Alan Monahan writes: Hard on the heels of Halloween comes another American import. Yes, Black Friday beckons. But, as a retailer, will you follow? According to Justin Opie, managing director at IMRG, this sales opportunity has, over the past few years, consistently demonstrated a remarkable capacity for shifting in terms of size and scale.
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Alan Monahan writes: As bricks-and-mortar retailers seek to turn their physical stores into an asset instead of a liability to compete against online retailers, they will need to make sure they are heeding the demands of today’s increasingly mobile phone dependent consumers, according to eMarketer. It reports that while studies have showed in-store shopping remains
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Alan Monahan writes: In my last column I called for fundamental reform of the business rates system. But I wasn’t at all surprised that the Chancellor of the Exchequer didn’t promise a major overhaul in his Budget on Wednesday, March 8th. Indeed, Philip Hammond fell well short when it came to addressing the concerns of
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Alan Monahan writes: I wonder if you’ve totted up your Valentine’s Day sales figures. I do hope that they made nonsense of a recent poll of more than 2,000 adults in the UK by Opinium Research for PricewaterhouseCoopers. It suggested that Valentine’s has limited appeal in Britain. Just over a half of respondents didn’t
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