Category Archives: Dark Stores

What’s £3bn between retailers?

Posted on April 23, 2014 by

I make no apologies for returning to two businesses I have discussed before on this blog – namely Tesco and the Co-operative Group/Movement – after all, they were the leading retail stories in the days before Easter, and both look … Continue reading →

Posted in Cooperative Group, Cooperatives, Dark Stores, Food Retailing, Retailers, Tesco | Tagged , , , , , | 2 Comments

“You can’t be a good retailer unless you’re good at logistics”

Posted on April 1, 2014 by

At the recent World Retail Congress in Singapore, Scott Price, CEO Wal-Mart Asia made the statement that ‘you can’t be a good retailer unless you’re good at logistics’. Regular readers of this blog know that this is a theme I … Continue reading →

Posted in Availability, Books, Click and Collect, Dark Stores, Logistics, Online Retailing, Supply Chains | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Clarence Saunders and Keedoozle

Posted on August 28, 2013 by

A year or so I was invited to become part of an online community – Brick meets Click (BMC) – which discusses and comments on interesting things in the world of retailing and technology and looks at the future of … Continue reading →

Posted in Automation, Click and Collect, Consumer Change, Dark Stores, Food Retailing, History, Multichannel, Online Retailing, Retail History, Supermarket, USA | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment