Clare Rayner
The Retail Champion
Clare is a retail expert, speaker, writer, mentor, consultant, analyst and trainer. Through The Retail Champion programmes she shares her expertise with both retailers and suppliers to retail, developing strategies to increase profit, customer base, revenue streams & channels to market.Follow The Retail Champion on Linkedin
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PORTAS PILOTS TO KICK-START HIGH STREET RENAISSANCE #indieretail #portaspilot
The following article is from the press release regarding the Portas Pilot winning towns, announced by Grant Shapps today. Twelve exceptional Town Centre bids to become Portas pilots Twelve town centres across the country will have a unique opportunity to … Continue reading
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Tagged grant shapps, high street review, mary portas, Portas Pilots, town centres, town teams
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SHAPPS OFFERS ‘PORTAS-PLUS’ PLAN TO REVIVE AILING HIGH STREETS
Hundreds of towns to bid for Portas status as Minister unveils response to Mary’s High Street Review Towns across the country have got their applications in ahead of today’s deadline (30th March 2012) in the hope of becoming Portas Pilots. … Continue reading
It’s official: 2011 was a year of growth for Independents #indieretail @IndieRetailUK
In my last blog I made reference to the fact that if retail vacancy rates in the UK were static, and if multiples had closed more stores than they opened then there must have been a sector in growth otherwise … Continue reading
High Street vacancy rates static, multiples are leaving = #indieretail growing in number…
I am very cross this morning, my tweets probably show this only too well. I’ve had 2 radio interviews to discuss recent findings from Local Data Company and PwC regarding the level of openings and closures for high street chains … Continue reading
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Do UK retail shops think they are NOT in sales? by Bruce King #indieretail
This is a guest blog by a friend of mine, Bruce King, whose book “How to Double Your Sales: The Ultimate Masterclass in How to Sell Anything to Anyone” is possibly one of the best business books I’ve ever read, … Continue reading
