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Michael Lawless

Michael Lawless

Mind the Gap

Retail needs to rebuild the human bridge

Oct 7, 2020

Mind the Gap

Oct 7, 2020

Michael Lawless

Commuter town to Co-Worker Town

The undeniable shift in worker movement (or lack of) has been underscored by the latest data from the Centre for Cities (CfC) think tank…

Sep 21, 2020

Commuter town to Co-Worker Town

Sep 21, 2020

Michael Lawless

A first look at Arket

So the fashion behemoth H&M has added another “brand” to their family. Arket opened on Regent Street Friday 25th August, to some fanfare…

Aug 30, 2017

A first look at Arket

Aug 30, 2017

Michael Lawless

More Space than is necessary (M&S)

Yesterdays (admittedly quarterly) results at UK retail giant has, according the guardian (link), spooked investors.

Jul 12, 2017

More Space than is necessary (M&S)

Jul 12, 2017

Michael Lawless

Amazon eats Whole Foods

So $13.7bn later and Amazon enters the world of food retail. Even though it was / is an American slanted story (with Whole Foods UK only…

Jun 19, 2017

Jun 19, 2017

Michael Lawless

How do you solve a problem like WHSmith?

So the profit juggernaut continues, posting yet another solid set of results. You’ve got to feel like its going to run out of runway very…

Jun 14, 2017

Jun 14, 2017

Michael Lawless

Tesco and Booker – A match of convenience?

So Tesco are going to try to buy Booker. I say try, because even though the sale is being presented as a done deal, I think the competition…

Jan 31, 2017

Jan 31, 2017

Michael Lawless

What next for WHSmith

Having sailed through Christmas on the back of the Ladybird spoof books (last year was the colour book craze). Link. The challenge for this…

Jan 25, 2017

Jan 25, 2017

Michael Lawless

What ever happened to Homebase

So new year, new home project meant that I needed to update my painting tools. So a trip to the local Homebase was in order. Last time I…

Jan 17, 2017

Jan 17, 2017

Michael Lawless

Retail Reboot. Start 2017 with a clean page……..

Christmas retail results are coming in, and at the minute it looks like the crisis on the high street was forgotten, at least for the…

Jan 11, 2017

Jan 11, 2017

Michael Lawless

Michael Lawless

I am a retail strategist, helping brands and businesses maintain their relevance in a morphing market. Interested in how people, place and product come together

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