All Opinion articles – Page 368
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Browett faces a tough job at DSGi
Next year could be a watershed for electricals giant DSGi. In December, former Tesco operations director John Browett will take the helm as chief executive and he will have to tackle several key areas as a matter of urgency.
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Shoppers need confidence back
Christmas could be a washout if retailers can’t persuade their nervous customers to spend
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Store manager’s diary: Mike King, Ikea, Ashton, Manchester
Latest catalogue heralds a new era in-store
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Is small about to become the new big?
Once a year, Pricewaterhouse-Coopers (PwC) invites partners and directors from around the world, who specialise in retail and consumer goods, to attend a two-day business school to discuss the big issues of the day with leading industry guests.
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Contact customers with care
Twice in the past week, I have felt let down by the way my data has been used by consumer-facing organisations.
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Online shopping malls put internet threat centre stage
This evening the UK’s first online shopping mall goes live, with more than 250 fashion retailers to choose from. Casobi.com has rounded up some of the best names in independent fashion such as Bench, Converse, Diesel, Guess, Gucci, Paul Smith and Puma and arranged them in the familiar form of ...
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Where Habitat is getting it right
You’ve got to hand it to Habitat – it continues to break high street ground in the face of considerable adversity. Last week, it welcomed shoppers to a new store in Cheltenham. It had an outlet in the town already, but took the decision that demographics and taste in this ...
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Hair-raising times for nervous Sainsbury's shareholders
The next two weeks could be a defining period in Sainsbury’s history. Today, the Takeover Panel gave Delta Two, the Qatari investment vehicle hoping to acquire grocery group Sainsbury's, a deadline of November 8 to announce a firm intention to make an offer for the grocer.
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Making sense of the last seven days
Fashion tycoon SirPhilip Green was typically straightforward yesterday when he issued results for hisArcadiafashion group.“A very creditable performance when set against the background of one of the worst non-summers in many years,” was his verdict.Although he is not taking a dividend, Green did manage to nudge up operating profits and ...
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Store manager’s diary: Mike King, Ikea, Ashton, Manchester
Latest catalogue heralds a new era in-store
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Will there be a silver lining for fashion?
Dark clouds are gathering on the horizon, warned Sir Philip Green today. And they are not the kind of clouds that bring a climate the fashion tycoon might welcome.
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Opinion
Is small about to become the new big?
Once a year, Pricewaterhouse-Coopers (PwC) invites partners and directors from around the world, who specialise in retail and consumer goods, to attend a two-day business school to discuss the big issues of the day with leading industry guests.
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Opinion
Shoppers need confidence back
Christmas could be a washout if retailers can’t persuade their nervous customers to spend
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Opinion
Browett faces a tough job at DSGi
Next year could be a watershed for electricals giant DSGi. In December, former Tesco operations director John Browett will take the helm as chief executive and he will have to tackle several key areas as a matter of urgency.
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Technology must not turn a blind eye
A good policeman uses a combination of knowledge, experience and instinct to determine when to pull a car over or stop and search a suspected criminal on the street.
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Happy days are here again
November is always manic for the property industry, with the two big events of the year crammed into two weeks and cocktail reception after cocktail reception ensuring no delegate gets a good night’s sleep.
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Harsh but fair
Driving cost out of a supply chain means more than tough negotiations with suppliers over cost. There is the Tesco way.
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How long can Swann work magic?
Retail has its fair share of conjurors, but WHSmith chief executive Kate Swann must be the sorceress supreme.
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What is the secret of great leadership?
I have ploughed my way through Teena Lyons’ recent book, On Leadership.