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Profits at fingertips for budget pamperers
The Times
Lipstick sales have long been a handy economic indicator, rising steeply in downturns as women looked for an inexpensive way to give themselves a lift. Now, however, it’s all about the nails. While a manicure was once an indulgence for ladies who lunch, now nail bars are springing up faster than pound shops and convenience stores. They are one of the fastest growing businesses on the high street, at 16.5 per cent of new outlets in the past three years.
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30 Jan 2012
The rise and rise of the nail bar! Salons are springing up faster than pound sho
As a method for beating the downturn, it’s certainly nailed it. Nail salons are opening up faster than pound shops and convenience stores as increasing numbers of women treat themselves to a little luxury, according to retail analysts.
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30 Jan 2012
Fast food chains prosper as cash-strapped consumers shun retailers
Guardian
Mealtimes used to revolve around the kitchen table, but the fast-food boom is changing Britain and its high streets, as US food chains Subway, Starbucks and McDonald's set out to conquer a recession-weary nation still hungry for instant gratification.
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29 Jan 2012
Discounters and supermarkets eye Peacocks stores
Financial Times
Discount retailers and supermarkets are eyeing Peacocks’ 563-store portfolio in case administrators fail to find a buyer for all or part of the distressed value fashion chain.
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25 Jan 2012
What happened to all the Woolworths shops?
The Telegraph
Three years ago Woolworths pulled the shutters down on the last of its 807 shops, ending 100 years of history and putting 30,000 out of a job. While 105 of the shops are still vacant and 68 have been demolished, the rest have been taken by a variety of retailers.
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19 Jan 2012
Most former Woolworths stores re-let
BBC
The majority of stores once belonging to defunct retailer Woolworths have now been re-let, according to research. Just over three years after the High Street giant's demise, 703 of its 807 stores - 87% - are re-occupied, said a report by the Local Data Company (LDC).
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19 Jan 2012
Over 100 Woolworths' stores still vacant
Property Week
Some 13% of Woolworths’ 815 high street stores are still vacant, three years after the discount retailer collapsed into administration. Research by the Local Data Company has found that 38% of these vacant Woolies stores are in Northern Ireland, 26% are in the North East of England,19% are in Scotland and 18% are in East of England.
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19 Jan 2012
Wolverhampton Woolworths still vacant after three years
Express & Star
The former Woolworths store in Wolverhampton is one of more than 100 still lying vacant three years after the collapse of the high street retailer. The branch in Dudley Street has been empty since the national chain went under in January 2009 – while 14 other stores in the region have been re-let to new businesses.
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19 Jan 2012
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