Matthew Valentine

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Analysis: Emerging retail technology uncovers crucial customer insights
2014-05-02T14:53:00
From speak-to-locate apps to geofencing systems, retailers are using cutting-edge technology to make customer insights central.
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Analysis: Avoiding supply chain scandals a year on from Horsegate
2014-02-10T07:30:00
A year on from the horse meat revelations, Matthew Valentine finds out how retailers have upped their game to stamp out procurement fraud and avoid future supply chain problems
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Analysis: Retail’s ambassador for women in the boardroom
2014-01-10T07:00:00
What is needed to increase the number of women in senior retail positions? Matthew Valentine speaks to New Look’s head of
retail Elaine Wrigley about improving the perception of the sector.
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Analysis: 5 ways to improve customer insight
2013-11-28T07:00:00
Technology is changing how customer insight is gathered. Matthew Valentine looks at five recent examples of retailers’ responses.
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Analysis: Property auditing can reverse costly mistakes for retailers
2013-11-08T07:00:00
Property auditing is becoming increasingly vital for retailers as they seek to claw back tens of millions of pounds lost in leasing errors and miscalculations, reports Matthew Valentine.
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Analysis: What is the next phase of the ecommerce revolution?
2013-08-15T07:00:00
It’s not just pure-plays leading the way in ecommerce evolution, bricks-and-mortar retailers are fast becoming bona fide etail experts. Matthew Valentine outlines the key trends emerging.
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Analysis: Have the Portas Pilot towns succeeded?
2013-06-13T07:00:00
It’s been just over a year since the first 12 Portas Pilot towns were named, but has the project worked? Matthew Valentine assesses its progress.
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Analysis: Exploring the leisure-retail property mix
2012-11-13T12:55:00
Leisure has become a staple of shopping destinations as developers and retailers realise its effect on footfall. Matthew Valentine explores the evolving leisure-retail mix in shopping centres and on the high street
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Analysis: Supply chain's super energy savers
2012-10-23T07:00:00
Creating a more environmentally friendly supply chain can go hand in hand with reducing costs, as retailers find new ways to drive efficiencies. Matthew Valentine looks at some innovative approaches.