All Opinion articles – Page 326
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OpinionRetail surgery: Making the case for centralised visibility of spending
I work in a retail procurement team and feel the business would benefit from centralised visibility of spending. How can I make the case for this?
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OpinionNext boss Simon Wolfson excels again
Next boss Simon Wolfson is making a habit of beating expectations. So good has recent performance been that Next brought forward its trading update and upped internal profit forecasts by £30m.
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OpinionNext's Simon Wolfson surprises again
Next chief Simon Wolfson has become the master of managing expectations.
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OpinionDigital media sales raise new customer service questions for retailers
Although it is far from a mature market, it is always worth watching developments in electronic books — and it has been a busy week in the sector.
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OpinionSummertime and the shopping is… almost impossible
It’s summer: season of rain, flash floods and, er, major civil engineering projects. Try cutting through central London at the moment and the chances are very high that your progress will be slowed by closed streets, roadworks and temporary traffic lights.Even semi-pedestrianised thoroughfares, such as Covent Garden’s Neal Street, are ...
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OpinionTables could turn in grocery
Auctioning off a 25lb pork pie could only have happened at a Marks & Spencer AGM, and it could only have been fronted by the showman himself Sir Stuart Rose.
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OpinionRetail surgery: Make the delivery of facilities management to stores more efficient
What can we do to make the delivery of facilities management to stores a more efficient process?
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OpinionE-tail’s debt to the old retail greats
The principles of pioneers such as Gordon Selfridge are as relevant as ever in modern retailing
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OpinionRetail surgery: Working with voucher code sites
How can we work with voucher code sites so they only publicise codes that we want to make openly available?
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OpinionShops are 21st century tourist attractions
Governments and nations seem to think it is totemic to have their own airline. This attitude has slowed down the natural process of consolidation in what remains a very challenged industry.
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OpinionBurberry keeps recession in check
Harry Potter star Emma Watson – the current face of Burberry – has lent some magic to the luxury fashion brand.
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OpinionEvery little innovation helps
Could Tesco’s revamped application programming interface (API) be the spur for other retailers to encourage third-party developers to build new customer-facing e-tail applications?
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OpinionToo much security could stifle shopping centre pipeline
The BCSC was right to express concerns last week at proposals for the future of shopping centre security being mooted by the Government.
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OpinionRefurbish stores – new ones can wait
New formats may be thin on the ground, but that isn’t stopping retailers polishing up pre-existing stores.
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OpinionThreshers just needs a little care
Off-licence chain Threshers has been hit with several problems, but it’s a business model that works. Will it be given the opportunity to shine?
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OpinionWindow shopping has moved online
A look at some recent results shows interesting diversity in the world of online retailing.
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OpinionRetail surgery: Hidden costs when relaunching e-commerce sites
We plan to relaunch our e-commerce site and have been given a cost for development. Will there be any hidden costs for the business?
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OpinionRetail surgery: Reducing the complexity and cost of supporting IT in stores
How can we reduce the complexity and cost of supporting IT in our stores?
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OpinionBecome part of the story
Retailers should make the most of the media circus to raise their profiles, says Jacqueline Gold
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OpinionA kick in the ballots
Some of the biggest retailers have been forced on the defensive in the face of shareholder uprisings unparalleled in more than a decade.