All Opinion articles – Page 352
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OpinionOutsourcing: deal or no deal?
Yesterday Retail Week held its second technology-focused webinar – this time on what place outsourcing has in a retail sector facing weak consumer demand.
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The hidden shops of St Pancras
The past few years have been a golden age for travel retailing. The growth of low-cost travel and the increasingly commercial outlook of airport, station and roadside landlords have created huge opportunities for retailers to take advantage of captive shoppers with time to kill.
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On doing the right thing
It’s hard to talk to anybody about store design these days without matters environmental cropping up.
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If the price is right…
Morrisons revealed once again that it is leading the grocery pack in terms of like-for-like growth. Yesterday, the grocer posted a 7 per cent increase in like-for-likes for the 13 weeks to May 4, which chief executive Marc Bolland said is “industry leading” and, again, “outperforms the market”.
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What on earth is all this recession talk?
Recession, what recession? In the paranoia of the past few months, with soundbites to the effect of “trading is the worst I can ever remember”, many retailers are suffering memory loss and are in denial about the realities of retail life.
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The Retail Week – June 6, 2008
How many shops have you closed this year? Following the high-profile opening of Liverpool One and all the associated festivities, that might come across as a grumpy old man’s question, but, as the downturn persists, it’s one that all retailers should ask themselves if they haven’t done so already.
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All aboard the global express
Mass and niche brands alike can make the most of the opportunity the world stage presents
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Jessops at last regains its focus
Camera specialist Jessops is finally catching up with the sector in which it operates. Selling cameras – which these days are updated at a similar rate to mobile phones – requires a fast-paced and flexible operation. And that is what executive chairman David Adams is striving to achieve.
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Don’t sacrifice staff if you want to stay on top
It’s a challenging time for the retail industry.
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Keeping up with the kids
Staying in touch with the youth market is more about taking their pulse than trying to wow them with gadgets. Or so says Rip Curl Europe chief executive Olivier Cantet, who Retail Week caught up with yesterday at an event on the beach outside Barcelona appropriately.
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Under starter's orders
Being a retailer on the hunt for new stores at the moment must be a case of seeing who blinks first.
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Pulling in the right direction
In this country, European brands come and go and just a few manage to establish a meaningful presence.
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More twists in Moss Bros saga
Baugur dropped a bombshell this week when it announced it had scrapped its offer for struggling menswear retailer Moss Bros. But, after the drawn-out process and bitter in-fighting, should we be too surprised?
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Going straight from the frying pan into the fire
Having spent the past four months managing the Milton Keynes branch and the four months before that in Watford, I have now made the permanent move to become manager of the Birmingham Bullring store. After commuting to the South for so long, it’s good to be back in the Midlands. ...
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Be prepared for the long road ahead
In my papers, share prices “plunge” or “soar”. On my screens, they have a slightly more boring habit of ticking up or ticking down.
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Retail needs a woman’s touch
We are surrounded by examples of powerful women, so why are there so few in retailing?
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Do us a favour Darling
Politicians are opportunist creatures. So when the rising cost of food started emerging as an issue for voters, it was the natural thing for Alistair Darling to haul supermarket chiefs into the Treasury for a grilling over food prices last week.
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The Retail Week – May 30, 2008
While the American economy might be heading towards recession, New York still remains the epicentre of the retail world.
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A discounter’s market
Shoppers, of course, have been watching the pennies this year. Yet, with the trend leaning towards staying in rather than going out to restaurants, the grocers have still achieved growth in sales of quality food.