All World Retail Congress articles – Page 4
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NewsTesco boss Philip Clarke embarks on digital revolution
Tesco group chief executive Philip Clarke has vowed that the grocer will spearhead a digital “revolution” in retail as he unveiled several initiatives to fuel online growth.
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OpinionComment: Winning customers in a world of change
Trust is one of the themes of the speech I am giving today at the World Retail Congress. It is (surprise, surprise) a room full of retailers from around the world but what is true for our industry is also true for other sectors.
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OpinionComment: International expansion is important for long-term growth
At next month’s World Retail Congress, four retailers will be inducted into the World Retail Hall of Fame: Sir Stuart Rose, Lew Frankfort, Dickson Poon and Sir Paul Smith.
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OpinionA meeting of retail migrants
Some 1,000 participants migrated to Berlin last week for the World Retail Congress. And as migration, in a sense, was a congress leitmotif, Berlin was the perfect location. Ring-walled from access for millions of its nearest neighbours over decades, this city is now the cosmopolitan meeting point über alles.
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AnalysisThe influence of online on global retail
The digital revolution was the hot topic at the World Retail Congress last week and is changing every aspect of the industry.
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OpinionStores’ future hinges on multichannel success
You know the retail world is changing when Sir Stuart Rose stands on a podium and starts talking about Twitter and Facebook. Yet there he was at this week’s World Retail Congress (WRC) in Berlin sharing the stage with a man from Google.
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NewsAhrendts salutes Burberry's 'style, structure and values'
Burberry chief executive Angela Ahrendts outlined the soft strategies the fashion retailer has focused on during the recession at the World Retail Congress in Berlin.
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Retailers neglecting succession planning
Only 17% of retail CEOs and board directors are actively engaged in succession planning, according to a report published today at World Retail Congress.
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OpinionFunding is out there, but only for the best deals
Funding is out there for deals involving large retailers with dominant market positions, but is still harder to come by for smaller deals and distressed situations, the World Retail Congress heard this morning.
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NewsFocus on staff key to recovery, says Maxeda CEO Tony DeNunzio
A focus on staff, brand and the customer is the key to a successful retail recovery, according to a panel of leading retailers.
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NewsDevelopers must embrace internet to engage
Shopping centre developers must make more use of technology and the internet to engage with consumers if they want to remain relevant to a new generation of shoppers, delegates at the World Retail Congress in Berlin were told today.
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NewsRose: internet will be Marks & Spencer's international launchpad
The web will be an “advance guard” into new markets for Marks & Spencer, chairman Sir Stuart Rose told the World Retail Congress in Berlin this morning.
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Opinion
Retailers have moved beyond shock and onto practicalities
Sir Stuart Rose said last month that “people are fed up with being fed up”. It seemed to reflect what many were thinking, says Ian McGarrigle
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AnalysisWorld Retail Congress: Is the worst of the global downturn behind us?
At the World Retail Congress last week, talk was focused on whether the recession is reaching a turning point, and what retailers need to do to ensure they emerge fighting fit when it ends. Retail Week reporters joined the 800 retailers in Barcelona to gauge the leading opinions
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OpinionCheap products needn’t mean cheap-looking stores
This year’s World Retail Congress in Barcelona ended on Friday, closing three days of conferencing, networking and, it has to be said, a fair amount of evening carousing. But for those who wandered across the road into the adjacent Diagonal Mar shopping centre, there was an additional talking point. Diagonal ...
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Innovation still key for recession survival
Innovation is essential to success and should not be stifled in recessionary times, according to retailers speaking at the World Retail Congress.
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Retailers' opinion mixed over opportunities in Russia
Opinions were mixed at today’s World Retail Congress about whether international retailers should attempt expanding into the Russian market.
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Survey reveals Ikea is world's most trusted retail brand
Ikea has come out on top in a survey of the world’s most trusted retail brands released at World Retail Congress today.
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Luxury retailers must justify their prices
Recession will not lead to the demise of the luxury sector but upscale retailers and brands will need to live up to their consumer promise in order to succeed, the World Retail Congress heard.