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• Could piped music in shops cause customers to make a bolt for it? | Letters

  12-11-2018 19:01
  Nigel Rodgers of the Pipedown campaign, Dorothy Lewis, Peter Suchin and Hugh Edwards on the intrusive nature of ‘background’ musicJake Hulyer seems to accept the claims of the piped or background music industry with remarkable credulity (The long read, 6 November). Piped music is loathed by many in Britain. People with a huge range of health problems – from autism to tinnitus, ME to hyperacusis, impaired vision to reduced hearing – find that non-stop music in public place
  
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• Central England Co-operative appoints first female chief executive

  12-11-2018 18:07 via theretailbulletin.com
  Central England Co-operative has appointed Debbie Robinson as its new chief executive.
  
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• Dignity: grave considerations

  12-11-2018 16:27
  Investing in crematoria makes sense for funeral services provider
  
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• 'Purple Tuesday' to highlight needs of disabled shoppers

  12-11-2018 15:31
  Asda, Marks & Spencer and Sainsbury’s among the 700 retailers involved in initiativeSome of the UK’s biggest retailers are taking a break from the frantic buildup to Christmas this week for “Purple Tuesday”, the first national day dedicated to the needs of disabled shoppers.Asda, Marks & Spencer and Sainsbury’s are among more than 700 businesses – after an initial target of only 50 – who had joined the initiative by Monday morning. Companies are
  
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• Vegan start-up Beyond Meat launches UK expansion

  12-11-2018 12:38
  Move comes as company sets sights on IPO
  
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• Millennials haven't killed pubs – pubs just haven't kept up | Devarshi Lodhia

  12-11-2018 11:00
  Rising prices and social diversification have scuppered the institution, making the boozer less of a priority for the youngFrom mayonnaise and diamonds to cinemas and golf, it seems no industry is safe from being killed off by millennials. Now pubs look to be suffering the same fate, closing at an alarming rate with net numbers down by almost 700 this year alone – and piling yet more misery on the Great British high street.The most obvious reason behind the sharp decline in pub numbers see
  
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• Retail footfall down in October

  12-11-2018 09:47 via theretailbulletin.com
  New data has revealed that UK retail footfall dropped by 2% year-on-year in October. This follows a fall of 1.7% in September.
  
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• Paul Smith and Manchester United team up on accessories collection

  12-11-2018 09:28 via theretailbulletin.com
  Building on an existing formalwear partnership, Paul Smith has teamed up with Manchester United on a capsule collection of graphic accessories that mixes Paul Smith designs with Manchester United’s football heritage.
  
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• Habitat opens new city-centre Brighton store

  12-11-2018 09:28 via theretailbulletin.com
  Habitat has opened a new flagship store in Brighton on the city’s North Street. The move marks the brand’s first city-centre opening in ten years.
  
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• Arket launches first West Midlands store

  12-11-2018 09:23 via theretailbulletin.com
  H&M owned Arket has opened its first store in the West Midlands at Birmingham’s Bullring.
  
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• Deja vu: Sainsbury's Christmas ad smacks of John Lewis campaign

  12-11-2018 01:01
  Both feature school plays and samey straplines, but Sainsbury’s is ‘not worried’When Sainsbury’s signed up the director of the Hollywood hit The Greatest Showman to make its Christmas campaign the grocer probably thought it had the festive season all wrapped up.The only problem is the campaign, which breaks on social media and during ITV’s Coronation Street on Monday, bears an uncanny resemblance to an ad recently put out by the perennial Christmas campaign winner J
  
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