Posts from ‘August, 2009’

A question of talent

Its become an annual obsession every late August here in the UK to discuss educational standards. The reason is that this is when students at both 16 and 18 year old age level receive their exam results and so determining their future path to further education, or not. Its become an obsession - mostly by [...]

The Outlets return

Back in the early 1990s, the big talk in European retail was that the answer to the recession hitting retail was going to be factory outlet centres. Long proven in the US as a way of brands and retailers clearing stocks in a way that protected the heritage of the brand and kept their main [...]