04 / Insights
Retail change.
Clearly read.
Sharp perspectives on the forces reshaping retail, written for leaders who need signal—not more noise.
25 September 202601
Olympia reborn: Inside a £1.3bn makeover for a 140-year-old icon
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8 September 202602
El Niño 2026: How Prepared Are You?
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18 August 202603
Unexpected Heatwave In Store
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11 August 202604
If Andy Burnham Wants To Save The High Street, The Template Lies Gathering Dust In Whitehall
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29 June 202605
Caught in a maelstrom: the AI hype engine
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25 June 202606
The World’s Biggest Shopping Event - But Whose Party Is It Really?
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4 June 202607
Gonna Get Myself Connected
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1 June 202608
Loyalty Programmes: Why 'Earn and Burn' No Longer Cuts It
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24 May 202609
The Podcast Show 2026: Humanity, Hype and the Hard Questions We Can’t Dodge
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13 May 202610
We're Having The Wrong Conversation
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1 May 202611
Opinion: Retail Crime Has Become a National Disgrace, And the Crime and Policing Act Must Now Be Enforced With Vigour
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27 April 202612
Retail’s New Reality: Craft, Culture and the Power of the Frontline
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9 April 202613
Does Politics Have A Place In Retail?
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7 April 202614
Alternative Imagination
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5 February 202615
Kiss Goodbye To Creativity: The AI Slop Generation Is Here
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16 January 202616
FutureCast 2026 - 2030
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14 January 202617
NRF 2026: Reflections From Over Here Day Three
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13 January 202618
NRF 2026: Reflections From Over Here Day 2
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12 January 202619
NRF 2026: Reflections From Over Here Day 1
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15 November 202520
John Lewis Bluewater: In Words And Pictures
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The Redline briefing
The signal, delivered.
No filler.
Periodic notes from Andrew on retail shifts, boardroom questions and commercial opportunities worth acting on.