The emergence of online shopping, digital and technological development meant that the stores were finished (or so I heard). Yet stores are now more important than ever. They carry the brand of the retailer in their hands. Neglecting physical stores means an automatic degradation in experience for online customers, they’re faced with substitutions due to […]
As we enjoyed the yearly pilgrimage to Florida for Disney, Universal and a fair bit of retail therapy (visiting for me, spending for everyone else…) I thought it would be good to turn a spotlight on to a number of retailers in the US who are visited as part of the wider trips, Whole Foods […]
One of Daltons major planks in his strategy that he revealed in 2010 was to close the gap on own label vs. branded sales by turning own label into an own brand. Subsequent press leaks and comment revealed that Morrisons were looking at abandoning the good,better,best hierarchy as used by many retailers in the UK […]
Following on from my suggestion in September (and indeed Jennifer Creevy’s (Retail Week) in July) Morrisons would be looking towards Ocado as a source of inspiration to kick start their online expansion, the rumours gathered pace today with exposure far greater than my humble blog and Retail Week’s circulation. Yes, the Daily Mail! They ran […]
