The baby clothing and accessories high street retailer Adams went into administration on New Year’s Eve 2008. It had already been bought out of administration in February 2007 by successful entrepreneur, John Shannon, and now he’s done it again. The way it stands, I think he’ll be buying it back from adminstrators in another year [...]
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
With the deepening economic crunch hitting High Streets like never before, here’s 5 reasons why moving your retail business online will get you through the recession. High St. shop leases and rents have been steadily rising over the past decade on the back of the property boom but now that our pockets are being hit and [...]
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Another great display of the power and allure of taking your business online is yesterday’s formal announcement by the Barclays brothers, owners of the Shop Direct Group (littlewoods), that they had bought the Woolworths brand and were going to turn the whole operation into an online-based seller. All I thought of when I read that [...]
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
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