The retail sector relies on a little festive excess.
- Senior Research Associate, Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University
The success – and failure – of brands like Topshop and Burton has been in lockstep with the high street.
The challenges facing town centres and high streets are intensifying.
Will the rest of the world catch up with a trend which encourages gift buying for yourself?
When presidents are elected with no experience, perhaps M&S and House of Fraser are right to try the same formula.
Does the secret to romantic sales success actually lie in an appeal to our cynicism?
Two High Street titans look like they are travelling different paths, but watch out for trouble in 2017.
Back in 1663, it was all about staff getting the day off, now it’s all about boosting the coffers of the major stores.
We have got stuck in a rut. Every month we explain away changes in retail spending with a lazy look to the skies.
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