Retail: Consultant - Jonathan Flynn
A blue, blue, blue, blue Christmas
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
A third of consumers intend to spend less on Christmas than they did last year. Retailers will now need to be at the top of their game to reap the rewards during the traditional golden sales period. Recent research by ICM shows that consumers are reluctant to spend frivolously which is more bad news for [...]
The cost of procrastination
Wednesday, June 10th, 2009
Retail businesses are more than ever wanting to get closer to consumers and the contents of their pockets. In the last 48 hours I have watched the hour long Sainsbury’s programme on Channel 4 (I’m Running Sainsbury’s, Tuesday 9pm), seen ASDA kick off a price war on school uniforms through the social networking website Twitter [...]
Mood of cautious optimism emerges in Retail
Monday, April 20th, 2009
Finally, a hint of some good news in the retail sector. A quarter into the year which was expected to be the worst in memory, the much feared retail meltdown has failed to materialise. At the recent Retail Week Awards I spent much of the evening discussing the current retail climate with leading executives from [...]
Retail Interim Management 2009
Thursday, January 15th, 2009
Happy New Year and welcome to Interim Partner’s Retail blog.
The Retail Sector is in trouble. The worst Christmas BRC trading figures since records began, more household name retailers failing by the week and according to some industry experts the downturn in the sector has only just begun. Obviously there were economic factors outside of these [...]
With retail businesses cutting back on capital expenditure for change programmes and more focus on turnaround of distressed businesses, what are your predictions for interim management in retail next year?
Friday, December 5th, 2008
