All Customer articles – Page 106
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Retail Voice
Are marketers making expensive mistakes?
Focusing solely on digital experience and customer acquisition when targeting luxury shoppers could be leading marketers to make expensive mistakes, says Rakuten Marketing.
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Opinion
Opinion: What the world thinks of UK stores
Research commissioned by Intu and Revo, the retail property trade body, into international retailers’ views on the UK market chimes exactly with what they have been telling us for several years about its attractiveness.
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News
John Lewis extends accelerator scheme across Waitrose
John Lewis has launched its fourth annual JLAB start-up accelerator competition and extended it across sister retailer Waitrose.
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Opinion
Opinion: Time to trade in the ‘Great Mall of China’
Brexit, the fear of a declining domestic market and Amazon’s impending move into Australia are just some of the factors driving China market entry to the top of retailers’ wishlists.
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Opinion
Opinion: New stores are building brands, not sales
No matter who you talk to, everyone in the retail industry has a view on the online/offline debate.
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News
Instagram expands shopping capabilities
Instagram has expanded its shopping capabilities, extending its in-app platform to more brands in the US.
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News
Ray Kelvin: We don’t need a chief customer officer
Ted Baker boss Ray Kelvin has questioned the trend of employing chief customer officers, insisting that his business can run without one.
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News
M&S pulls YouTube ads following extremist content fears
Marks & Spencer has pulled its YouTube advertising over concerns that it might have appeared next to extremist content.
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Analysis
Opinion: HoF plays catch-up, not pioneer, with new plan
House of Fraser unveiled its five-year vision yesterday, with management outlining how it intends to deliver a business fit for 2022’s retail landscape.
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News
Missguided chief customer officer exits after two months
Missguided’s chief customer officer has left the business after just two months, Retail Week can reveal.
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News
Ted Baker unveils interactive store windows
Ted Baker unveiled interactive store windows yesterday as part of its shoppable film campaign for spring/summer.
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Analysis
From Chelsea Girl to River Island: 11 retail rebrands
Last month both Staples and Games Workshop unveiled new monikers across their entire estates. Retail Week looks at other retail rebrands over the years.
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Analysis
Screwfix customer experience leads the way
Screwfix won over its customers – and the Retail Week Awards judges – with the Teleperformance Customer Experience Initiative of the Year.
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Analysis
An outstanding contribution: John Timpson
The AlixPartners Outstanding Contribution to Retail winner John Timpson tells George MacDonald about why he does business differently.
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Analysis
DFS Olympics advertising campaign brings home the gold
The Tata Consultancy Services Marketing or Advertising Campaign of the Year was awarded to DFS and its activity around 2016’s Rio Olympic Games.
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News
The FA boss: We want to be the John Lewis of football
The FA chief executive Martin Glenn said he takes inspiration from John Lewis as he seeks to turn around public perception of the embattled organisation.
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News
Snapchat is part of the retail journey, says UK boss
Snapchat is becoming an important part of the shopping experience with 72% of its users engaging with the social network while in store, said its UK boss.
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News
Shop Direct's Alex Baldock: 'AI will transform retail'
Shop Direct boss Alex Baldock has said that AI will transform retail, whether retailers choose to let it or try to ignore it.
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News
Google: 'The AI world is coming like a steam train'
“The AI world is coming like a steam train,” Google’s UK head of performance Biren Kalaria said at Retail Week Live this morning.
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News
Halfords boss McDonald on the retailer’s ‘secret sauce’
Halfords boss Jill McDonald believes the retailer’s customer service proposition will prove to be the “secret sauce” in her strategy.