He’s a top chef, a natural on TV, but perhaps Jamie Oliver underestimated the difficulties of running a restaurant chain in a recession.
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Forget Brexit or online competition. Millennials are just not consuming with the same fervour as their mums and dads.
Can I get away with this amount of presents?
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Getting into the Christmas spirit means buying stuff. But how much is too much?
Store closures in Swansea.
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It’s not just affecting areas in post-industrial decline – retail spaces are closing and losing value across England and Wales.
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Councils are facing their own revenue crisis – and local businesses are paying the price.
Debenhams in Lavender Hill, London.
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From grand designs to diving girls, department stores were once the star attractions of Britain’s towns and cities.
As seen on a high street near you.
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The challenges facing town centres and high streets are intensifying.
Famous dome in Galeries Lafayette, Paris.
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Glance at House of Fraser, John Lewis et al and you might think it’s time to give up the ghost.
Despite closures, there’s still room for real life shopping.
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Bricks and mortar stores can play a crucial component in the future of retail.
It’s quiet – too quiet.
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Across the US and the UK, major brick and mortar retailers are battling the effects of e-commerce – and town centres could be the next casualties.
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Weather and online shopping aren’t the main culprits behind the high street’s decline.
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Physical stores and online technology can work hand in hand.
In a move that suggests physical retail stores aren’t dead, Amazon has opened three bookstores and over 60 pop-up stores in the US, and has plans for up to 2,000 grocery stores.
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Urban retail space is being transformed yet again. Predictions of the demise of physical retailing in the face of online competition overlook its resilience over two centuries of disruptive innovations.
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High streets are being taken over in a battle between specialty cafés and the
mega chains.
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What the lessons of failed high street brands mean as M&S finally makes a big move.
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When presidents are elected with no experience, perhaps M&S and House of Fraser are right to try the same formula.
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Can new Metro Mayors save our struggling town centres?
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If female mannequins were alive, they would be dangerously underweight.
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The footwear retailer, once a staple of the UK high street, is being forced by falling sales to consider its options.
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How we can change the business model of a £50 billion industry to make clothing work better for everyone.