All High Street articles – Page 75
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Analysis & FeaturesCan retailers ride out the high street storm?
A survey has revealed the biggest dangers to the high street, but the problems are myriad… and a wide range…
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NewsThorntons shares jump as it delivers good news at last
After posting its first increase in like-for-like retail sales for 10 quarters in July, Thorntons followed up the good news…
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Portas pilot descends into farce as Margate bosses quit en masse
Mary Portas’ efforts to save the British high street descended into seaside farce this week as the leadership of one of her first ‘town teams’ quit en masse.
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City news 14 July 2012: Thorntons reports increase in like-for-likes
Thorntons gave investors a rare cause for cheer this week by reporting its first increase in like-for-like retail sales for 10 quarters.
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Analysis & FeaturesCan the tide be turned in Margate?
As the winner one of the first Portas Pilot grants, the people of Margate are determined to transform the faded fortunes of their seaside resort. But controversy has already come to town.
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InterviewsGetting to the Hart of the matter at Thorntons
Thorntons was once described as the Coventry City of confectionery because of the company’s high turnover of managers…
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NewsThorntons hit by closures at Clinton Cards
The closure of half of Clinton Cards’ stores will come as a fresh blow to Thorntons, which sells its chocolates at the greetings card specialist.
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Analysis & FeaturesSorry Mary, but the economy needs less red tape, not more
The government has made it clear that economic growth is more important than the Queen of Shops’ war on out-of-town shopping.
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Analysis & FeaturesMore pie in the sky than pie and mash for Portas pilots
The government is offering cash to help town centres get Portas pilots under way but criticism of its approach is growing.
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NewsGovernment backs Portas pilots
The government has announced a £1m prize pot to kickstart a revival of the UK’s struggling high streets.
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NewsTesco sneezes and the grocery trade catches a cold
News of Tesco’s performance prompted a sell-off by investors across food retail.
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Morrisons pitches itself as high street hero to Mary Portas
Morrisons is championing its own credentials as a positive force in the fight to save our town centres, in a new report it submitted to Mary Portas' High Street Review.
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Comment & Opinion
How to deliver the Portas vision?
Whatever the Queen of Shops proposes will need a realistic assessment, says Kevin Hawkins
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NewsPortas ‘must call halt to out-of-town policy’
The ACS has Mary Portas to strengthen town centre first planning policy after revealing there is 30 million sq ft of construction planned for out-of-town developments.
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NewsBRC advice to Portas: ‘don’t focus on rioting’
The race to repair Britain’s riot-scarred high streets risks hijacking the review by the government’s retail tsar, industry leaders have warned.
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Comment & Opinion
Not a bad substitute for chocolate
It may have been all that sickly-sweet love in the air, what with the fairytale romance (or the hideously indulgent waste of taxpayers’ money, depending on your politics) set to unfold at Westminster Abbey.