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by Jane Oliphant, 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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by Jane Oliphant, 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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by Jane Oliphant, 07/01/2010 14:31:01
The start of the new decade has brought mixed fortunes for retailers.
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by Jane Oliphant, 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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by Jane Oliphant, 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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