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by Jane Oliphant
HousewaresLive.net's former editor on housewares and the housewares industry |
18/02/2010 12:54:48
Retailers could be forgiven for feeling pretty angry about the way government is going about tackling the problem of knife crime.
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Retailers could be forgiven for feeling pretty angry about the way government is going about tackling the problem of knife crime.
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26/01/2010 10:53:21
Here we go again, I thought, when I read the recent national press reports on a possible link between non-stick cookware and people with thyroid problems.
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Here we go again, I thought, when I read the recent national press reports on a possible link between non-stick cookware and people with thyroid problems.
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07/01/2010 14:31:01
The start of the new decade has brought mixed fortunes for retailers.
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The start of the new decade has brought mixed fortunes for retailers.
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17/12/2009 13:57:11
Two snippets of news that dropped into my inbox this week caused me to raise an eyebrow.
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Two snippets of news that dropped into my inbox this week caused me to raise an eyebrow.
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14/12/2009 11:36:08
I really enjoyed talking to David Odell, who jointly owns Odell's ironmonger's in Stony Stratford, a couple of weeks ago. He and his brother have developed an old outbuilding they own next to the shop and opened up a little cookshop in it. They'd always done kitchenware before, but David told me that giving it its own focus and adding in some new ranges had sent takings through the roof - they're about 500% up on what they had been.
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I really enjoyed talking to David Odell, who jointly owns Odell's ironmonger's in Stony Stratford, a couple of weeks ago. He and his brother have developed an old outbuilding they own next to the shop and opened up a little cookshop in it. They'd always done kitchenware before, but David told me that giving it its own focus and adding in some new ranges had sent takings through the roof - they're about 500% up on what they had been.
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19/11/2009 08:48:54
Feeling confused about Christmas? No, I'm not talking about whether this year's seasonal window display should be green and red or black and gold, or what the top gadget stocking filler will be - or even whether to forget the turkey order this year and go down the pub instead.
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Feeling confused about Christmas? No, I'm not talking about whether this year's seasonal window display should be green and red or black and gold, or what the top gadget stocking filler will be - or even whether to forget the turkey order this year and go down the pub instead.
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04/11/2009 09:25:53
Forget all the frequently-contradictory figures put out by the likes of the Office for National Statistics, the British Retail Consortium, the big mortgage lenders, etc, etc. Consumer confidence is on the up, and that's guaranteed, according to Mintel's latest report on the bottled water market.
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Forget all the frequently-contradictory figures put out by the likes of the Office for National Statistics, the British Retail Consortium, the big mortgage lenders, etc, etc. Consumer confidence is on the up, and that's guaranteed, according to Mintel's latest report on the bottled water market.
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16/10/2009 14:48:06
Hello, and welcome to the brand new look of HousewaresLive.net, with its sleek design, fresh graphics, easier-to-navigate pages and wider layout. And, of course, new features such as our fun pages (only to be used during lunch breaks and inbetween customers, of course!) and this blog page.
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Hello, and welcome to the brand new look of HousewaresLive.net, with its sleek design, fresh graphics, easier-to-navigate pages and wider layout. And, of course, new features such as our fun pages (only to be used during lunch breaks and inbetween customers, of course!) and this blog page.
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