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BBC Breakfast: Business news: LCP's Stuart Higgins interviewed on how retailers are coping with the delivery demands of Black Friday & Cyber Monday
LCP's Stuart Higgins was interviewed for his view on how retailers are coping with the delivery requirements during the critical peak trading periods of Black Friday and Cyber Monday this year.
FT Connected Business: Delivery charges cost online retailers dear
Stuart Higgins comments on the delivery costs facing retailers in a special FT report: 'Retail’s third phase of digital evolution' which explores the challenge to profits facing UK supermarkets carrying goods to customers’ doors
Retail Week: New LCP report shows retailers slower than predicted to transition to omni-channel
Laura Heywood of Retail Week summarises the key findings coming out of LCP’s new report – launched this week: The Omni-channel Journey which reveals that retailers are finding that full omnichannel transformation is taking longer and is more complex than they first thought.
Technology and cloud topping the outsourcing table
The technology and cloud sectors continue to remain attractive areas to outsource - Business Report
The virtuous circle of innovation
Emile Naus comments on the impact of new technologies on retailers in Retail Week's industrial warehousing supplement.
Retail Review
e-Delivery regular Retail Review - this month Stuart Higgins and Will Dawson review Marks & Spencer.
Retail Week Supply Chain Awards 2015
Argos wins the Supply Chain Transformation Award and the Hermes Grand Prix Award
Retail Week
Retail Week reports on Ikea as it packs up its out-of-town format to trial a new smaller shop, with a multichannel twist.
Amazon Fresh UK launch
Amazon's plan to dominate fresh food delivery in the UK could be flawed. Stuart Higgins comments on the potential risks in article in Food Manufacture.
Amazon at 20: What has the Online Giant Ever Done for Retail? LCP Consulting's Phil Streatfield shares his view with other industry experts in the Guardian
The e-commerce site is 20 years old this week. So what influence has it really had on the retail and internet industries? Phil Streatfield shares his view what has been its lasting impact, whether it can maintain this growth or whether we have seen the best of it.
MCA Insight Interview
John Lockton discusses consulting growth in retail and international markets in a recent interview with the MCA
If the Black Friday cap fits
eDelivery collates comments and opinions from readers, including Phil Streatfield and Stuart Higgins from LCP, on Yodel's decision to cap the amount of next-day deliveries it would take on Black Friday 2015.
LCP’s Stuart Higgins interviewed by Retail Week: Peak Trading: Preparing for seasonal highs
In a Retail Week article ‘Preparing for the Seasonal Highs,’ LCP’s Stuart Higgins is among the retail experts advising the industry on ways to improve preparation for this year’s big sales periods and make them more profitable.
The Omni-Channel Retail Supply Chain: Re-engineering operations around your customer. A view from LCP and ARGOS
LCP Consulting hosted a main stage session at the May 2015 Retail Week Supply Chain Summit: with Britain’s leading digital retailer Argos entitled ‘The Omni-Channel Retail Supply Chain: How to re-engineer operations around your customer’
Logistics industry must react to supreme court judgement
A UK Supreme Court judgement this month attracted little attention, but Alan Braithwaite warns of the implications for freight and logistics
LCP hosts Omni-Channel presentation with Argos at Retail Week Supply Chain Summit
Consultancy partners with UK's leading digital retailer to present insights into ‘The Omni-Channel Retail Supply Chain: How to re-engineer operations around your customer’
Culture of returns
Is a multichannel approach the key to dealing with the cost of mounting returns? Article from feature in Retail week
Cross-channel conversations
Article from Retail Week's multi-channel supplement. Using expertise in store staff could be key to boosting retailer's online conversion rates
Supplier Collaboration
Insight from Procurement Leaders looking at supplier collaboration and sustainability
eDelivery Retail Review
Stuart Higgins and Will Dawson feedback their findings in eDelivery Retail Review.
