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How the tabloid press became an election irrelevance and what happens next

Theresa May is clearly the biggest loser of the astonishing general election result — despite her continuing denials that nothing changed.

Jun 10, 2017

How the tabloid press became an election irrelevance and what happens next

Jun 10, 2017

Simon Neville

Marks & Spencer’s Ocado adventure still leaves many unanswered questions

Ocado’s Tim Steiner is probably thanking his lucky stars that Marc Bolland managed to run two of the UK’s biggest food retailers while…

May 2, 2017

May 2, 2017

Simon Neville

Why are we living in a world that discourages empathy?

Reading about Prince Harry opening up about the death of his mother has thrown up all sorts of emotions in me.

Apr 25, 2017

Why are we living in a world that discourages empathy?

Apr 25, 2017

Simon Neville

Waterstones opens a bookshop and the world loses its mind…?

I get it. It’s Monday and beyond an Oscar’s cockup, it’s a pretty quiet news day.

Feb 27, 2017

Feb 27, 2017

Simon Neville

Asda’s insatiable appetite for profits at all costs

The old adage that “sales are vanity, profits are sanity” might need to be retired, if today’s Asda results are anything to go by.

Feb 21, 2017

Feb 21, 2017

Simon Neville

Sainsbury’s chairman scandal leaves a lot of unanswered questions

Sarah Butler, my former colleague at the Guardian, had a cracking scoop today about how the chairman of Sainsbury’s used a staffer from the…

Jan 23, 2017

Jan 23, 2017

Simon Neville

Retail’s “Super Thursday” tells us next to nothing about the high street and Christmas trading…

Great news! M&S has recovered. John Lewis is amazing. Tesco is a success.

Jan 12, 2017

Jan 12, 2017

Simon Neville

Journalism: why I love(d) it

Over the holidays I’ve been weighing up whether I should stay in journalism or not.

Jan 3, 2017

Jan 3, 2017

Simon Neville

The M&S problem and why bosses still aren’t listening

Last night I went down to parliament for the launch of a Christmas single, led by MP Siobhain McDonagh, protesting against the consequences…

Dec 15, 2016

The M&S problem and why bosses still aren’t listening

Dec 15, 2016

Simon Neville

In Defence of the Daily Mail — part 2

Last week I wrote a post in which I attempted to defend the Daily Mail, laying much of the blame for the newspaper and website’s problems…

Dec 5, 2016

In Defence of the Daily Mail — part 2

Dec 5, 2016

Simon Neville

Simon Neville

Award-winning business journalist and former retail correspondent for the Evening Standard, Independent and Guardian. Email me simonneville@hotmail.com

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