Have you ever made the long slog to your closest shopping centre on the hunt for a specific product only to find out, contrary to the retailer’s website promise, that the product you’re looking for is out of stock? It’s got to be one of the most frustrating scenarios for a shopper. One of my[…]
On the 24th June, I was stood in a muddy field with roughly 100,000 other festival goers singing my heart out to Lewis Capaldi and Lizzo on the Pyramid Stage. The whole weekend was a fantastic experience, definitely worth the ticket price. If you’ve seen the clips of Lewis Capaldi’s set floating around online, I’m[…]
I want to thank ‘The Fun Boy Three’ and ‘Bananarama’ for bringing this phrase to my attention in 1982. Whilst I didn’t appreciate it at the time, I now recognise it as the best business advice I have ever been given. Whilst the catchy lyrics from the song certainly mean something else, they do hold[…]
There is constant pressure on retailers to innovate and get ahead of their competition. But in their pursuit of innovation, they may be overlooking the value of the basics. Of course, the problem with ‘basics’ is that the word is usually preceded by ‘going back to’, and no company wants to be seen to be[…]
Prior to confronting Goliath, David picked up 5 pebbles and put them in his pocket. He probably opted for 5 because he thought he’d need that many chances to win. But as it happened, he was successful with the first strike, though had he missed, he knew his fight wasn’t over because he had more[…]
Modern omnichannel retailing requires retailers to manage their product data effectively, something which is made a much more difficult task without a Product Information Management (PIM) platform. In the following blogpost, we are going to outline the top 5 reasons our clients select Origin, from Retail247, as their PIM platform for success. 1 – Customisability[…]
At Retail247 we pride ourselves on being retail experts. While we generally mean this in reference to the world of retail IT, we always have our ear to the door of the wider retail industry, listening to and embracing as much information as we can. This isn’t just to ensure we can serve our clients[…]
Never before has so much been written about how a particular generation shop. Gen Z has captured the imagination of retailers everywhere. It’s true that we love all things tech, spend probably an unhealthy amount of time on our phones and enjoy interactive brand experiences, but Gen Z are multidimensional and it’s important to remember[…]
I have spent the majority of my career to date firmly on the retailer side of the fence. I had technical and leadership roles with The Burton Group, Debenhams, Burberry and Harvey Nichols that then embraced Logistics, Digital, and Retail Operations as Group Retail Operations Director for Harvey Nichols. I will always remember sitting on[…]
“The high-street is dead.” Over the last three years or so, this is a phrase we have heard uttered time and time again. As one of the many industries that was severely rocked during the pandemic, it’s no surprise. Shops were shut for months on end, most bricks-and-mortar retailers reported huge losses, and some brands[…]
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