These are the beautiful @hestonblumentha BBQs on display @JohnLewisRetail
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Please don’t try this at home 😁2 hours ago 0 0
🤔 Perhaps this is the new ‘levelling up’ strategy:
Police inaction has ‘decriminalised’ stealing https://t.co/0qf6TPTeUT
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Why don’t we just make it 10 mph everywhere 🙄
(Think of the petrol we’ll save) https://t.co/NUOKawE7eS2 days ago 0 0
(Think of the petrol we’ll save) https://t.co/NUOKawE7eS2 days ago 0 0
There’s no question that switching off the global economy devastated retail. But we now have an exciting opportunity to take back our town centres and reshape them for a future we can all be part of.
HOWARD SAUNDERS
@retailfuturist
BLOGS & PODCASTS:
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LET’S GO OFF-GRID FOR AUGUST!
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SUPERHEROES TO THE RESCUE
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THE NUMBERS GAME
MALTHUSIAN MATHEMATICS AND THE BIG MAC Twenty years have passed since I first read Fast Food Nation … -
THE NEW VICTORIANS
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DYSTOPIA 2041
ApMan is indispensable, frankly. Obviously you need it to get into a bar, store or a gallery, but no… -
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WHY I’M BETTER THAN YOU
I may sound arrogant but since everything turned upside down in early 2020 I’ve learnt so much mor… -
THE RETAIL RIDE
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COVID CULTURE
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RETAIL ROLL OF HONOUR
The dark earth smoulders twixt broken bodies strewn
Whilst pale ghosts dance to a deathly tune
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THE REBOOT
Looking back it was obvious really. Ridiculous rents and rates marching onwards and upwards meant ev… -
TEN LOCKDOWN LESSONS FOR LIFE
Lockdown was horrendous but it also forced us to adapt and see things differently. So what are the k… -
DEAR BORIS
We need your help urgently, but the good news is we want you to do absolutely nothing. I’m sure yo… -
LETTER TO AMERICA
Oh how I worry about you. I worry about your health, your moods, your mind. I worry that your once r… -
GOOD NEWS! THE FUTURE WILL BE REALLY MESSY
In troubled times the future gets scarier. Understandably, our visions for the rest of this century … -
THE GRINCH WHO STOLE CHRISTMAS
The Grinch hated Christmas and the whole Christmas season And this year, especially, he had a good r… -
ARE YOU NON-ESSENTIAL?
I’ve wasted my life. I spent forty years training, learning, practising, reading and ultimately de… -
FORGET COVID. THIS IS THE KILLER VIRUS.
I was wrong. I thought that the crescendo of hysteria that’s been festering like a planet sized bo… -
THE RISE OF THE MINI TYRANTS
We all know the type. Dress a man in a hi-vis vest, armed with a clipboard and a biro, and you’ve …
