Comment: Customisation is strangling retail
November 22, 2023 8:54 amLife seemed a lot simpler when replacing a light-bulb involved choosing from six variations: 40w, 60w or 100w in either bayonet or screw cap. Nowadays navigating... View Article
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Comment: What next for Next?
November 2, 2023 9:04 amIt might be a good few years since I interviewed the chairman of Next, David Wolfson, but I can clearly remember the conversation, which related to... View Article
Comment: delicately balancing online and offline
October 13, 2023 8:38 amIn the early days of e-commerce the senior executives at John Lewis acknowledged that their tardiness at opening physical stores was something of a godsend because... View Article
Comment: Training will ensure AI doesn’t kill retail jobs
October 5, 2023 8:33 amThere’s a great cartoon of a group of Daleks admitting defeat in their objective of conquering the universe because they are unable to navigate a simple... View Article
Comment: Circular economy will be driven by consumers
September 1, 2023 8:49 amThe circular economy sounds great, with its focus on reuse, resale and the refurbishing of clothing as an alternative to the manufacturing of yet more new... View Article
Comment: it’s surely time to investigate dynamic pricing
August 17, 2023 8:38 amAs a result of the recent dubious Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) investigation into suspected profiteering by the major supermarkets through high fuel prices, Asda now... View Article
Comment: crossroads for Oxford Street
August 8, 2023 2:17 pmTwenty-five years ago to the week, US-based Borders chose London’s Oxford Street for its first UK superstore that covered an impressive 40,000 square feet across four... View Article
Comment: don’t let self-service kill service in retail
July 19, 2023 8:37 amBack in the early 2000s Tesco partly attributed its healthy profits at the time to the adoption of its ‘One in Front’ strategy that addressed the... View Article
Comment: we need the survival of stalwarts like Wilko
July 7, 2023 8:55 amPopping into my local Wilko store in North London recently for some essential items I was disappointed to find that it appeared the range of rabbit... View Article
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