by Linda Ward | Oct 23, 2019 | Branding, My Green Business, Retail trading, Sustainability
At some stage every business owner comes to a crossroad and faces decisions about the future of their business. Business gurus talk about “pivoting” businesses but for me the decision was less about a complete change of direction and more about following my instincts....
by Linda Ward | Aug 15, 2019 | Comment, Consumers, Retail trading, Sustainability
Life is still tough for retailers with more headlines of gloom and doom and countless “experts” bemoaning the demise of the retail industry. The delayed publication of the Sports Direct results makes for fascinating reading. It is the world according to Mike Ashley....
by Linda Ward | May 15, 2019 | Comment, Irish Retail, Retail trading
The retail apocalypse has arrived, or so the media are constantly reminding us, and don’t they love a bad news story. The good news stories are relegated to the back page or don’t make it to publication at all. This blog post is about the good news in the retail world...
by Linda Ward | Apr 12, 2019 | Comment, Retail trading
Mike Ashley may well be scratching his head today as he bemoans the loss of £150m worth of Debenhams shares and that he can’t add the title of CEO of Debenhams to his portfolio. But why does he even want to be CEO of Debenhams? In this first of an occasional profile...
by Linda Ward | Nov 28, 2018 | Comment, Irish Retail, Retail trading
Is Black Friday an opportunity or a threat for retailers and/or consumers? As this US imported event extends from the traditional one day to two, three and five days – or even a fortnight – is it a question of jumping on the discount bandwagon? How is this...
by Linda Ward | Nov 10, 2018 | Comment, Retail trading
This week has seen three major retailers release their figures with three very different takes on the current retail scene. IKEA To begin with the positive, IKEA’s total turnover increased marginally in the year end to August 2018 to €38.8bn with 422 stores in 50...
