All Opinion articles – Page 331
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OpinionCheap products needn’t mean cheap-looking stores
This year’s World Retail Congress in Barcelona ended on Friday, closing three days of conferencing, networking and, it has to be said, a fair amount of evening carousing. But for those who wandered across the road into the adjacent Diagonal Mar shopping centre, there was an additional talking point. Diagonal ...
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OpinionNew era of supermarket loyalty wars?
Tesco has led the charge on loyalty cards. Will its Clubcard relaunch next week win it back customers from competitors Asda, Sainsbury’s and Morrisons?
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OpinionWaterstone’s must turn the page
Has HMV’s takeover of Ottakar’s paved the way for Waterstone’s high street domination as opponents of the deal predicted?
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What hope for a swift recovery?
The current recession is like no other, says John Richards, retail consultant
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OpinionSix steps to business success
The right incentive schemes are the driving force for motivating staff, says Neil Gillis
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OpinionIs Simon Wolfson the master of managing expectations?
Next boss Simon Wolfson has downplayed the retailer’s better than expected results – is he just hedging his bets?
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OpinionRetail IT: international ideas
UK retailers must not get complacent despite holding their own in the nominations for the awards to be held at this year’s World Retail Congress.
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OpinionLand Securities plan for retail startups shows imaginative thinking
Land Securities should be applauded for its plan to back start-up and expanding retailers — it’s a rare example of landlords and retailers working together.
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OpinionKeep going, there’s still stuff to be done
The UK’s largest shopfitter has unveiled what can only be termed as a catastrophic set of results — but Styles & Wood’s 23 per cent fall in sales also means is that retailers are still handing out 77 per cent of the fit-out contracts that they were in the prior year.
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OpinionPharmacies: convenience or community?
Supermarkets keep broadening their offer and time- and cash-strapped shoppers are only too happy take advantage. But when it comes to health and pharmaceuticals, can the supermarkets’ convenience trump the specialists’ customer care?
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OpinionThe taste of Tweet success
The online network Twitter is not just for banalities; it allows consumers to spread the word about brands
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OpinionStick to your knitting – but knit well
It seems apt on May Day to reiterate Jon Moulton’s alarmist view that “very few recessions of this depth have not ended in war”.
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OpinionRetail is fighting back – but we’re not there yet
Recession? What recession? If you’d landed from outer space two weeks ago, you’d be forgiven for wondering what all the fuss is about, from a retail point of view anyway.
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OpinionIs retail seaworthy again?
Are investors in retail shares, like the Jumblies, going to sea in a sieve?
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OpinionNew Look looking to the future
New Look last night opened its doors to a baying fashion pack and gave them a taster of where the retailer is headed.
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OpinionCustomers a source of innovation for Asos
Asos has once again posted fantastic results, and if its community team has anything to do with it, the online fashion retailer is going to keep this growth up.
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OpinionCrown Estate shouldn’t forget how tough things are
Perhaps nobody told the Crown Estate, but the days of snobbery towards value shops are over.
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OpinionMoscow embraces the mid-market
Moscow has an impressive luxury brand offer, but in these straitened times it is the mid-market retailers such as Karen Millen that are really taking flight, so is the time right for more mid-market UK retailers to start a Russian love affair?
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OpinionTesco thinks ahead
With promotions and price cuts everywhere you turn it is clear that the grocers need something else in their arsenal to make vacillating customers more loyal to their offer in the long run.
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OpinionCarpetright on solid ground
The latest BRC retail sales figures showed that while some sectors were up after several months of poor trade, the furniture and floor coverings sector worsened. But next week we may well see one retailer faring better than most in its sector – Carpetright.