Insight Archive

June 2013

• UK's high-street retailers struggle with unfair business rates
• Getting to know you: Unlocking the enterprise cloud
• Retail’s new look: managing a surge in m-commerce

May 2013

• Implementing In-Store Analytics in Bricks and Mortar Retail
• A little sun goes a long way as warm weather brings boost to April’s online retail sales
• Bringing bricks and mortar back into focus: Market analysis report from BCL/IPD
• dot Brands: The next revolution in e-commerce

April 2013

• The changing face of the high street: PopUp Britain to launch King’s Road flagship
• “Mobile is the end game”: VeriFone discusses the future of payments as a service
• Consumer trust and e-commerce: are your details safe online?
• Sales spring 10.5% as John Lewis celebrates strongest Easter results ever
• Behind the headlines: Insolvencies fall to lowest levels since 2005, but retailers continue to suffer

March 2013

• BT Retailtopia2: the omnichannel supply chain of the future
• London tourists rein in spending as Mulberry issues second profit warning
• Supply chains: the importance of transparency
• Reading between the lines: How Twitter has altered brand interaction with consumers
• Indian retail reforms: Will the expansion of the Indian market live up to Western retailers’ expectations?

February 2013

• Portas Pilots one year on: Does the government finally mean business?
• Business rates: can our high streets withstand another blow?
• Risky business: Are British retailers forgetting the basics online?

January 2013

• The changing face of money: how the future of cash is looking unstable
• HMV: Is this it?

December 2012

• Christmas 2012 trading updates
• ‘And I would walk 19.79 miles...’ Brits walk a marathon whilst Christmas shopping
• Beyond eCommerce: How will you engage consumers in the new omni-channel era?
• Key decisions for mCommerce success with eibDIGITAL

November 2012

• Mega Monday: What to expect from the UK’s busiest day for online sales
• Building the Foundation for Success on Google Shopping
• Innovation in the face of adversity
• Coffees, lunch and parking: new research finds shoppers happy to pay by phone for sales under £10
• Rising to the challenge of international e-commerce

October 2012

• Why don't you stay a bit longer: turning around Denmark's Fakta
• Missing a trick? How £65 bn in unused capital allowances is going unclaimed by retailers
• Turning black cabs into moving billboards
• Founder speaks out: controversy, cashback and the world’s first winmarket, why Yipiii’s got the UK in a spin
• International Growth: Beyond translating your website

September 2012

• Time up for fast fashion? H&M’s latest move chooses individual style over a quick fix
• 96% of e-shoppers will return online this Christmas
• US retailers await a merry Christmas
• Signs of life for UK’s shopping centres

August 2012

• First look at Peak 2012: One in five online sales to be made by mobile this Christmas
• July online retail sales roundup
• Survival of the fittest: JJB Sports vs. Sports Direct
• Artisan or artificial: Is there room for the Big Four in the foodie movement?
• Instant icons and the beauty of invention
• London Calling: Retailers mobilise as city left deserted in wake of Olympics
• On the safe site: A tool guide to quality locations

July 2012

• London 2012: The rise of ambush campaigns
• Keep your complaining customers
• Retail Roundup: ONS figures reveal extent of June’s summertime blues
• The Power of Fun: Understanding Desigual’s DNA
• Marks & Spencer: Will it claw back from the brink once more?
• Iconic Retail: There's no magic formula
• Kindles, kids and coffee: The evolution of the high street bookstore

June 2012

• Will monthly rent payments give retailers a boost?
• HIRE FOR PASSION. TRAIN FOR SKILLS.
• Point of difference: Why supermarkets are using niche products to gain swing votes
• Don’t blame it on the sunshine- why retailers need to get weather-wise
• London 2012: A golden retailing opportunity

May 2012

• The sense in scenting
• Application performance monitoring: the new black for retailers
• Forget keeping up appearances, it’s time to innovate
• Being sharp without sharp discounts: How to increase retail sales without cutting prices

April 2012

• Preventing shrinkage in the age of multichannel
• Aquascutum vs Burberry: Why the best brand won
• Are you listening properly? How retailers can turn down the hype and tune into what matters
• Fashion's fairy godmother: How e-commerce changed the way we shop for good

March 2012

• Retailtopia: The shape of retail in 2020
• Chancellor’s Budget hits retailers where it hurts
• Starbucks: a step too far?
• Is it time to lay the till to rest?
• Social e-commerce: The future of retail

February 2012

• From front row to Facebook feed: how London Fashion Week learnt to embrace its grass roots
• All eyes on London: the importance of London Fashion Week
• Back to Blighty: how manufacturing came full circle
• Retailers power through European cold snap
• Facebook’s feel-good factor
• Outlet centres: the final blow for our high streets?
• Facebook IPO: Beyond the hype and hoopla
• Ferris Bueller, aliens and Star Wars dogs: Welcome to the world of Super Bowl advertisements

January 2012

• Retailers struggle for rent revolution
• UK Toy Industry grew 3% in 2011 and remains largest in Europe
• Pinterest: the next big thing?
• On the hunt for luxury spending: Obama eases US visa rules for China and Brazil
• Christmas discounting: the unsustainable saviour
• American Christmas trading “good but not great”
• Christmas Trading: Reading between the lines
• Survival of the fittest: Prospects for 2012 from the Retail Think Tank
• Luxury brands flock to Google+
• Retail in 2012: why the holistic approach could be the antidote
• Whatever happened to Facebook?

December 2011

• Welcome to the world of scent marketing
• With a little help from Heston and Delia, Waitrose tops social media supermarket scale
• High Street 2.0: why it’s time to go online to save yours
• No such thing as bad publicity: why 2011 wasn’t all bad for John Galliano
• Mary Portas and the future of our high streets
• Keeping up with contactless payment: how prepaid solutions are revitalising retail
• Gulf e-commerce to grow “exponentially”

November 2011

• Fewer, bigger, smaller, better shops – Philip Downer asks: Who should be planning the future?
• Will George Osborne come through for British retail?
• Smartphones, Lady Gaga and Twitter top Japan’s favourite brands for 2011
• Ad’s the trick: why Christmas commercials don’t deserve the scorn
• Online is the new black as Cyber Monday beckons
• Regent Street: A Mile of Style leading the way for retail
• From Napster to Spotify, HMV to Dr Dre, what does the future hold for music sales?
• Retailers turn to discounting as October sales fail to allay festive fears
• Retailers tell government: Help us to help you

October 2011

• Is fast fashion really the answer?
• Will Britain’s customer service be up to scratch for the Olympics?
• A closer look at House of Fraser’s new concept store
• Wealthy foreign investors snap up West End premier streets
• High Street set to ‘bounce back’ with pre-seasonal offers
• The revolt against the Big Four’s price wars
• Retailers must whip their multichannel offering into shape or risk being left behind this Christmas
• Shop price inflation stands at 2.7% as supermarkets absorb costs to attract consumers
• Going multichannel: What can brands do to improve their online offering?

September 2011

• India now retailers’ 'best hope' for the next decade
• Where does the rise of e-commerce leave our high streets?
• What can East London do for us?
• High street prepares for store closures
• Retailers expanding into Europe

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