Autumn Fair (4th-7th September, NEC, Birmingham), has announced that retail expert, broadcaster, author, and businesswoman Mary Portas will take to the Inspiring Retail Stage for an insightful conversation with Forbes’ Retail Contributor Mark Faithfull at 1.30pm on Tuesday 6th September. Visitors can expect a perceptive discussion with one of retail’s leading voices, as Mary Portas
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Retail expert, broadcaster and consumer champion, Mary Portas, is to bring her vision for the future of the high street to the UK’s number one marketplace for home and gift retail. Speaking in conversation with Ashley Armstrong, Retail Editor at The Times, Portas will discuss how businesses, particularly those on the high street, must adopt
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Alan Monahan writes: Mary Portas. Now there’s a name to conjure with – and one you may not have heard or glimpsed of late. My only slight connection with the retail guru is that we both grew up in the same part of Hertfordshire. I’ve never met or spoken to the woman, but that
Mary Portas’ “Save the High Street” campaign might just have had the opposite effect as participating towns lost almost 1,000 shops in five years. 12 towns around the country were given a share of the £1.2 million grant as part of a Government-backed scheme headed up by the high profile retail guru, who was charged
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As we move into 2017 the UK faces an exciting but volatile mix of opportunities and challenges in the year ahead. Retail consultant Mary Portas shares business insights and advice ahead of her Spring Fair keynote speech on Monday February 6. “One of thing things I am most interested in seeing is how people are
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Did you see that Mary Portas will be at Spring Fair to tell buyers how they can tackle the challenges facing independent retailers? I wonder if she’ll come up with anything that we haven’t heard before. Although this particular “retail expert” has sometimes been associated with government – you’ll remember her independent review, The
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