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Alison Clements - News
Last updated 13.01.06
Turning browsers into buyers
Alison ClementsTrading in 2006 will be just as sluggish as 2005, analysts predict. To survive the last leg of the current consumer...
Alison Clements - In Depth
Last updated 22.02.08
A Christmas cracker?
An economic storm appears to be brewing over the high street and just in time to threaten the retail success of Christmas 2007. Many economists and analysts believe that higher interest rates, troubled banks reining in their lending, and...
Focus on freshers
Christmas comes early in academia. In late September, student loans land in bank accounts, and course reading lists momentarily propel students away from the bar and toward the bookshop.Academic booksellers have been preparing for the...
Save the planet one shop at a time
The realities of climate change have begun to hit home, and the nation's high streets are fostering an almost hysterical clamour to go green. Marks & Spencer is investing £200m in its eco-plan, and says it will be carbon neutral by...
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