AS I SEE IT: TERRY MURDEN on businesses refusing to be beaten… and contrasting retail patterns in Scotland’s biggest cities According to the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund a global slowdown looks inevitable, and there is talk of the UK entering recession before the year is out. Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey […]
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Retailers battling for home advantage
Retail revival: Vivien Smith and Fallon Cowley (pic: Terry Murden) Interview: Vivien Smith and Fallon Cowley, retail entrepreneurs We’ve all got used to retail being in retreat, with the loss of well-known names and once-busy shopping streets blighted by boarded up units. So the re-opening of a derelict unit in one of Scotland’s commuter hotspots […]
How we’re falling back in love with shops
After months of lockdown shopping in shops could be back in fashion, but they still need help, says TERRY MURDEN Napoleon once famously described the British as a nation of shopkeepers, though the little emperor did not foresee the rise of the internet and its devastating effects on the high streets of the kingdom. Our […]