All articles by Patrick Blower – Page 2
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CartoonRetail cartoon: James Daunt's American tale
Patrick Blower’s take on Waterstones chief executive James Daunt also becoming boss at US bookseller Barnes & Noble.
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CartoonRetail cartoon: Sir Philip Green demands a second vote
Patrick Blower’s take on Arcadia being forced to delay its CVA decision after reaching a stalemate with landlords.
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CartoonRetail cartoon: M&S bosses tune into staff's song
Patrick Blower’s take on the Marks & Spencer bosses’ plan to ‘bring back the voice of the stores’.
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CartoonRetail cartoon: He's going to need a smaller boat
Patrick Blower’s take on Sir Philip Green sliding down the Sunday Times Rich List
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CartoonRetail cartoon: Mike Coupe's change of tune
Patrick Blower’s take on Mike Coupe having to sing a different song after the CMA blocked the Sainsbury’s-Asda merger
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CartoonRetail cartoon: No one can catch JD Sports
Patrick Blower’s take on JD Sports’ seemingly unassailable lead in sports fashion retail.
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CartoonRetail cartoon: Debenhams faces Mike's lie detector
Patrick Blower’s take on Mike Ashley demanding members of Debenhams’ board take a lie detector test, as he tries to take control of the department store group.
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CartoonRetail cartoon: Superdry board says super-bye
Patrick Blower’s take on Julian Dunkerton returning to the board of Superdry, followed by most of the top team resigning.
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CartoonRetail cartoon: Nextradamus – Wolfson predicts the future
Patrick Blower’s take on Next boss Lord Wolfson speculating on how the retail landscape will change in the coming 15 years.
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CartoonRetail cartoon: Primark unveils own magic kingdom
Patrick Blower’s take on Primark and Disney teaming up for a world-first in its new Birmingham store.
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CartoonRetail cartoon: Debenhams and Superdry circle the wagons
Patrick Blower’s take on Mike Ashley’s bid to oust most of Debenhams’ board, while Julian Dunkerton wants back in at Superdry.
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CartoonRetail cartoon: Grocery product pile-up
Patrick Blower’s take on grocery sales rising amid pre-Brexit stockpiling and Ocado’s new deal with Marks & Spencer.
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CartoonRetail cartoon: Sainsbury's-Asda deal sinking fast
Patrick Blower’s take on Sainsbury’s-Asda finding their proposed merger could be dead in the water following the CMA’s damning investigation.
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CartoonRetail cartoon: Taxi for Amazon...
Patrick Blower’s take on Amazon’s second headquarters being driven out of New York.
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CartoonRetail cartoon: Ocado's automated warehouse fire
Patrick Blower’s take on the recent fire at Ocado’s ‘robot-focused’ warehouse in Andover
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CartoonRetail cartoon: HMV gets a new master?
Patrick Blower’s take on reports that HMV is the latest struggling retailer on Mike Ashley’s shopping list.
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CartoonRetail cartoon: M&S's Rowe on Covent Garden rates hike
Patrick Blower’s take on the £500k rates hike faced by Marks & Spencer’s old Covent Garden store – prompting chief executive Steve Rowe to comment: “In the nicest possible way, we sell sandwiches”
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CartoonRetail cartoon: Super Saturday or Christmas chaos?
Patrick Blower’s take on retailers and shoppers gearing up for ‘Super Saturday’.
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CartoonRetail cartoon: Mike Ashley's Christmas spectacular
Patrick Blower’s take on Mike Ashley setting the record straight at his swaggering appearance in Westminster.