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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.

Turning savvy shoppers into loyal customers

Omnichannel shopping has presented retailers with new opportunities to utilise a multitude…

Why experiential retail has never been more important

Picture the scene: A 400m maze with 8ft high walls and a tree-house retreat as its…

Why ‘out of town’ retailers still matter

In May, we saw the Treasury committee report recommend that banks maintain a physical…

How retailers can tackle discrimination, bullying and harassment

Allegations of bullying and harassment are common across many industries and the retail…

How retailers can use cloud computing to drive sales

Cloud computing can sometimes be misconstrued as a toolset only to be used by system…

Personalised delivery is the future for retailers

The retail and e-commerce marketplace is extremely crowded, with hundreds of brands…

Tailoring the consumer experience

Consumers are increasingly looking for more personal, community-orientated shopping…

The future of till-free shopping

When we’re used to hauling our shopping out of the basket and placing tins, packets and…

Six tips to utilise the government’s R&D tax credit scheme

Research and development (R&D) tax credits are a government incentive designed to reward…

Why retailers shouldn’t bank on PSD2 for protection

On 14 September 2019, the second Payment Services Directive (PSD2) will come into effect,…