Intriguing that both Andrew Higginson and Terry Leahy were compelled to speak about the past regime of Phillip Clarke in the past week, noting phrases such as ‘corporate vandalism’ as an example. The results speak for themselves, the behaviour from a casual observer on the fringes also speaks for itself. Running a FTSE 100, blue […]
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Store closures for Poundworld
It is sad to read that Poundworld are potentially closing up to 100 of their stores as they battle the ‘high street’ slowdown.
The 5 that matter – New York City and Online
With a recent visit to New York under our belt, capturing another 2,000 images charting the latest and greatest added to the vault…. I was thinking about how to reflect on the trip and break the huge number of observations in to manageable chunks. Be it blogs, newsletters or our wider reports.
The 5 that matter – M&S Food
With the rather surprising news that former UK retail veteran Stuart Machin has returned to UK Food retailing after a period in Australia with Coles and Target and also with Steinhoff (UK). Here are the 5 that matter for M&S Food as he looks to get started in April.
Express Checkout – Toys R Us
Express Checkout: Toys R Us (UK) have entered administration today after struggling to pay a VAT demand. The chain has made a loss for the last 7 years (from 8) and has struggled with a mountain of debt and an aged store estate with locations that are broadly out of town.