All articles by Rebecca Thomson – Page 25
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AnalysisAnalysis: Who is Optical Express?
Optical Express is calling in the administrators for one of its nine subsidiary groups, with 40 stores set to close. But who is the optician chain?
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OpinionComment: Retail technology is a challenge
IT bosses in retail are used to working in a state of flux, and the technology landscape continues to throw up challenges to keep them busy.
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NewsWHSmith rolls out in-store customer WiFi
WHSmith is rolling out free customer WiFi to 603 of its 1,100 high street stores across the UK.
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NewsAsda Income Tracker: Disposable income rises £2 in August
Families were £2 a week better off in August compared to the same month a year earlier, according to the Asda Income Tracker.
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NewsM&S to expand international e-commerce
Marks & Spencer will be trading online in 10 countries by the end of the year.
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NewsEBay trials click and collect service
Ebay is trialling a click and collect service with retailers in the UK as it makes further inroads into bricks and mortar retailing.
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NewsNearly half of retailers to offer contactless payments by next year
In the next year, 44% of retailers will offer contactless payment technologies in-store and 35% will invest in new mobile and e-commerce technology, according to a report by Mastercard.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Is Burberry's slowdown a blip or a trend?
In a difficult market, Burberry has become one of the retailers who can be relied upon to buck the trend and deliver growth.
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AnalysisAnalysis: How Allders went from success to failure
In its heyday Allders was one of the most successful department stores in the country, rivalling big names such as Selfridges and generating tens of millions in revenue each year.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Kindle Fire vs the iPad
Two updated versions of Amazon’s Kindle Fire are set to launch in the UK in a bid to rival Apple’s iPad. Is the Kindle Fire a serious threat to the iPad’s dominance?
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AnalysisAnalysis: How can retailers raise brand awareness?
It’s no longer all about price – retailers must entice customers through an accessible, engaging brand. Rebecca Thomson finds out why retail is becoming more brand aware.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Why have so few retailers entered Brazil?
As the countdown to the Rio Olympics begins, Rebecca Thomson looks at the country’s retail industry and asks why few UK retailers have ventured into one of the world’s largest economies.
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AnalysisE-crime: What do retailers need to know?
The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has estimated that e-crime cost the UK retail sector £205.4m in 2011-12. What can retailers do about it?
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AnalysisRetail Week on the Road: Southwest and Wales
We visit Bristol, Cardiff, Exeter, Jersey and Guernsey.
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AnalysisAnalysis: How to sell to Middle Eastern tourists
Tourists from the Middle East have been big spenders in UK retail for a few years now, but July’s year-on-year rise of 104% is large even by their standards. What do Middle East shoppers like so much about the UK, and how can retailers make the most of this?
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AnalysisCracking the US market: What fashion retailers need to know
River Island’s interest in the US market has put the spotlight once again on American expansion
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NewsAnalysis: Majestic Wine prospers in the economic downturn
The specialist wine retailer Majestic Wine is thriving despite the depressed economy.
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AnalysisCampaign of the week: DFS, Making every day more comfortable
Sofa retailer DFS has continued its march down the emotional road after its first foray away from price-led advertising earlier this year.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Will Amazon really overtake Walmart?
It has certainly been a good decade for Amazon. But will it really become big enough to topple Walmart from its spot as the world’s biggest retailer by 2020, as former Asda chief executive Andy Bond claimed today?
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AnalysisCampaign of the week: Oddbins, poking fun at Locog
Oddbins’ latest in-store promotion comes hot on the heels of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (Locog) chairman Sebastian Coe saying visitors to the Olympics “probably wouldn’t be walking in with a Pepsi T-shirt because Coca-Cola are our sponsors”.