All articles by Tim Danaher – Page 12
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Opinion
Birmingham, retail laboratory
Birmingham seems to be the place to go for bold retailing experiments at the moment. But will they prove successful?
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OpinionDuplication isn't what you need
HMV’s announcement last month that it is closing 60 stores is a sensible response to the company’s problems.
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OpinionInvestors see value in retail’s ugly ducklings
The City tends to see things in a very black and white way. And if the stock market continues to price established businesses at levels that assume they won’t exist much longer, then eventually someone else is going to see opportunity in them.
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Opinion
Bestphone Warehouse
It may be a joint venture in name, but Carphone Warehouse is asserting control over Best Buy Europe
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Opinion
A helping hand
Our much-maligned industry showed its generosity at last night’s Retail Trust ball
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News'Little Waitrose' convenience fascia trialled
Waitrose is trialling a new fascia for its convenience stores, Little Waitrose.
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OpinionScottish government has it wrong on retail
You might expect that politicians would be thankful that retailers are creating jobs and prosperity, but there’s one part of the UK where the government seems hell-bent on an anti-big business agenda.
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Opinion
Mary, quite contrary
Mary Portas’ previous television programmes have been good for retail, but her new Channel 4 series does the industry a disservice
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Opinion
Back from the dead
Hilco wants the retail world to know it as more than an undertaker to failed retail businesses
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OpinionInterest rate rise could knock retailers for six
There’s only so much you can do if the weather stops customers getting to your stores, or you delivering to their homes.
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Opinion
Green fingers
Tying up with Alan Titchmarsh should help build B&Q’s credibility in the garden sector
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NewsLeading record companies lend backing to HMV
The chiefs of seven leading record companies have come out in support of HMV, saying that they are continuing to supply the retailer as normal and praising the unique role it plays in supporting the music industry in the UK.
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Opinion
Postcard from Down Under
There’s not too much to get excited about when it comes to multiple retailing in Australia, and Aussie shoppers seem to agree
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AnalysisTax campaign backfires on Australian retailers
It’s taken a lot to push Australia’s Ashes humiliation and the floods in Queensland off the front pages Down Under. Yet Australia’s retailers have managed it, after a campaign aimed at creating a level playing field between physical and online retailers spectacularly backfired.
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NewsFamilies are £6 a week worse off, Asda claims
The average UK family has £6 less per week to spend than it did a year ago, according to Asda’s latest Income Tracker report.
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NewsITV man to be HMV FD
HMV Group has appointed David Wolffe, the finance director of ITV Studios, as its new finance director
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NewsSuperdrug to absorb VAT rise on own-brand products
Superdrug is to absorb the January 4 VAT increase on all its own brand beauty, toiletries and household products.
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NewsRecord Christmas for Waitrose
Waitrose enjoyed its best Christmas on record despite the freezing weather, with like-for-like sales up 5.4% in the first 23 days of December.
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NewsStrong start to clearance for John Lewis
John Lewis has enjoyed a strong start to its post-Christmas clearance.
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NewsBest Buy insists plans are on track despite pulling out of deal
Best Buy has insisted its plans for the UK are still on course despite it pulling out of a deal to open a store in the north-east of England.