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Burberry’s CEO Shuffle

by colingilchrist | Jul 15, 2024 | Fashion, Retail | 0 comments

Burberry, an iconic British brand, recently made headlines again with the news of another CEO change. In a past life I was part of their buying team and have a different take on it than most. In its current iteration as a high-end fashion house it’s struggling...

Organic Cotton Versus Polyester

by colingilchrist | Aug 12, 2019 | Blog, clothing, Crisis, Fashion, Retail, Sustainable | 0 comments

It takes more water than a human can digest in over 3 years to produce one single organic cotton t-shirt. Put into context, it has been reported that England will run short of water within 25 years. Polyesters are made from man made, fossil fuels yet they are more...

Retail Dreams and Magazines Speaks to Rochelle Burgess, Centre Director, St James

by colingilchrist | Jul 14, 2017 | Retail | 0 comments

You’ll know in Edinburgh that there is one high luxury retail shopping street, no, not George Street, it’s Multrees Walk. It is your direct path to the new St James development and has always been directly linked. My connection to Multrees Walk goes back...

Retail Dreams and Magazines speaks to Barry Blamire, John Lewis

by colingilchrist | Jul 3, 2017 | Retail | 0 comments

The St James Development at the east end of Edinburgh’s Princes Street is likely to be the biggest transformation to Edinburgh’s retail space in over 100 years. Date for completion is looking like the summer of 2020, that’s only three years away....

Retail Dreams and Magazines, I Talk To James Godfrey, Partner at Culverwell

by colingilchrist | Jun 20, 2017 | Retail | 0 comments

Having spoken to Retail owners of city centre businesses I then sought the view of an out of town “Outlet Village”, the biggest in Europe (last week). This week I gain an insight from a person who spends their entire time focusing on helping retailers find...

Retail Dreams and Magazines Goes To The Luxury Outlet Sector

by colingilchrist | Jun 13, 2017 | Retail | 0 comments

In my quest to better understand the current retail landscape I thought I would widen my horizons from City Centre Retail and look at the luxury end of the out-of-town retail villages. As luck would have it Louisa agreed to give context to her environment and share...

Burberry’s CEO Shuffle

Organic Cotton Versus Polyester

Retail Dreams and Magazines Speaks to Rochelle Burgess, Centre Director, St James

Retail Dreams and Magazines speaks to Barry Blamire, John Lewis

Retail Dreams and Magazines, I Talk To James Godfrey, Partner at Culverwell

Retail Dreams and Magazines Goes To The Luxury Outlet Sector

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