I took a tour of John Lewis’s main distribution centre on the busiest day of the year: Black Friday. This article appeared in Retail Week (paywall) magazine later that day… How John Lewis prepared for the Black Friday rush By the end of this week 30 tonnes of cardboard boxes will have made their way in and out of John Lewis’s distribution centre at Magna Park. That is more than double the usual weekly amount. That is because of Black Friday, which this year has seen bargain-hunting reach fever pitch in shops up and down the country and ecommerce sites jammed with traffic. Well behind the scenes, John Lewis director…
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‘Europe’s Credit Report’, Property Week, April 2013
I wrote this feature for Property Week based on a round-table discussion I attended during real estate conference MIPIM 2013. The event, chaired by Property Week editor Mike Phillips, featured some of Europe’s leading real estate experts to discuss a range of key topics affecting the market in 2013. Tweet
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Retail Week Property Article – ‘The Big Smoke’, February 2012
A feature from which appeared in Retail Week’s property section in February 2012, covering the London retail market in advance of the 2012 Olmpic Games. You can download the article here. Tweet