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...They will want to make sure they don’t give people any reason to go back to split shops,” he added, referring to the practice of shopping for basics at a discounter and topping up elsewhere....
...It is 40 years since Taschen was first conceived as the Cologne comic-book-shop brainchild of a precocious 18-year-old, as Benedikt was then....
...Known as the oldest form of marketing, outdoor advertising was seen as a steady-but-dull business that drew its heritage back to the shop signs of the ancient world....
...As of this month, customers can use the Chinese mobile payments system Alipay to pay in its shops....
...“Typically, around 90 per cent of discount shoppers also shop elsewhere,” said David McCarthy, head of consumer retail research at HSBC....
...Arnault’s buyer base comes from a globetrotting spending group that “still shops, but wants the best. Quality over quantity.”...
...Another independent brand, GmbH, staged its first full show in torrential rain by a train track in northern Paris....
...“I bought figs here yesterday, and came back today for more, and they’re gone.”...
...Shop around and encourage the airlines that impose less pain on their economy passengers by flying with them. michael.skapinker@ft.com Twitter: @Skapinker...
...; Challenge GmbH...
...We believe we have the right strategy in place and are taking the right decisions to achieve our vision to be the most trusted retailer where people love to work and shop....
...Back in the mountains of McDowell County, Ms McKinney worries about where she will find enough groceries to replace the donations from Walmart....
...metre, though for the full selection it’s worth the drive out to the shop attached to the factory)....
...Crawling on their knees with a parcel on their back?” However, some drivers view self-employment as liberating, enabling them to have control over their working day....
...Sit back and you risk them both pouncing at once. It can be a similar story in business. Whole industries do sometimes come under multiple assault....
...“[This is] crucial for Metro Group in improving its financial profile and switching into ‘back-to-attack’ mode,” he said....
...In what spells more trouble for Britain’s big grocers, discount retailers such as the German no-frills supermarkets and the pound shops are opening more stores than Tesco and J Sainsbury and their convenience...
...“Anyone can shop in Waitrose,” she says. But not everyone shares her positive view....
...“It’s largely low prices that get people through the door, but it's the quality that brings them back again and again,” said Richard Hyman, an independent retail analyst....
...Beyond hailing its achievements, Biedronka’s investor day displayed a scaling back of the group’s ambitions....
...Thousands of foreign fighters who have flocked to Syria want to create an austere Islamic state harking back to the past....
...For Adam Telfer, a 28-year-old Canadian game designer recruited by Wooga, the city’s laid-back atmosphere and counter-cultural charm were significant attractions....
...According to the shop price index from Nielsen and the British Retail Consortium, food prices fell 0.2 per cent year-on-year in November, with fresh food falling 0.3 per cent....
...We are opening our doors across the UK, making it even easier for people to shop and save with us.”...
...“I’ve heard about authors who write their novels [on a typewriter] and rather than going back to delete a word [on a computer] they retype the whole page....
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