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OpinionOpinion: Is it still worth trading in the West End?
The cost of opening a successful shop in London’s West End may outweigh the benefits. It could be better to go to a shopping centre.
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AnalysisConsumer 2017: Where will people shop?
Over the past five years, many observers have heralded the death of the high street in the face of online growth, but it’s still alive and kicking.
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AnalysisIn pictures: How retailers are selling the Sales
Appealing to cash-strapped January Sales shoppers is a tricky business and there are many approaches that can be adopted.
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OpinionPractical lessons in reinvigorating high streets
British towns should take inspiration from Belgium, where a passionate mayor forced through change to make his city’s high streets fit for the 21st century.
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AnalysisIt wasn’t all bad: The 12 gifts of retail in 2016
It wasn’t all bad for retail this year. Here’s our seasonal celebration of how retail enhances lives and the nation.
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InterviewDwell’s founder on why it's sitting pretty at DFS
Dwell founder and boss Aamir Ahmad says his furniture and homewares business has been revitalised since DFS snapped it up in 2014.
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AnalysisHandbags and cocktails in Selfridges’ Accessories Hall
The newly completed Accessories Hall in Selfridges’ flagship is about grandeur and luxury.
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OpinionOpinion: Why Amazon Go is not a grocery game-changer
Will Amazon’s bricks-and-mortar grocery venture prove to be an industry game-changer? TCC’s global insight director, Bryan Roberts, has his say.
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AnalysisIn the pink at Missguided's first store
Missguided opening in the Westfield shopping centre in Stratford, London, marks another etailer clearing the digital divide.
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AnalysisBHS: Primark, Sports Direct, Next take on vacant stores
The controversial collapse of BHS earlier this year left 163 empty stores across the UK.
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OpinionRetail store design has entered the non-trend trend
There is no such thing as a physical trend in store design these days, as recent openings prove.
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OpinionOpinion: The diminishing importance of scale
Remember the days when retail was all about scale?
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AnalysisAnalysis: How successful will Austin Reed’s comeback be?
When Philip Day bought Austin Reed back in May, the industry speculated that he might really be after the Country Casuals brand.
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OpinionOpinion: London is still calling international retailers
The weather at MAPIC 2016 – the international retail property trade show in Cannes – may have been a metaphor for global retail.
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OpinionThis week in retail: Consumer confidence under scrutiny
Consumer confidence remains fragile in light of Brexit concerns and dire warnings following last week’s Autumn Statement.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Black Friday at Bluewater is a terribly British affair
It’s 7.45am on Black Friday at Bluewater and the stores open early today – in just 15 minutes. But hold on, where is everybody?
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OpinionIceland's Malcolm Walker: Feeling the heat? Build a kitchen
As a Yorkshireman, I am naturally very familiar with the anguished cry of “how much?” that usually attends any major purchasing decision in the county. Like a kitchen refurbishment, for example.
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AnalysisStore gallery: The White Company, London
The White Company has opened a flagship store on Marylebone High Street, just in time for the season of goodwill.
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OpinionOpinion: Build stores not walls in Mexico
It would be wrong should the hostility to Mexico trumpeted by the US President-elect result in the Mexican wave becoming a sign of drowning.
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DataData: M&S's clothing and home catchments
Ever since Marks & Spencer boss Steve Rowe unveiled plans to reshape the retailer’s portfolio, speculation over which stores will be affected has been rife.