All Customer articles – Page 90
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Analysis
Analysis: Five ways Carpetright aims to get back on track
Floorcovering specialist Carpetright has capped a torrid year with £70.5m of pre-tax losses.
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Opinion
Opinion: How Primark thrives without doing digital
Talk to almost any retailer at the moment and it will only be a couple of minutes before things digital form part of the discussion.
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Retail Voice
Retail tech trends that enhance customer engagement
In-store experiences are here to stay, and the technology being used is getting bigger, better and bolder.
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Data
Data: Sainsbury's-Asda merger – the consumer verdict
Asda and Sainsbury’s management received a grilling from MPs during a parliamentary committee, but consumers are unfazed by the mega-merger, new research suggests.
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News
M&S and Microsoft strike 'game changer' tech deal
Marks & Spencer is teaming up with Microsoft on a strategic initiative designed to transform the retail experience through AI, Retail Week can reveal.
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Retail Voice
Three trends shaping the future of shopper loyalty
Food retailers strive to build a large and loyal customer base, but what exactly is loyalty and where is it headed?
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News
Iceland launches tech start-up accelerator programme
Iceland has become the latest retailer to establish a start-up tech accelerator programme as it seeks to take advantage of the opportunities heralded by digital innovation.
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Opinion
Opinion: Get naked to get shoppers' attention
Back in 2003, a lot of people took off their clothes and lay down in Selfridges’ beauty hall. Pictures were taken and Spencer Tunick, the artist and overseer of this mass strip, had another notch on his camera.
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Opinion
Opinion: Improving is not winning in retail
The roll call of failed or struggling retailers is growing: Toys R Us, Maplin, Poundworld, Carpetright, Mothercare, House of Fraser.
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Retail Voice
Changing the narrative with digital signage
Ahead of the 2018 Digital Signage Summit Europe, chairman of the conference Florian Rotberg discusses how new technologies are empowering retailers to generate compelling business strategies.
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Opinion
CEOs' guide to crisis communications – five golden rules
Data breaches – as suffered by Dixons Carphone this week – rarely end well for CEOs, for company valuations and for the brands which are engulfed by them.
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Analysis
Retail Reimagined: The blueprint for department store 2.0
Our new Retail Reimagined series examines how traditional formats would look if they were designed now. Here, Becky Waller-Davies sketches a new vision of the department store.
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Opinion
Opinion: Customer-centricity is only way for retail to thrive
The recent spate of high profile retail failures has highlighted the challenges facing legacy store-based organisations trying to survive and thrive in a digital world.
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Retail Voice
Five ways high street retailers can appeal to Gen Z
For Generation Z, self-service checkouts and contactless payments are among the most desirable features when it comes to in-store tech, according to YouGov research.
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Retail Voice
Retail destinations need to live up to experiential expectations
In today’s multichannel world, retail destinations need to live up to the demands of modern tech-savvy consumers.
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Cartoon
Retail cartoon: Lush kicks up a stink
Retail Week cartoonist Patrick Blower’s take on Lush’s controversial #SpyCops campaign
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News
AO overhauls top team ahead of brand and services push
Electricals etailer AO World has reshaped its top management as it seeks to make the most of existing business strengths and chase new opportunities.