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AnalysisNet-a-Porter: Casting the Net
Net-a-Porter chief executive Mark Sebba tells Lisa Berwin about the challenges of running a business that just keeps on growing
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AnalysisNo retailer is an island
Island retailers face particular challenges, but these have helped them to head off the mainland multiples
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AnalysisApple: The tech company transforming retail
The fanfare surrounding Apple’s Covent Garden store is the latest example of how it is not only driving technological innovation but transforming retail as well. By George MacDonald
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Opinion
Of mice and Morrisons
Blocking the development of a supermarket because of dormice shows that the planning system really isn’t working.
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OpinionThe Primark effect
Anyone who remains sniffy about the impact of Primark on a town needs their head examining.
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OpinionCouncils must invest in high streets or they’ll die
The pressure on budgets means councils are going to be tempted to wring every last penny out of their town centres. But ultimately if they fail to invest in making their high streets attractive places to shop, they’ll only have themselves to blame when retailers walk away
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AnalysisA new lease of life?
Britain’s leasing system has moved in tenants’ favour during the downturn. With stability returning, Mark Faithfull asks if the terms of retail property deals have now changed forever
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AnalysisWestfield Stratford: John Lewis, but not as we know it
It’s two years to the week that the London Olympic Games start and John Lewis is preparing a store with a difference.
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Opinion
A lethal combination
Arnotts’ problems are a reminder that non-food retailers and property development don’t mix
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OpinionAn important Act
As retailers demand more flexible terms, will landlords start questioning the principle of security of tenure?
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Opinion
How the West End was won
Retailers don’t generally like anything which is going to cost them money, but the New West End Company seems to have won them over.
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AnalysisLeeds: The holy Trinity?
Work is recommencing at Land Securities’ Trinity Leeds development, but does this bode well for the development pipeline or is it too soon to call an upturn in retail property?
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AnalysisLocal business rates relief
The Government plans to let local authorities subsidise business rates in certain areas. Will this help stimulate local economies and reduce vacancy rates?
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OpinionRetail surgery: We do not think we are getting value for money from the service charge we pay on some of our stores. How do we go about challenging the landlords on this?
We do not think we are getting value for money from the service charge we pay on some of our stores. How do we go about challenging the landlords on this?
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OpinionA sobering lesson for Ocado’s founders
Well, they got it away, but there won’t have been too many champagne corks being popped in Ocado’s Hatfield headquarters on Wednesday morning.
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OpinionSilly Season
Listing the Milton Keynes shopping centre is a victory for pressure groups over the public at large.
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AnalysisLearning to play their cards right
With Clinton Cards issuing a profit warning and Paperchase being sold, the UK’s £1.5bn card market is a hive of activity.
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Opinion
Flexible friends
Proposals that local authorities should be allowed to offer discounts on business rates to encourage investment in struggling high streets are a good idea.
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InterviewInterview: Steve Rowe, Marks & Spencer’s man on the frontline
Retail director Steve Rowe has worked hard to up M&S’s game. He talks to George MacDonald about the customer experience and being a ‘lifer’.
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OpinionTough talks ahead
Retailers are going to be talking tough when it comes to lease renewals over the next few years.