Alan Monahan writes: It’s been a difficult couple of weeks. I didn’t make The Sunday Times Rich List and then, after vowing not to watch the royal wedding on television, I was caught by my wife doing just that in the study where I was supposed to be working. This was a bitter blow for
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Diversification has never been more important in today’s garden retail environment. With the UK weather remaining unpredictable garden centres have had to find a way to generate revenue outside of peak season. There are approximately 2,300 garden centres in the UK with industry sales worth some £5billion a year (HTA 2016). With garden retailing changing
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Alan Monahan writes: A bouquet for the Federation of Small Businesses, which has once again turned the spotlight on retailers. This was prompted by a rise in employment to 75.4% – the highest level since records began – and a drop in the number of self-employed people by 30,000 to 4.76 million. It is independents
Total like-for-like in-store sales were down by -10.1% in March from a flat base last year, according to BDO’s High Street Sales Tracker. BDO said that the second worst month on record was primarily due to the severe winter weather. Footfall dropped by -3.3% over the four-day Easter weekend from Easter last year, but Springboard
Alan Monahan writes: Like me, I’m sure that many of you have been niggled by the constant media references – BBC Breakfast is a repeat offender – to failing retail outlets being on the high street, when they are clearly not. So I punched the air in approval when I read a letter in the
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The former head of Wickes, Iceland, Booker and Focus DIY, Bill Grimsey, has reopened the Grimsey Review of British retail, following on from his first research mission, published in 2013. Grimsey’s clarion call for the high street was partly triggered by the collapse of Toys R Us and Maplin as multiples wrestle with daunting new
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