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Comment features expert perspectives and thought leadership from across the UK retail industry. This section includes opinion pieces, analysis, and commentary from senior retail executives, analysts, and sector specialists on the commercial, strategic, and operational forces shaping retail. Retail Sector’s Comment coverage explores issues such as consumer behaviour shifts, technology adoption, sustainability, regulation, and leadership — providing retail professionals with authoritative insight to inform decision-making and strategic planning.

Comment

Comment features expert perspectives and thought leadership from across the UK retail industry. This section includes opinion pieces, analysis, and commentary from senior retail executives, analysts, and sector specialists on the commercial, strategic, and operational forces shaping retail. Retail Sector’s Comment coverage explores issues such as consumer behaviour shifts, technology adoption, sustainability, regulation, and leadership — providing retail professionals with authoritative insight to inform decision-making and strategic planning.

Responding to sexual harassment in the retail workplace

A recent survey from regional law firm Foot Anstey found just over 1 in 10 (11%) retail…

Staying in the know of the unknown

At a time when retailers are suffering from the biggest fall in sales in more than a decade,…

COMMENT: First bans for ads breaking UK gender stereotyping rules

As we reported back in May 2018 in the post “CAP considers new rule against harmful…

Get yourself a captive audience

I happen to know the high-end perfume shop at London St Pancras does a roaring trade. And I…

Adapting to the new age of retail

Following the recent closures of large-scale retail chains such as William Hill, the…

Calculating holiday pay correctly

We are now in the depths of summer and numerous employees are no doubt enjoying their annual…

Halting the demise of the ‘not my department’ store

Be it House of Fraser, retail bellwether John Lewis or in-the-wars Debenhams, department…

How Games Workshop is standing up against the UK’s high street woes

In what is still an incredibly turbulent time for the retail market, fantasy miniatures…

Future proofing your brand in the age of the Sci-Fi shopper

When Sci-Fi blockbuster Minority Report’s tech-enriched vision of commerce in the year 2054…

Buy Now, Pay Later: Here to stay?

The idea of Buy Now, Pay Later has always been around in the retail market, with companies…