You can walk down a familiar street and very often take the surroundings for granted. Walking along London’s Oxford Street this week - a pretty big street admittedly and one that sits in the top 10 rankings of most expensive retail locations in the world - and I saw it in all its shocking reality. [...]
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Time for something new
Having just returned from the United States, it was interesting to contrast the differing views prevalent amongst retailers there. The official figures don’t help much in giving an accurate take on what is happening. On the one hand, the economy is moving out of recession but at a huge cost - not just to jobs [...]
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 [...]
Designed to inspire
Another week of global financial turmoil and another week of mounting uncertainty for businesses and consumers alike.
For retailers, their attention is most immediately on the Christmas and holiday trading period. Stock is in the warehouses and the stores and nothing can be done to alter or reduce that. It is now a question of [...]
