(Spring) Clean Conscience?
I discuss how retailers are simply struggling to survive under enormous pressures to find ways of delivering growth in a difficult climate in this months Retail Focus column. The government has pushed...
View ArticleExplorer: Venice
High water mark In many ways, Venice could easily be used as a metaphor for the current state of retail. Like the tide that laps against its palazzos, the city is ever-changing, over the years it has...
View ArticleForbes – Retail Mashups, Promises, Pitfalls and Oddballs
Read my thoughts on the recent trend for retail mashups – The Promises — Pitfalls — And Oddballs – in article by Barbara Thau online at forbes.com
View ArticleWise admission?
In this months Retail Focus column, I discuss how more retailers are embracing the new ‘experience economy’. Should we be charging shoppers to enter stores? With the nation gripped with Royal Wedding...
View ArticleNews The trouble with M&S…
Marks & Spencer has suffered a big fall in annual profits and is to close 100 stores. Like many in the industry, the news came as no surprise to me. Put simply, M&S has been off the mark and...
View ArticleExplorer: Hong Kong
Lap of luxury Despite challengers to the regional retail crown, Hong Kong is still the place where new retail concepts are found first. Brands trial their latest ideas here as they are often readily...
View ArticleExplorer – Washington DC
Power trip Latest figures from retail intelligence specialist Springboard and the British Retail Consortium showed that footfall was down 2.9% in UK shopping centres during May. During my recent visit...
View ArticlePride 2018
Hot on the heels of celebrations in America at the end of June, it’s London Pride this weekend. This year’s event marks the 30th anniversary of Pride, and retailers have come out in full support like...
View ArticleExplorer – New York City
Bucking the trend It’s a trend in retail that has been taking shape for a while, but now it seems that the ‘death of minimalism’ is becoming a seriously big thing. And nowhere is this more evident...
View ArticlePlastic fantastic
In this months Retail Focus article I discuss how retailers need to put a plastic-free policy at the heart of their operations to prove they are serious about going green… for good. Look around any...
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