All Opinion articles – Page 67
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OpinionOpinion: Lessons from Sainsbury’s pioneering past
Nearly 70 years ago this month, in 1950, Sainsbury’s opened its first self-service supermarket.
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OpinionBlog: Try, not buy – how rental could save retail
Rent the Runway’s chief executive and co-founder Jennifer Hyman is emphatic that leasing clothes could reverse fashion’s flagging fortunes.
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OpinionBlog: Why execs are joining Walmart instead of Amazon
A few years ago, a retail entrepreneur turning down a job at etail wunderkind Amazon to work at grocery bellwether Walmart was unheard of.
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OpinionOpinion: Retailers are waking up to veganism
Another January has rolled around, along with all those resolutions that are usually forgotten by Valentine’s Day.
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OpinionOpinion: Why Amazon’s bookstore is the future of retail
A new(ish) store in New York offers a very strong pointer to the way in which things are headed for retailers.
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OpinionOpinion: Where retailers are getting it wrong
It’s that time of year again. In the first few weeks of January, retailers report their trading over the Christmas period.
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OpinionBlog: Why Amazon will eventually conquer grocery
Online might be in its infancy in grocery – the channel currently accounts for 7.5% of the UK grocery market – but it’s growing fast.
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OpinionOpinion: Grocers need to wake up to the threat of B&M
Back in the good old days, Aldi and Lidl repulsed the middle-class British shopper.
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OpinionOpinion: Should M&S have outsourced its tech team?
Marks & Spencer has made headlines for a few reasons this week. Alas, I am not going to rant about its ludicrously priced ‘cauliflower steaks’.
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OpinionOpinion: Sense of purpose needed as retail polarises
Why does your company exist? If you run shops, what is their point?
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OpinionOpinion: Will 2018 be the year of the retail CVA?
“At this rate, you’ll only be writing about Amazon.”
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OpinionOpinion: House of Fraser isn’t different enough
The HoF flagship on Oxford Street may be pleasantly glamorous, but this isn’t enough as we head into 2018.
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OpinionOpinion: Leaders will make a real difference in 2018
Retail’s challenges are not new. How managers meet the challenges will separate winners and losers in the new year, argues former Asda boss Andy Clarke.
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OpinionFocusing on the customer experience in 2018
Hermes chief executive Martijn de Lange on how to keep up with the consumer in the year ahead.
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OpinionOpinion: Co-op is on trend for 2018 shopping
Major makeovers and more than 100 new stores are symptomatic of a retailer that is moving with the convenient times.
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OpinionOpinion: A CVA won’t save Toys R Us – it must save itself
Tomorrow, Toys R Us will plead with its creditors to approve a corporate voluntary arrangement.
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Opinion: Government's rates gravy train will rumble on
This is traditionally the time of year to look back at issues that have featured in the world of retail over the past 12 months. This year I thought I’d also highlight a few that we may need to look out for in 2018.
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OpinionOpinion: Elizabeth Line will transform the West End
Retailers in London’s West End are looking forward to one of the biggest transformations the district has ever seen as work starts on the new Elizabeth Line.
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OpinionBrexit countdown is on to win a fair deal for shoppers
I was delighted to see progress made in the negotiations with the EU. A comprehensive deal on tariff-free trade and as free a flow of goods and services as possible with the EU is essential for consumers.
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OpinionOpinion: Walmart dropping ‘Stores’ is sign of the times
Christmas may not be out of the way yet, but Walmart has already made one New Year’s resolution.