Drapers
Alan Hawkins
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More fuel for Portas’s town centre debate
28 October 2011
Spotting a trend is in your fashion blood. -
A can-do attitude is indies’ great strength
24 June 2011
Fashion is fast changing, surprising and creative. -
Final-quarter sales hold the key to interest rates
14 January 2011
There may have been a blanket of snow across the country before Christmas, but the outlook for retail was anything but (deep and crisp and) even. -
One thing’s for certain, much is still unknown
5 November 2010
“There are known knowns,” former US defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld famously said in 2002 describing the cloud of possibilities and information facing policy makers, before going on to describe the “known unknowns” and the “unknown unknowns”. -
Retail’s reasons to be cheerful about Budget
3 July 2010
Asked his reaction to the third Budget of 2010 (pre-Budget statement, Darling Budget, Osborne Budget), one of our members said he was pleased that the uncertainty, which he felt had depressed sales in the previous three months, had been resolved. It has been resolved in that the Chancellor has made it clear we are all going to be a lot poorer, but at least it has been resolved. -
Retail will feel every jolt on the road to recovery
22 May 2010
So, now at least we know the colour(s) of the new Government’s ties. We also know a bit more about which of the two parties’ favourite plans are likely to end up in the policy pattern. -
VAT rise a temptation for next government
27 February 2010
We all recall the fuss when Alistair Darling nibbled 2.5% off the 17.5% VAT rate with virtually no notice and in the run-up to Christmas too. -
Retailers kick off for a game of two halves
15 January 2010
For the next few months we will be likely to see an uneasy calm, where little changes
