Meet Mr Books & Mrs Paper
October 20, 2017
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Mr. Books & Mrs. Paper will launch at Paperworld 2018 from 27 – 30 January 2018 in Hall 5.1 (Stand E11) of the MesseFrankfurt show
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Boom in independent store openings as multiples decline
October 12, 2017
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Up to the minute research by the Local Data Company (LDC) and the British Independent Retailers Association (bira) shows that traditional independent shops opened
Dutch Design Week will stretch creative boundaries
October 12, 2017
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Stretch’ is the theme of the 16th Dutch Design Week (DDW), taking place in the city of Eindhoven from October 21 – 29. By choosing
Retail Reflections: fewer, smaller stores and how they can survive
October 9, 2017
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Alan Monahan writes: Good retailers will know that customers crave innovation – and new findings by Salmon Insights confirms it, with 60% of people
Retail news round-up: September sales boom
October 9, 2017
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BDO says that despite reports of low footfall in September, like-for-like sales of lifestyle goods grew by 3.6%, suggesting shoppers made fewer trips but conversion
Retail Reflections: Consumer spending confounds economists
September 27, 2017
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Alan Monahan writes: I took professional predictions and polls with a pinch of salt long before the European Union referendum and General Election, although I
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