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The footwear retailer, once a staple of the UK high street, is being forced by falling sales to consider its options.
How we can change the business model of a £50 billion industry to make clothing work better for everyone.
We have got stuck in a rut. Every month we explain away changes in retail spending with a lazy look to the skies.
The time may be ripe for a South African raid on the UK’s discounted high street.
Previous attempts to revitalise one of Britain’s best-known retail brands have gone awry. Has the rot gone too far this time?
When a High Street stalwart falls by the wayside, don’t rush to mourn the slow death of town centre shopping.
Everyone has experienced it. Striding along in a purposeful hurry, your progress is thwarted by a slow-moving pedestrian, dawdling along the pavement. Perhaps they’re talking into their mobile phone, looking…
Forget your cappuccinos - it’s all about chemex and cold drip now.
Another retailer bites the dust. This time it’s Phones 4U that’s closing its doors. But the reality of this company’s demise seems to be the result of the ambitions of phone operators and Phones 4U were…
Imagine taking over the reins of a firm which only a few years ago was regarded as one of the best run companies in the UK, but now routinely posted declining market share, moribund profits, and mounting…
Whether we like it or not, the world of retail is changing. More and more of us are using the internet to browse shops, read product reviews and search for bargains. It is hardly surprising that this is…
A bonfire of red tape that would “revitalise our high streets” - that’s what planning minister Nick Boles has promised. This might have been drawn from Mary Portas’s 2011 report on the future of the high…
A report released yesterday by the Centre for Retail Research (CRR) outlines a very bleak future for the UK high street. A fifth of shops are expected to close in the next five years, with 316,000 job…
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