All Opinion articles – Page 371
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The day the music dies
Music retailers are disappearing from the high street, but is anybody bothered?
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Developers are proving doommongers wrong
For the past two years the industry has bemoaned the amount of space coming onto the market. Cries of “too much space” and “retailers not expanding” have been heard up and down the country. While everyone eagerly awaits the plans for new shopping developments, they also adopt a cautionary view ...
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Food service is grocers’ new battleground
Steve Gotham, project director, Allegra Strategies
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OpinionRetail credit is still solid as a rock
Despite the Northern Rock crisis, consumers must believe they can trust buy now, pay later
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Store manager's diary - Breaking ties with both the US and Leicester
Big changes are the order of the day. Borders UK has finally been sold by its US parent company and I have moved stores to become interim manager at the Watford branch, ahead of a longer-term move to the company’s new Nottingham store in January.
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Get set for the seasonal roller-coaster
What will Christmas be like for retailers? The range of possibilities looks unattractive. No doubt “Ratty” (he of “the worst in 25 years” fame) will don his black-edged toga and see the high street foaming with much blood. But we may also see a few optimists around – you know, ...
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Return visits key to e-tail success
Encouraging shoppers to keep coming back for more is the key to success on the internet
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Is the game up for Sports Direct?
What had been anticipated as one of this week’s most interesting diary dates turned out to be, quite literally, a non-event.
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Time for online retail to grow up
Every year, we hear that it will be a record Christmas for online sales, that the internet is hurting the high street and that those retailers without a web presence will miss out. All undeniably true
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STORE MANAGER'S DIARY: Maggie Porteous, John Lewis, Manchester
Many years ago, I was a manager in the children’s shoe department of John Lewis at Brent Cross. I was young and childless and couldn’t understand why we hadn’t trained our customers better! I was amazed that they all turned up to buy their children’s shoes and uniforms just hours ...
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What customers want
Music retail is not the only part of the sector changing fast. So it is interesting that B&Q has woken up to the fact that DIY retailing is no longer just about DIY, but about the home. Critics would ask why it took so long when Homebase made the shift ...
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Is Virgin deal a Zavvi move?
Last week, retail said goodbye to Dame Anita Roddick; this week it bade farewell to another of the great entrepreneurs of the late 20th century, as Sir Richard Branson sold Virgin Megastores.Virgin was a retail idea of its time, capturing the anarchic buzz of the punk era and embodying it ...
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Northern Rock fiasco a bad sign
The sight of scared consumers queuing up in their thousands to withdraw their cash from troubled Northern Rock might turn out to be almost as bad news for retailers as it was for the bank.Savers have withdrawn about£2 billion, fearful of losing everything despite reassuring statements from the Government and ...
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Are US consumers ready for Tesco?
Careful planning and promotion will be key to the giant’s success
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Customers are taking control
A new web site combining shopping and social networking allows consumers to give retailers a helping hand
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Retailers should not fear a Land Securities break up
Landlord's reputation in retail would not be dented
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A New Look needed for windows
Sometimes, you have to ask why retailers do certain things and nowhere is this more the case than in the vexed topic of window displays.