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• Sports Direct: meet the man behind the upmarket rebrand

  14-09-2019 10:00
  Mike Ashley’s future son-in-law and head of elevation, Michael Murray, is busy reimagining the retail empireMen in sharp suits mix with models as Vogue editor Edward Enniful and fashion influencers sip champagne and Salty Dog cocktails while they peruse £525-a-pair bejewelled Jimmy Choo trainers at a glossy store on London’s Oxford Street.This is Flannels, the achingly expensive designer emporium which Mike Ashley, the founder and chief executive of Sports Direct, views as the
  
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• Meet the man behind Sports Direct's upmarket rebrand

  14-09-2019 08:00
  Mike Ashley’s future son-in-law and head of elevation, Michael Murray, is busy reimagining the retail empireMen in sharp suits mix with models as Vogue editor Edward Enniful and fashion influencers sip champagne and Salty Dog cocktails while they peruse £525-a-pair bejewelled Jimmy Choo trainers at a glossy store on London’s Oxford Street.This is Flannels, the achingly expensive designer emporium which Mike Ashley, the founder and chief executive of Sports Direct, views as the
  
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• We can revive Britain’s high streets. But developers stand in the way | Tony Naylor

  14-09-2019 07:00
  Across the country, imaginative projects are increasing footfall. Yet without radical intervention, they can only do so muchAnyone who has walked down a British high street recently will not be surprised by the latest news on their dire state. A report by the Local Data Company and PricewaterhouseCoopers reveals that chain-store closures are at their highest level since their audit began in 2010. On Britain’s top 500 high streets, 1,234 shops shut in the first half of 2019. Related: Retail
  
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• Rise of the ‘nocturnal shopper’

  14-09-2019 01:53 via ft.com
  One in 15 purchases made between midnight and 6am
  
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