Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
2007 was a tougher year for retailers than many before it, especially for the non-food sector. Right from the off, we feared that the outlook for the year looked poor.
A heavy cost base continued, with swinging increases in both utility prices and business rates particularly in quarter 1. Thankfully though, the rate of growth was slowing, after the onslaught of double-digit price inflation in fuel costs of 2006.
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Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
Fairtrade retailing is a defininte trend for the future, according to figures published by the Fairtrade
Foundation. Fairtrade products retailed for an estimated £493 million in 2007, a staggering 81 per cent increase on sales in 2006 of £273 million across all retail sectors.
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Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
Retailers are most worried about the credit crunch and the growth of online retailing, according to a new survey. Property consultancy Hartnell Taylor Cook LLP found that 65 per cent of retailers fear the effects for the next nine to 12 months on business of the credit crunch, with 59 per cent citing the growth of online retailing, and 42 per cent naming additional retail space coming on to the market as their concern.
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Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
Recent research shows that consumers are now making dramatic changes to the way they shop for jewellery and clothing.
The survey showed that in the last 12 months 41 per cent of shoppers have switched to cheaper brands and three in ten have cut down on the premium ranges.
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Monday, September 29th, 2008
Caring For Jewellery
There is a lot of written material on how to care and look after jewellery. We have searched high and low for the ultimate guide to help give the right advice. The following is a summary of what we have found, and it is basic common sense. The key thing to remember is that gems make the caring of jewellery slightly more complicated.
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