The new addition to this year’s Local Shop Summit
Over the past few weeks, better Retailing has been out to visit leading independent retailers in store, producing videos that showcase the unique innovations that make them such successful businesses. The video tours…
Riot-hit retailer Ajay Bhatia forced to close
This week: how the face of Birmingham riot victims is on the brink of closure, the NFRN’s warning over limited edition Olympic stock and Sainsbury’s Local expansion plans.
£6bn sales opportunity at suppliers conference*
*[EDIT] The date of the closure of the plain packaging consultation is actually the 10th of July not the 1st
How to be brilliant: Make your business shine with the Local Shop Summit!
The innovative event that gives local retailers access to top level business insight and know-how returns for a second year at the ICC in Birmingham on 12 June. The Local Shop Summit received…
Are you ready?
What with the Olympic and Paralympic games and the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, it is going to be a busy summer for British retailers. Both events are expected to cause huge increases in tourism…
Have your say!
One of our featured bloggers, Steve Denham, was in the office this week for a 60 second special! The 60 second update will be taking a break for a couple of weeks; in…
Game Over… with lessons to be learnt
On Monday, the bricks and mortar retail chain Game officially went into administration, ending 20 years in the gaming retail business. The administrator PwC immediately closed almost half of the 600 stores resulting in over…
Record number of empty shops
According to evidence from the Local Data Company, the proportion of shops lying empty in Britain hit a record high of 14.6% in February, suggesting a difficult start to 2012 for retailers. Vacancy…
21/05/2012
Chander Hingorani — If I am not mistaken, Wonga charge interest in excess of 4000%. And they are not regulated by FSA either....
18/05/2012
Tom Searle — A similar loan for one year from the NFRN Credit Union would cost £66 per £1,000. However, you need...
15/05/2012
Steven Denham — Hi Steve, if you let us know your email address by using the 'Contact Us' button at the top of...
15/05/2012
Steve Parsons — Hi Steve I would be interested in the contact details of your holiday relief.
11/05/2012
Christine — Another book you are persuading me to purchase and get into action.
Philip Hesketh book has helped me in quite a...
