All Opinion articles – Page 36
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OpinionOpinion: Boohoo should cut ties with Leicester following sweatshop revelations
Online fashion star Boohoo has become too big to countenance links with Leicester factories alleged to operate under Dickensian conditions in flagrant breach of the law.
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OpinionFiona Lambert: Leicester must break vicious cycle and restore great fashion factories
With a long career in the fashion and textile industry and living and working in Leicester, I’ve been deeply saddened by the reports that garment manufacturing has potentially had a part to play in the spread of Covid-19 and the extended lockdown.
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OpinionOpinion: Four ways to maintain healthy work/life balance WFH
I’ve noted several times over recent weeks how Covid-19 has tested the retail (and wider) workforce like never before.
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OpinionDanone director: Being ‘good’ is not good enough for post-Covid businesses
Like so many other companies across the UK, at Danone, we have been working hard to get urgent help to people affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
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OpinionOpinion: As jobs are decimated, Johnson must help ‘build, build, build’ retail
There’s no getting away from it – this has been a bruising week for retail.
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OpinionOpinion: Why have retailers become entrepreneurs all of a sudden?
Almost every day there’s another story on Retail Week about a retailer doing things in an entrepreneurial way. But where were all these entrepreneurs before the start of this pandemic?
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OpinionOpinion: Lululemon’s Mirror deal should usher in new type of retail acquisition
Sports apparel and leisurewear specialist Lululemon’s $500m purchase of interactive home gym start-up Mirror may turn out to be one of retail’s most inspired deals this year.
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OpinionOpinion: Black Lives Matter movement signals time for retailers to act on diversity
Well-known retailers have shown their solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement and it is time for UK businesses to take long-term action.
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OpinionOpinion: Retail diversity shouldn’t hinge on one chief executive
This week, Card Factory chief executive Karen Hubbard will leave the business after four years at the helm.
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OpinionOpinion: How to sustain team culture while home working
The office dynamic cannot be replicated entirely at home, but businesses can take steps to ensure people continue to feel engaged and valued
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OpinionOpinion: Raise a glass – responsibly – to lockdown relaxation
As retail reopened last week, there was no getting away from the fact that there was a gaping hole at the heart of town centres and other shopping destinations: the absence of almost any form of recreation.
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OpinionOpinion: How to ace a virtual job interview
It barely needs repeating that retail is entering a ‘new normal’. Some changes, such as social distancing in shops, will hopefully be temporary, while others are set to become a permanent feature of the new business landscape.
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OpinionOpinion: Reopenings reveal a flight to value that retail must embrace
It has become something of a recurring theme during this pandemic, but retailers and their frontline workers did themselves proud again on Monday.
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OpinionOpinion: Reimagining retail for post-pandemic world
Change has been forced upon us – both good and bad – and we have yet to determine how much will stick. Understanding which consumer trends will prevail is critical to future investment decision-making and building competitive advantage.
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OpinionDispatch: How Brazilian retail has innovated at the height of Covid-19
As coronavirus takes its toll on economies and businesses across the globe, Retail Week brings you regular dispatches from international retailers and experts, who provide their insights into how they are coping with the pandemic.
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OpinionOpinion: How social distancing can be ‘baked in’ to new store designs
One-way systems, hygiene stations, duct tape on the floor. All of this adds up to just one thing – retailers doing what they can to make their stores safer places for those choosing to frequent them.
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OpinionOpinion: Retail leaders need to think big post-lockdown
When non-essential stores reopen their doors from Monday, almost three months will have passed since the UK went into lockdown.
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OpinionOpinion: Monsoon and Quiz pre-packs punish staff for management mistakes
The pre-pack administrations unveiled by Monsoon Accessorize and Quiz this morning were certainly portrayed as good news for the businesses and their respective workforces.
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OpinionOpinion: Time for a reset of retail rent and rates
In 2015 I closed the last of my stores due to spiralling property costs. There’s not a day since that I haven’t missed them.
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OpinionThe Secret Landlord: Retailers want to have their cake and eat it too
After years in the driving seat, the tide has turned on landlords and retailers have the whip hand. However, occupiers must remember that they need landlords too.