More on Me + Em – Page 2642
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AnalysisDavid Dodd: Poundland co-founder is back
The Poundland co-founder is back to shake up the variety sector with Hub, a mid-market chain with potential for 200 stores. He tells Nicola Harrison what inspired the return
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AnalysisRetailers must make their own luck in 2010
There won’t be a double-dip recession, Retail Week Conference delegates heard, but this year will be bumpy.
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Analysis
Hidden talent in the long-term jobless
Recruiting from among this often overlooked group can have surprising benefits
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AnalysisRare Basic MagnIQ
A unique patented magnetic system that has revolutionised shopfitting and VM
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NewsAll Saints takes Nokia’s Regent Street flagship
Fashion retailer All Saints has signed for the former Nokia store on London’s Regent Street.
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OpinionTesco’s dotcom model
Tesco is widely thought to be the only grocer to make a profit from its dotcom operation. And judging by the reaction from the City after analysts visited its dotcom-only store in Aylesford, Kent, on Friday, the grocer looks poised to widen the gap on its competitors.
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OpinionGrocers to target smaller footprint stores for growth
With 2009 annual results flooding in, the overriding opinion of last year is that it was one when retailers cut back on expenditure and scaled back store openings. The outlook now is for conservative store growth through smaller footprint stores.
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OpinionRetailers need more friends in Westminster
Nobody doubts hard political choices will have to be made to cope with the costs of the banking crisis and recession, but VAT on food should not be among them.
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OpinionSexy products are more interesting...
Entrepreneurs thrive on selling products that they find sexy, says Malcolm Walker
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OpinionCan value endure in good times?
We should not see the development of the value sector as a recessionary or “cyclical” phenomenon.
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GalleryStore of the week: La Petite Poissonnerie Primrose Hill, London
Every now and then you come across something that does make you stop and smile and this newly opened shop in London’s chi-chi Primrose Hill does just that.
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GalleryGetting into club Bershka
Can the club ambience of Bershka’s revamped Oxford Street store help put it more firmly on the UK’s young fashion map?