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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.

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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.

Achieving sustainable growth through digital in an unstable time

How much do you use your smartphone? I recently tracked my own personal usage and found that…

Pivoting on experience to revive the UK high-street

It’s no secret that it’s a troubling time for the UK high-street. The recent news that Boots…

How a data-driven locally optimised digital strategy can save high street retailers

In a challenging environment on the high street, it is vital for retailers to optimise their…

Is retail cashing out on PoS?

Last month saw Sainsbury launch the UK’s first till-free store, with its Holborn Circus…

Retail landlords must stay focused in the face of CVAs

Recently announcing its restructuring plans, Debenhams has joined a long line of casualties…

How Making Tax Digital is going to help the retail sector

Shop closures are an all too familiar scene. A recent study by The Guardian found that…

Brands vs the people: the rise of independent online retailers

After the hard knock the UK’s retail sector took following the 2008 financial crash, things…

The state of the UK high street in 2019

We may only be in the first half of the 2019 but there has already been a continuation of…

How AI-powered robots are transforming the retail world

AI-powered robots are transforming traditional warehouses into smart ones, enabling teams to…

The ripple effect of consumer data breaches

The number of those affected by high-profile consumer data breaches in the past few years is…