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Category Archives: Dark Stores
What’s £3bn between retailers?
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 Co-operative Group, Competition, Losses, Market share, Retail, Tesco
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“You can’t be a good retailer unless you’re good at logistics”
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 logistics, Online retailing, Retail, Supply chain
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Clarence Saunders and Keedoozle
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