All Stores and property articles – Page 160
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CartoonRetail cartoon: M&S bosses face shareholder shootout
Patrick Blower’s take on Gareth-Southgate-waistcoat-supplier Marks & Spencer’s AGM, which took place at Wembley Stadium this week
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OpinionOpinion: Click and collect can be an ‘experience’
Whichever way you cut it, clicking and collecting has to be the ultimate non-experience that can take place in a store.
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Retail VoiceHow the high street can help power ecommerce
Retailers should be taking advantage of the benefits of click and collect, says Retail Week Live's Launchpad winner HubBox.
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OpinionOpinion: Slow down, this is a convenience store
News that Tesco is trialling a cashless Express store at its Welwyn Garden City HQ is no real surprise, given that everyone from Amazon to Alibaba has been grabbing headlines and admiring glances for their scan and go, checkout-free stores.
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Retail VoiceThe five questions to ask before any digital investment
With technology advancements happening daily, how can retailers decide where to invest?
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OpinionOpinion: How to survive the crisis on the high street
Three years ago, I gave a talk called ‘Is There Life After The High Street?’ about what I thought the future of retail would look like and why I withdrew my company Argenteus from physical retail in favour of online.
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GalleryStore gallery: Inside Tesco's first cashless shop
Tesco has opened its first cashless c-store at it tests a raft of initiatives designed to speed up the shopping trip.
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AnalysisAnalysis: 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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OpinionOpinion: 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 VoiceRetail 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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Retail VoiceThree 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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OpinionOpinion: 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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OpinionOpinion: 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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NewsHabitat to open first standalone branches in a decade
Habitat is to open its first standalone stores in 10 years this autumn.
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AnalysisWhy New Look's McGeorge may not shut shops after all
New Look boss Alistair McGeorge was in remarkably bullish mood this week for somebody leading a company with losses of £75m.
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OpinionNick Bubb: Does HoF's new plan have a chance?
House of Fraser’s new management team want a chance to prove that a slimmed down business can be viable, but do they deserve a chance?
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OpinionIs it game over for (mass market) department stores?
All but a few high-profile department stores seem to be in trouble, so has the market changed to the point where the sector is just an irrelevance?
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OpinionOpinion: 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 VoiceFive 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.
