All articles by Tim Danaher – Page 46
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Opinion
Christmas marketing: money well spent?
It is 24.2 miles from my home in southeast London to Lakeside shopping centre. Given that Croydon is six miles away from my house, the West End seven miles away and even Bluewater is on the right side of the river, the chances of me doing my Christmas shopping there ...
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Opinion
The Retail Week – November 30, 2007
Retailers seeking reassurance about the prospects for Christmas trading probably didn’t want to be on Oxford Street yesterday afternoon.
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Opinion
Time for DSGi to take a breath
DSG International finance director Kevin O’Byrne cut a lonely figure presenting the company’s interim results this week.
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Opinion
Believe in your brand
Retailers are not, by and large, a happy bunch at the moment. It has been a harsh autumn, with cruel weather and falling consumer confidence conspiring to deter shoppers from spending. The level of promotional activity – especially in fashion – tells its own story.
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Opinion
UK retailers are ready for the US
“If I can make it there, I’ll make it anywhere,” sang Frank Sinatra, but it could equally be Sir Philip Green, Sir Terry Leahy or Charles Dunstone’s refrain as each sets out on the most ambitious mission of their distinguished retail careers.
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News
Land Securities to split into three
Land Securities, the UK’s biggest property company, is to split into three, setting up a separate quoted company for its retail assets.
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Opinion
King faces his toughest times
When Arabian royals come knocking to buy your company, doubts about them having deep enough pockets are probably the last thing that will enter your mind.
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News
Liverpool One lands fashion trio
Jigsaw, Radley and Fred Perry have signed deals to open stores at Grosvenor's 950 million Liverpool One development, Grosvenor announced at the BCSC Conference in Gateshead today.
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Opinion
Big four are the winners of grocery inquiry
“Be careful what you wish for,” the saying goes, and that must be how the wearisome hordes who rail against supermarkets felt after the Competition Commission’s eagerly awaited inquiry into the grocery market was published this week.
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AnalysisWestfield Derby: The eagle has landed
Sceptics believed Westfield wouldn’t pull off such a big scheme in a small city like Derby but, as it opened its doors six months ahead of schedule, the critics were somewhat silenced. Tim Danaher reports
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Opinion
Entrepreneurs are retail’s lifeblood
Retail, put simply, is about buying stuff for one price and selling for more. Maybe that’s why the most celebrated entrepreneurs this country has produced have been – or at least started their business empires as – retailers (page 26).
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News
Carphone’s geeks to go nationwide
Carphone Warehouse is to roll out its Geek Squad home service proposition nationwide after a successful trial in London.
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AnalysisHarrods: Height of luxury
Iconic department store Harrods is being transformed by a huge refurbishment programme. Tim Danaher takes a walk around with managing director Michael Ward
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Opinion
Tesco’s biggest hurdle so far
No retailer is immune to the weather, not even Tesco. Yet in the same way that July’s squalls gave way to something resembling an Indian summer, the UK’s biggest retailer’s interims showed that once the climate had calmed down, normal service was very much resumed.
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Analysis
Feel-good factor
As feel-good food retailer Julian Graves celebrates its 20th birthday, Tim Danaher meets founder Nick Shutts to discuss its growing empire
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Opinion
Time for online retail to grow up
Every year, we hear that it will be a record Christmas for online sales, that the internet is hurting the high street and that those retailers without a web presence will miss out. All undeniably true
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Opinion
What customers want
Music retail is not the only part of the sector changing fast. So it is interesting that B&Q has woken up to the fact that DIY retailing is no longer just about DIY, but about the home. Critics would ask why it took so long when Homebase made the shift ...