Tag: retail
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John Lewis and John Lewis
The John Lewis Partnership hasn’t been fortunate enough to claim the @johnlewis twitter account, it was snapped up by another John Lewis from Blacksburg, Virginia. The co-operative had to settle for @johnlewisretail, but they didn’t cause a fuss, and @johnlewis has recently been given the title of “The most patient and polite man on twitter“. His…
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The high street of the future is like nothing we know
Susie Mesure writes about Bill Grimsey’s blueprint for how to reinvent the nations town centres. “But if the present looks bleak for west London’s latest retail casualties, which join 40,000 more empty shops across the UK, then the future could be rather more exciting.” “the high street as we know it “is dead”. He envisages…