Why Omnichannel could be the High Street’s saviour
Within the past decade, retailers have shifted their focus from physical stores to an “online only” strategy. This is in part due to rising...
Online Acceleration and Big Space Redundancy – the Twin Dilemmas of...
Essentially, in the current climate, major retailers are faced with two significant drains on profitability. First, the high cost of fulfilment compared with B&M...
Optimising the business potential of Global Travel Retail
Given that GTR is well established in terms of brand equity building - although in many cases much can be done to optimise this...
Why Small is Beautiful; Especially in Post-crisis Retail
Given the fact that the global financial crisis in 2008 is still causing headline-grabbing casualties among the big retail players - resulting in greater...
Amazing Amazon – A working paper for NAMs…?
With a vision ‘to be the earth’s most customer-centric company; to build a place where people can come to find and discover anything they...
Developing Opportunities in a Multiplex-world…
In a multimedia environment, with multichannel two-way access to the consumer each operating at over-capacity, potential access to all consumers, literally millions of people,...
Finding a Gap in UK Retail?
Given the current rate of change in UK retail, including Qatari’s acquisition of Harrods, possibly followed by an outright bid for Sainsbury’s, the imminence...
The Independent Retailer as a ‘Living Billboard’ for the Brand
The recent collapses of chains like Borders, added to the 23 casualties last year and over 20+ liquidations anticipated in the New Year, have...
Death of the High Street – a Rebirth Opportunity for Suppliers?
It is obvious that fundamental and possibly irreversible change is taking place in the High Street. The recession has simply accelerated the process of...