Comments for Retail Gazette https://www.retailgazette.co.uk Business Intelligence for Retail Leaders Thu, 07 May 2026 08:12:47 +0000 hourly 1 Comment on Joybuy vows to “shake up” UK ecommerce as JD.com targets Amazon by John Nevile https://www.retailgazette.co.uk/blog/2026/05/joybuy-shake-up-uk-ecommerce/#comment-77411 Thu, 07 May 2026 08:12:47 +0000 https://www.retailgazette.co.uk/?p=203925#comment-77411 Having now experienced their utterly nonexistent customer service, I won’t be using them again. They simply don’t reply to emails, or complaints.

]]> Comment on Big grocers demand crackdown on Aldi and Lidl store expansion loophole by IanB https://www.retailgazette.co.uk/blog/2026/05/aldi-lidl-store-expansion-loophole/#comment-77374 Wed, 06 May 2026 11:01:35 +0000 https://www.retailgazette.co.uk/?p=203865#comment-77374 Maybe if the “traditional” supermarkets concentrated more on competing with Aldi and Lidl’s price/quality/availability/shopping experience standards instead of moaning about definitions…..

]]> Comment on Tesco warns equal pay claim could cause ‘serious damage’ in tribunal battle by Gavin Beaton https://www.retailgazette.co.uk/blog/2026/05/tesco-warns-equal-pay-claim-could-cause-serious-damage-in-tribunal-battle/#comment-77342 Tue, 05 May 2026 13:09:49 +0000 https://www.retailgazette.co.uk/?p=203822#comment-77342 Whenever store or store delivery drivers come into a distribution centre they last around 2 weeks as they find the conditions too hard for them and go back to what they were doing before in a D.C. you must account for every second you are there and are digitally monitored for the duration of your shift I know this as a former trainer in a tesco distribution centre of 18 years

]]> Comment on Shoppers wrongly accused of theft by facial recognition systems by Mr mills https://www.retailgazette.co.uk/blog/2026/05/shoppers-wrongly-accused-of-theft-by-facial-recognition-systems/#comment-77340 Tue, 05 May 2026 10:17:18 +0000 https://www.retailgazette.co.uk/?p=203813#comment-77340 face watch and retailers face being sue by customer asked to leave due to a system that doesn’t work .

]]> Comment on Boux Avenue launches fundraising initiative for The Eve Appeal by Ethan Kelly https://www.retailgazette.co.uk/blog/2026/05/boux-avenue-the-eve-appeal/#comment-77329 Mon, 04 May 2026 14:50:25 +0000 https://www.retailgazette.co.uk/?p=203773#comment-77329 Great work. Looking forward to your next post.

]]> Comment on ‘What a load of shiitake’: Tesco ads banned for alluding to offensive language by p 999 https://www.retailgazette.co.uk/blog/2022/05/what-a-load-of-shittake-tesco-adverts-banned-for-alluding-to-offensive-language/#comment-77269 Sat, 02 May 2026 09:23:01 +0000 https://www.retailgazette.co.uk/?p=109181#comment-77269 This is ridiculous! It seems like we’re walking on eggshells these days. A clever play on words shouldn’t be banned just because some might find it offensive. Tesco’s ads were light-hearted and fun—it’s disappointing that they had to back down.

]]> Comment on Shock comeback as Claire’s set for UK high street return with 50 stores by Neil https://www.retailgazette.co.uk/blog/2026/05/shock-comeback-as-claires-set-for-uk-high-street-return-with-50-stores/#comment-77187 Fri, 01 May 2026 10:26:51 +0000 https://www.retailgazette.co.uk/?p=203730#comment-77187 It’s amazing what happens when you can dump the debt, dump the staff and have no liabilities.

I’m sure many councils are probably eager to subsidise ‘new shops’ with rates holidays and grants too. Possibly the same units as recently closed.

]]> Comment on Co-op targets shoplifters with invisible forensic spray in retail crime crackdown by Jen Murray https://www.retailgazette.co.uk/blog/2026/04/co-op-targets-shoplifters-with-invisible-forensic-spray-in-retail-crime-crackdown/#comment-77159 Thu, 30 Apr 2026 10:36:39 +0000 https://www.retailgazette.co.uk/?p=203650#comment-77159 More power to the Co-op! Ordinary law-abiding citizens pay for criminals’ profits.

]]> Comment on John Lewis sued by Brent Cross owner in click-and-collect rent row by Hillary Shaw https://www.retailgazette.co.uk/blog/2026/04/john-lewis-sued-by-brent-cross-owner-in-click-and-collect-rent-row/#comment-77118 Wed, 29 Apr 2026 09:19:46 +0000 https://www.retailgazette.co.uk/?p=203548#comment-77118 Is a jaffa cake a cake or a biscuit? Is email the same as letter post and carrier pigeon; what if it is an electronic robotic pigeon? Is the plural of hippopotamus hippopotamususes or hippopotami? Questions to keep lawyers busy for years and make them lots of money from everyone else.

]]> Comment on John Lewis tells staff to get back to the office as turnaround pressure mounts by S S https://www.retailgazette.co.uk/blog/2026/04/john-lewis-staff-back-in-office-turnaround/#comment-77035 Mon, 27 Apr 2026 11:06:00 +0000 https://www.retailgazette.co.uk/?p=203416#comment-77035 No brainer! Everyone get back to work already. Working from an airport as you wait for your plane to take off…. that’s not working.
Customer service is terrible in the UK because no one is at work. Nothing works as well as it could.

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