Retail news

• Shopping malls' desperate decline comes to prime minister’s doorstep

  20-10-2018 10:00
  Nicholsons in Theresa May’s constituency is just one of hundreds suffering from the UK’s high street malaiseWith its deserted tables and recycled office furniture, the Ping Pong Parlour in Maidenhead’s struggling Nicholsons shopping centre is not fooling anyone.The desperate attempt to fill what used to be Argos is evidence of the losing battle fought by private equity investors who have surrendered the keys after the mall’s declining fortunes left them unable to meet hug
  
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• 'Everyone I know buys vintage': the Depop sellers shaking up fashion

  20-10-2018 09:00
  The fast-growing social media app combines Instagram-style image creation with digital market bargainingCaitlin Young is one of millions of teenagers and 20-somethings who are shaking up the fashion industry by digging out their parents’ cast-offs, raiding charity shops and scanning boot sales to build mini businesses online.Young picks up 1990s and “Y2K” early 2000s “vintage” gear from charity shops and jumble sales and then styles or customises them for her 22,500
  
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