Opinion – Page 45
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OpinionMove of the Week: Radical changes at the top of JLP
In any other week, the news that the boss of Britain’s largest retailer is to leave his post would headline any people news bulletin. But in a remarkable few days that also saw Argos’ John Rogers join Dave Lewis in announcing his (more imminent) departure, the restructure announced by John Lewis Partnership has to take top billing.
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OpinionOpinion: How retail has changed over the past 10 years
As I sat down to write this column it dawned on me that next month is my 10th anniversary as a Retail Week columnist.
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OpinionLeader: Mayfield’s John Lewis Partnership gamble brings massive risk
For good or ill, today was a landmark moment in the 155-year history of the John Lewis Partnership.
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OpinionOpinion: Thomas Cook is a victim of demand for personalisation
It is often written that younger consumers value experiences more than actual products. A lot that is written about ‘millennials’ is often lazy stereotyping, but there is something about their desire for experiences that rings true.
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OpinionOpinion: How Shop Direct is becoming an agile retailer
Over the last 15 years, Shop Direct has transformed from a catalogue-led business with high street stores into one of the UK’s largest pureplay digital retailers.
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OpinionM&S capital markets briefing – action, not words, will matter
Hot on the heels of Sainsbury’s, next week Marks & Spencer will put itself in the City spotlight when it throws its doors open for a capital markets briefing.
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OpinionMove of the Week: Amazon swoops for property high-flyer
I’ve commented before on how Amazon tends to keep its recruitment close to its chest and this week it has emerged that former Sainsbury’s director of commercial operations Matt Birch has been working with the company since May in a director role with a focus on scoping out sites for physical stores, according to The Times.
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OpinionOpinion: Has Eve Sleep missed its wake-up call?
The online players selling memory foam mattresses tightly rolled up and delivered in a box were supposed to revolutionise retail – but in a fiercely competitive market, brands are under pressure.
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OpinionBryan Roberts: Tesco isn’t putting Jack’s back in the box
The British can sometimes take a degree of pleasure seeing the mighty stumble.
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OpinionOpinion: Next gets that the future of ecommerce is stores
To be relevant in retail today, you have to acknowledge that stores are no longer purely about selling.
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OpinionLeader: Being a disruptor won’t make you a success
“What online-only company is really profitable? Basically none of them. That’s the dirty secret”
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OpinionOpinion: Can French Connection find a buyer?
As struggling retailer French Connection extends sale talks again, can boss Stephen Marks keep potential buyers interested?
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OpinionJo Whitfield: Retail faces a crime epidemic and the violence must stop
The latest statistics show that assaults and threats against shop workers have risen threefold with workers falling victim to 42,000 violent incidents each year.
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OpinionMove of the Week: M&S’ ex-Clubcard hires may well boost loyalty
Marks & Spencer is following a tried-and-tested formula, as it looks to unlock the value of its customer data.
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OpinionMark Price: Retailers must look beyond Brexit gridlock
As I write, cocooned within the chaos in Westminster; filibustering, guillotine motions, proroguing, elections and more, I am reminded of Harold Wilson who as prime minister coined the phrase “a week is a long time in politics” to sum up the rapid changes of fortune that can occur for politicians and their parties.
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OpinionMove of the Week: Colley’s return most intriguing summer transfer
Unusually for the height of summer, the retail jobs market saw plenty of high-profile movers and departures in August.
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OpinionLeader: For M&S and retail, this is not just any FTSE reshuffle
For decades, Marks & Spencer has been a mainstay not just on British high streets, but in the FTSE 100.
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OpinionOpinion: Disrupting is about judging what the customer really wants
Ed Connolly, strategy director and director of John Lewis Partnership’s JLP Ventures, on how to create a corporate environment where innovation can thrive.
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OpinionLeader: Time for shareholder interests to take a back seat
Running companies primarily in the interests of shareholders is a business sacred cow that it is perhaps time to put out to grass.
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OpinionOpinion: Retail property owners need to fix their trust issue
There were many reasons for the 2008 financial crisis. Blame is often laid at the door of the subprime crises in the USA. But look deeper and some point to Bill Clinton repealing the Glass Steagal Act, which in turn, it is suggested, was a response to a lack of meaningful wage growth in middle America.