All articles by Tim Danaher – Page 26
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Opinion
Off your Marks
Back from the slopes now, fortunately in one piece, and it seems like there’s been a lot going on. Terry Green’s departure from Tesco was always inevitable, but he held on there for longer than I and many others expected. He’s rubbed plenty of people up the wrong way down the years, but I rather like him - retail needs its larger than life characters and he’s certainly one of them.
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OpinionUnlikely bedfellows
The property debate at the Retail Week Conference revealed that landlords and retailers actually have a greater level of common interest than might first be thought.
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Opinion
The slightly less private Ryan
Was the Oracle Retail Week Awards last night and I reckon it was the best yet.
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AnalysisDriving store performance
Many of the biggest challenges retailers face - like ensuring consistently excellent customer service and making sure that stores are as efficient as they can be - don’t always require big investment on sophisticated systems.
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OpinionPrimark: the fashion retailer for our supermarket age
Primark celebrated its 40th anniversary last year, and its double success at the Oracle Retail Week Awards last night perhaps represented its coming of age.
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OpinionA sensible Game
Game’s decision to close a total of 43 stores and concessions is the right move for a difficult market.
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OpinionNo guarantee of success for foreign retailers
Cortefiel’s decision to come to the UK is positive news for the high street. While there is a need for a clearout of brands that have had their day, our shopping streets and malls need to be continually refreshed with new names that will draw the shoppers.
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OpinionBuilding the brand
Land Securities’ Brand Empire is a bold venture, but the hard work starts now.
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NewsCortefiel to launch in UK via new Land Securities venture
Spanish fashion giant Cortefiel is to bring three of its brands to the UK in the first deal for property company Land Securities’ Brand Empire venture.
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NewsMorrisons to back England World Cup bid
Morrisons has joined forces with the Football Association to be official supermarket of the England bid to host the 2018 World Cup.
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OpinionRetailers will need a watertight story to float
Increasing scepticism means that those retailers that want to get IPOs away will need a watertight story and be floating for the right reasons
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NewsSuperGroup confident of IPO success as others falter
Directors of SuperGroup, which aims to raise £125m through an IPO, are confident of the retailer’s longevity despite some potential investor concerns about fashion’s volatility.
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AnalysisOne New Change: Big change in the big City
Can Land Securities’ soon to open, mixed-use development wake the City up to a new kind of retail offer?
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NewsWeak comps help John Lewis to strong week
John Lewis sales were up 31.9% last week, helped by weak comparatives from last year when heavy snow hit most of the country.
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OpinionWeak retailers need to be weeded out
UK retail, particularly fashion, has too many weak brands and too many stores. If consolidation does turn out to be the theme of 2010, that won’t be such a bad thing.
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OpinionWhen good news is bad news
Croydon has been waiting years for the arrival of John Lewis. The fact it’s going out of town is a hammer blow to the town centre.
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Opinion
Ocado, or Ocadon’t?
Had a very interesting day in Nottingham at Boots on Friday, but will save that for my next post and instead concentrate on the weekend’s big story, the news that Ocado has appointed advisers ahead of a possible float.
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OpinionThe challenges facing Dalton Philips and Marc Bolland
The scale of the job awaiting Bolland means that if he pulls it off people will quickly stop worrying about what he’s being paid
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NewsNew Look reveals global ambitions as it lines up float
Fashion giant sets sights on expanding international presence as it aims to raise £650m through IPO
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OpinionTime for positive thinking
Our Manifesto for the High Street campaign is off to a good start, with some interesting comments coming through from our readers.