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  • 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…

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

    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


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

    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.’

    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


  • Defining your ‘Five-year’ Retail Strategy plan.

    April 29, 2025
    in assortment structure planning, disruptive retail, location strategy, meaning in the retail madness, product development, retail businesses, retail management, retail organisations, retail strategy


  • The Virtuous Cycle of Customer Personalisation.

    April 29, 2025
    in analytics, branding & visual communication, customer-engagement, new retail, omni-channel retailing, personalisation, retail, retail businesses, retail management, retail organisations, retail strategy, sales promotions & events, social savvy, telling product stories, website excellence


  • Build a beautiful customer focused retail proposition.

    April 25, 2025
    in assortment structure planning, customer service, in-store services, meaning in the retail madness, new retail, product development, retail, retail brand heritage, retail businesses, retail management, retail organisations, retail strategy, sales promotions & events, store experience


  • VivoBarefoot-Walking back to happiness

    April 25, 2025
    in assortment structure planning, branding & visual communication, circular retailing, customer experience, customer-engagement, disruptive retail, ethical retailing, footwear, health & beauty, leisure & sport, meaning in the retail madness, new retail, re-sell, repair, retail, retail brand heritage, retail businesses, retail strategy, shop of the future, sustainability, telling product stories


  • Conran Shop–Modern Britain’s Original Tastemaker

    April 25, 2025
    in assortment structure planning, branding & visual communication, home, in-store services, internationalisation, luxury, product development, retail, retail brand heritage, retail strategy, store experience, store theatre, telling product stories


  • No.17: Don’t let your customers get ‘lost in space’ or ‘over-powered by product!’ – 52 Steps to the Perfect Shop

    April 29, 2025
    in analytics, customer experience, shop of the future, space management, space planning, store experience, store layout, store operations, visual merchandising, visual merchandising operations


  • No.16: There is only one best layout for any single shop! – 52 Steps to the Perfect Shop

    April 29, 2025
    in analytics, assortment structure planning, customer experience, shop of the future, space management, space planning, store experience, store layout, store operations, store theatre, visual merchandising, visual merchandising operations, VManalytics

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