Company voluntary arrangements are not ideal but I do believe that they are a much better solution than the alternatives of full administration or the pre-pack, says Blacks Leisure chief executive Neil Gillis
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OpinionRetail surgery: What are the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading (CPUT) regulations?
We’ve been warned about the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading (CPUT) regulations, but what are they?
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OpinionRetail surgery: The 2010 business rates revaluation
What is the 2010 business rates revaluation and how will the amount we pay be affected?
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OpinionEBay: fashion friend or foe?
EBay’s fixed price business has overtaken the auction part of the business on which it built its foundations. But talk to the luxury sector and eBay is still a dirty word.
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OpinionA hangover from Monday’s online retail madness
This Monday was predicted to be the zenith of the Christmas trading peak online, but the take away from 2009 is that retailers must make their own luck online.
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OpinionCan’t win ’em all
Nokia’s failure to make its Regent Street store work shows that a great location is no guarantee of retail success.
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OpinionThe duck’s nuts
The two-year-old Pets at Home store in New Malden shows how retailers that know their business are comfortable with evolving a format, refining it and constantly looking to improve what’s already there.
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OpinionAsda's happily ever after
Asda’s deal to sell official FIFA merchandise for next year’s World Cup is a marriage made in heaven for the grocer. And one that is likely to have rattled rivals. The partnership shows how lucrative such deals can be for the supermarkets - something they are all trying to cash in on.
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OpinionLocking in shoppers key to grocery war
The UK’s supermarket chains are never less than ultra-competitive, but this year the battle of the grocery giants has gone into overdrive.
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OpinionWhere the future of food lies
Speculating about the future can be a risky occupation, especially where food retailing is concerned. Things change so fast in our world that the revolutionary can quickly seem commonplace.
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OpinionRetail surgery: Organising emergency keyholding
How should my store managers organise emergency keyholding?
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OpinionRetail surgery: Competitive voucher codes
Why aren’t the voucher codes we send out being used as much as the ones our competitors create?
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OpinionMarc Bolland’s Marks & Spencer food conundrum
I’m an admirer of Marc Bolland. But then I am not unique in that respect because he has quite a supporters club, a club that the Marks & Spencer board has now joined.
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OpinionFlannels CVA signals continued woes for the luxury market
The economic crisis has well and truly taken the shine off the luxury market with excessive spending off the agenda for many.
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OpinionThink mobile after cyber Monday
This Christmas should prove the turning point for retailers accepting that they must have a mobile as well as web strategy to capture shoppers’ attention.
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OpinionPopping in to pop-ups
Bit of a rant this, but when is a pop-up shop not worth the space on which it is temporarily situated? The answer’s really simple, when it doesn’t convince you that it’s worth a visit.