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Discover retail thought leadership, new concepts & retail innovation, best practice insights on retail strategy, customer experience, merchandising operations, latest trends on rental, re-sell, upsell and every corner of circularity.


Welcome to our headlines & highlights

  • Beware…’Traditional retailers are ‘losing face’ with the customer.’

    Beware…’Traditional retailers are ‘losing face’ with the customer.’

    Extracts from Tim Radley’s 5-star book… ‘Meaning in the Retail Madness’ How to become an Essential Retailer. The single physical channel was relatively easy for retailers to control. At the very least they knew where, and roughly when, they were going to ‘come into contact’ with the customer. And they knew it was on their patch. […]

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    May 9, 2025
    in customer experience, customer service, customer-engagement, disruptive retail, home delivery, logistics and distribution, meaning in the retail madness, omni-channel retailing, rapid delivery, retail businesses, retail management, retail organisations, retail strategy, Retail technology


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  • Discover…’The new landscape for retail business communities.’

    Discover…’The new landscape for retail business communities.’

    Extracts from Tim Radley’s 5-star book… ‘Meaning in the Retail Madness’ How to become an Essential Retailer. If we were retail tourists, planning a ‘grand tour’ of a best practice retail organization, then the itinerary we would plan today would be very different from the schedule we would have travelled even ten years ago. In […]

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    May 9, 2025
    in assortment structure planning, disruptive retail, location strategy, new retail, omni-channel retailing, product development, retail, retail brand heritage, retail businesses, retail management, retail organisations, retail strategy, store operations


  • Ensure…’Retail relationships are not just technology.’

    Ensure…’Retail relationships are not just technology.’

    Extracts from Tim Radley’s 5-star book… ‘Meaning in the Retail Madness’ How to become an Essential Retailer. In the digital-first world, it is easy to get lost in the truly incredible capabilities and applications of technology. It is easy to think that technology holds the answers to everything. It certainly holds the answer to the […]

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    in AI, customer experience, customer service, customer-engagement, disruptive retail, in-store services, meaning in the retail madness, omni-channel retailing, personalisation, retail management, retail organisations, Retail technology, sales promotions & events, shop of the future, store experience


Here’s our latest top 10 posts…

Happy reading.


  • Why disruptive retail models must still implement good old-fashioned inventory management?

    September 30, 2024
    in assortment structure planning, disruptive retail, meaning in the retail madness, new retail, personalisation, product suppliers, recycling, renting, retail, retail businesses, retail management, retail organisations, retail strategy, store operations, supply-chains, sustainability


  • What the guardians of Oxford Street should learn from the citizens of Valencia.

    October 2, 2024
    in disruptive retail, high street planning, location strategy, meaning in the retail madness, retail, retail businesses, retail management, retail organisations, retail strategy, retail-regeneration, town centre planning


  • If galvanising your workforce is your main objective as a retail leader, then consider this checklist…

    September 30, 2024
    in customer experience, customer service, customer-engagement, disruptive retail, meaning in the retail madness, new retail, retail, retail businesses, retail management, retail organisations, retail strategy, store operations


  • Delivering successful sustainable retail: Bringing ‘Meaning to the Retail Madness’

    October 1, 2024
    in assortment structure planning, disruptive retail, meaning in the retail madness, new retail, product suppliers, recycling, renting, retail, retail businesses, retail management, retail organisations, retail strategy, supply-chains, sustainability


  • Should ‘recyclable trump recycled’ in the product design & buying lottery?

    October 2, 2024
    in assortment structure planning, disruptive retail, fashion accessories, footwear, home, kids fashion, ladies fashion, leisure & sport, luxury, meaning in the retail madness, menswear, new retail, product suppliers, recycling, renting, retail, retail businesses, retail management, retail organisations, retail strategy, supply-chains, sustainability, value retailing


  • Empowering & Organising Retail People: Bringing ‘Meaning to the Retail Madness’

    October 1, 2024
    in brave-words, customer experience, customer service, customer-engagement, meaning in the retail madness, new retail, personalisation, retail businesses, retail management, retail organisations, retail strategy


  • Don’t you think that beautiful shop experiences always come from the people who work there?

    October 2, 2024
    in customer experience, customer service, customer-engagement, in-store services, retail businesses, retail management, retail organisations, retail strategy, store experience, store theatre


  • Is there another Zara? Or is it running out of ‘fast-fashion time?’

    October 2, 2024
    in assortment structure planning, brave-words, disruptive retail, fashion accessories, footwear, ladies fashion, meaning in the retail madness, new retail, product suppliers, recycling, renting, retail, retail businesses, retail management, retail organisations, retail strategy, supply-chains, sustainability


  • Just Eat, does ‘reading between the lines’ ruin your appetite?

    October 2, 2024
    in branding & visual communication, customer experience, customer service, customer-engagement, disruptive retail, food & drink, meaning in the retail madness, new retail, omni-channel retailing, product suppliers, retail, retail businesses, retail management, retail organisations, retail strategy, social savvy, supply-chains


  • Is ‘Rental’ becoming the new ‘Must-have proposition’ for retailers struggling with customer loyalty, falling sales volumes and profits?

    October 2, 2024
    in disruptive retail, ladies fashion, meaning in the retail madness, multi-category, new retail, product suppliers, recycling, renting, retail, retail businesses, retail management, retail organisations, retail strategy, supply-chains, sustainability

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