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Jul- 2019 -29 July
How retailers can survive the age of Amazon
Current high street challenges seem like a clear case of cause and effect. Last year, an average of 14 shops closed each day across the UK, while e-commerce revenues hit almost £96bn — with one particular player taking a £10.9bn share: Amazon. The digital giant has certainly shown mastery of…
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25 July
A possible antidote to next-day delivery?
If you’re a retailer, you’ll know all too well that deliveries go way deeper than simply making sure your products make their way to customers in one piece. We’re talking Grand Canyon deep, here. Because deliveries are a battlefield like no other in the digital commerce world. While increased customer…
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23 July
How Chinese consumers meet ‘Brand Britain’
Francis Fukayama is most famous for writing ‘The End of History’ at a time when history was just re-starting but in 1995 he wrote another book called ´Trust’, which I think is more important. It describes how trust glues a country together and talks of China as a low-trust culture…
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22 July
How retailers can fill the data gap on their shelves
The value of the shelf The average person’s attention span when standing at a shelf is now just eight seconds, but with 70% of purchase decisions being made at the shelf, these eight seconds are the most important for CPGs and retailers to understand. But what influences these decisions?…
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19 July
Helping retail businesses to grow
With almost three million workers, the retail sector is the largest private-sector employer in the UK. And while the retail landscape is dominated by the big supermarkets and department stores, there are still more than 300,000 individual businesses in the industry across the country. Some 168,000 of these are small…
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18 July
How retailers can safeguard against serial returners
Serial returners are having a drastic impact on ecommerce retailers. In 2018, online returns from clothing cost UK retailers £70bn. With the roll-out of ‘buy now, pay later’ services, such as Klarna, are retailers encouraging shoppers’ non-committal attitude? In recent months, retailers have taken firm action against those abusing returns…
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17 July
Four key trends for the rest of the retail year
As retailers strive to find ways to innovate and attract customers back to the high street, we are seeing new trends emerge on the high street. Currently, a growing number of bricks-and-mortar stores investing in their behind the scenes framework and technology platforms in order to improve productivity, efficiency and…
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12 July
Why retailers must be ahead of the curve with digital transformation
When it comes to a strong relationship between retailer and customer, the golden rule is knowing the customer inside out. It’s an age old notion: meeting the desires of the customer keeps them coming back for more, again and again. Whilst the year ahead presents much for retailers to profit…
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11 July
Why seamless retail experiences are key to longevity in the retail sector
It’s hard to escape the fact that the retail industry is undergoing a period of extraordinary change. Every day, media commentary and market analysis points to the sheer scale of transformation retailing is facing. For some, the outlook for the industry is challenging, particularly in the light of rising costs…
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10 July
The impact of Brexit on the UK retail market
It’s no secret that the UK retail sector is facing a serious crisis, with the demise of several vendors including HMV, Toys R Us and LK Bennett a stark example of companies which have failed to stay afloat. But where did it all begin and what actions can retailers take…
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