Too many flaws?

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Department stores have suffered because of the advent of large shopping centres which offer customers a wide range of retail outlets in one place. Department stores have begun to sell ranges of designer clothing, such as Armani, and can offer a lot of space with low rents, however, many designers are not keen to sell their clothes in stores without a good image. Designers may also prefer to open their own shop rather than a concession in a department store. Department stores need to concentrate on sharpening up their image and modernising their interiors if they are to be competitive.

Department stores, Fashion designers

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Gotta get itself connected

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Mobile telephone retailers Carphone Warehouse is one of the fastest growing private companies in the UK. Charles Dunstone launched the company in 1990, and it now has 35% of the UK mobile phone market. Carphone Warehouse has 84 stores in the UK, and aims to open a further 125 or more. The company is looking to the north of the country for expansion, but also aims to maintain control of the London market, where its business developed. Carphone Warehouse has stores in town centres, out-of-town shopping centres and along arterial routes.

Radio & TV communications equipment, Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing, Cellular Mobile Tel Equip, Cellular telephones, Wireless telephones, Marketing, Company Profile, Carphone Warehouse Group PLC

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Healthy competition or a fight to the death?

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John Lewis is planning to move to an out-of-town shopping centre at Cribbs Causeway. Its 278,000 square feet (sq ft) city centre site is to be occupied by Bentalls, which is to spend over 10 million pounds sterling on refurbishment prior to its move in 1998. The effects of the new out-of-town development on the city centre are discussed. It is suggested that the new shopping centre has encouraged the council to improve the neglected city centre.

Buildings and facilities, Bristol, England, John Lewis Partnership PLC, Bentalls PLC

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