Retail Reflections: Haggling, the high street, and Sigmund Freud
March 7, 2019
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Alan Monahan writes: It has never occurred to me to enter a shop and ask for a discount. I have concluded that there must be
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Natural History Museum to team up with Divine Savages
March 7, 2019
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The Natural History Museum has partnered with London design house Divine Savages to create a new range of Natural History Museum-inspired homeware. This range of
Global Innovation for Product Design winners
March 5, 2019
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Thirteen companies scooped IHA Global Innovation Awards for Product Design held during the 2019 International Home and Housewares Show at McCormick Place in Chicago. These
Ryman gets behind National Stationery Week
March 5, 2019
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Specialist multiple stationery retailer, Ryman, which operates from more than 200 stores in the UK, is the first retailer to endorse its partnership with the
Paperchase to close stores as it announces CVA
March 5, 2019
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Specialist stationery and greeting card retailer, Paperchase, has formally launched a CVA following weeks of speculation. The company, which is owned by private equity firm,
Retail news round-up: Business rates; non-food prices rise; votes for retailers
March 1, 2019
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The housing, communities and local government select committee of MPs has warned that business rates are ‘stacking the odds’ against high street shops and called
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