All "discount-retail" articles
- Sam Walton
- It sounded the death-knell for town centre diversity – but now we can get Buy-One-Get-One-Free Monster Munch multipacks. Wahey! Meet the man who made discount shopping a reality...
- See more in: Sam Walton, Wal-Mart, budget, discount retail, retail, profiles
- Convenience stores
- Despite intensifying competition from the supermarkets, a well-located convenience store can provide a reliable income.
- See more in: convenience stores, retail, food, drink, groceries, guide
- Newsagents
- While other sectors can be attractive because of a personal passion, newsagency requires a hard-headed approach, but in the long run it can offer enviable rewards and even a life of leisure.
- See more in: newsagent, newsagency, news, newspapers, maagazines, retail, industry, sector, sectors, convenience, confectionery, cigarettes, guide
- Online retail: successor to the catalogue
- Catalogue shopping is dead and buried, but home shopping certainly isn't.
- See more in: online retail, online, internet, retail, ebusiness, work from home, guide
- Fashion accessory retailers
- It's outgrowing every other sector in the clothing industry - so now could be a good time to get into fashion accessories.
- See more in: fashion, clothing, retail, fashion accessories, guide
- Retail awards representing the under-represented
- Entries are now open for the everywomen awards, which aim to celebrate achievement in an industry they dominate only as consumers.
- See more in: news, women in business, businesswomen, retail, Award
- Buying a gift card shop – Jill Stones
- Trouble with wholesalers aside, Jill couldn't be more pleased that she has bought her own business - and only wishes she'd done it earlier.
- See more in: buy a business, cards, shops, retail, interviews, gifts
- Bookshops
- Running a bookshop is the dream of many. But can it be profitable and worthwhile?
- See more in: retail, bookstores, guide
- A guide to raising business finance
- A guide to the different types of business finance available to small business, from corporate law solicitor Mary Erb.
- See more in: finance, capital, funding, money, mezzanine, overdrafts, loans, invoice discounting, venture capital, VCs, asset finance, banks, business angels, grants, flotation, guide
- Relocate to... Birmingham
- Its central location and inspired regeneration makes Birmingham worthy of its Second-City status and a great place to do business.
- See more in: relocate, relocation, Birmingham, regional, regions, guide
- Theme parks: a guide to the UK's best
- The faint-hearted, those of a nervous disposition and expectant mothers needn't read this guide.
- See more in: theme parks, alton towers, drayton manor, chessington world of adventures, thorpe park, guide
- Off-licences
- If there's one thing that the British love, it's alcohol. Demand is strong all year round and the off-licence trade booms during hot weather and football tournaments.
- See more in: off licences, retail, alcohol, guide
- Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou
- 'Easy does it'; 'Easy come, Easy stay'; 'Stelios on Easy street' – the puns are as numerous as they are awful. Instead we'll just introduce one of the UK's richest men, the self-styled 'serial entrepreneur' Stelios.
- See more in: Stelios, easyJet, easyGroup, branding, budget, profiles
- How I started... a wholesale fashion-accessories business
- With two decades of experience working for major retailing brands and having spotted a gap in the market, Mel Serpen was inspired to go it alone.
- See more in: start a business, startups, wholesale, retail, online, internet, ebusiness, fashion, accessories, businesswomen, women in business, interviews, fashion accessories
- Finding the right business course
- There's plenty out there, but where should you start looking?
- See more in: courses, training, education, start a business, startups, guide
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