All Opinion articles – Page 354
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Can I see some ID?
For as long as shops have sold cigarettes and alcohol, underage customers have been trying to buy them.
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Will Best Buy be retail parks’ saviour?
All eyes will be on new DSGi chief executive John Browett on Thursday when he reveals the first stage of his strategic review.
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Cause for concern
It’s one of those frequently accepted pieces of shop lore that when times are tough, supermarkets are a retail financial safe haven compared with other parts of the sector.
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Shoppers need greater choice
The latest grocery inquiry will only stifle choice for shoppers and worsen the downturn
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Summer sales are finally about to hot up
This week I have been planning the launch of our summer layouts.
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All eyes are on Sainsbury’s
The City bears are starting to sniff around Sainsbury’s ahead of its full-year figures next Wednesday.
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The Retail Week – May 9, 2008
Magic Circle member Simon Fox has performed a skilful conjuring act at entertainment group HMV.
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Hopes live on for Boots debt deal
The idea that debt markets may be starting to relax again looked like a triumph of hope over experience as renewed attempts by Alliance Boots’ lenders to offload loans came to nought.
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My first 100 days speaking up for retail
Tomorrow is my 100th day as British Retail Consortium director -general, so I’ve been looking back through my diary.
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Sunshine brings cheer for retail
“If you open your door in the morning and there’s a blizzard, you’re not going to buy a summer dress.” So said Sir Philip Green in his interview with Retail Week last month. So Green and many other retailers like him must have been celebrating as some decent weather finally ...
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The sun is out at last
The long-awaited sun may be starting to shine on fashion retailers if Next’s interim management statement is anything to go by.
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Dunstone’s retail double
Very few retailers have transformed the face of the industry twice within a generation, but Charles Dunstone can claim that honour – and he’s still only 43.
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Talk is not so cheap
Whole Foods Market must have breathed a sigh of relief last week when it was revealed that no further action was to be taken by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over its chief executive’s way with words on public internet forums.
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Snapping up rivals is becoming the norm
The news today that Vision Express has bought 100-year old family business G C Bateman sets out a new trend for retailers.
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The best of both worlds
It seems we can never get enough small food shops and the news that Waitrose has joined the scramble for smaller format stores is a case in point.
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Light at the end of the tunnel
Despite the gloomy headlines, financial markets are recovering. This is most evident in LBO debt markets where valuations have improved by more than 5 per cent in less than a month.
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Older shoppers pay for N Brown
N Brown’s share price took a hit a fortnight ago, when home shopping counterpart Findel warned on profits after having to increase provisions against bad debt.
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Solving problems that don’t exist
It’s a funny old world. The first page of the Competition Commission’s report into grocery retailing says that the UK grocery industry is competitive and delivers “good outcomes for consumers”. The 269-page document goes on to outline how this state of affairs should be fixed.
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Inquiry has failed to land punches on grocers
Competition Commission chairman Peter Freeman was asked this week whether he felt deflated by his final grocery inquiry report that found precious little wrong with the £130 billion grocery sector.
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The Retail Week – May 2, 2008
Baugur’s sale of MK One to Hilco is an unusual move for the Icelandic investor. It hasn’t been in the habit of selling its UK retail investments, but then again it hasn’t had many headaches on the scale of MK One.