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4 proven ways to drive foot traffic to your retail store
We’ll explore the many ways to increase foot traffic in your retail business. Go through the tips and examples and see if you can apply them to your marketing efforts.
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Is now the best time to start a coffee shop?
Is now the best time to start a coffee shop? The current growth in the UK coffee market suggests so. Here, Stewarts of Trent Bridge guides us through their journey so far.
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A recipe for success
Celebrating its 110th anniversary this summer, Potters of Hockley is a fine example of a long-established independent retailer that has reinvented and revived itself.
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Doing what comes naturally
Twice named Scotland’s independent Health and Lifestyle Retailer of the Year, Dilip Kotecha of Quality Vitamins and Herbs in Glasgow believes in offering a huge selection of specialist products backed up with expert service.
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An exclusive Bira Direct member gift at Exclusively Housewares 2019
Following the success of last year’s show Bira Direct will be exhibiting again this year, with an added benefit for Bira members in 2019.
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Who is playing with our rating?
From having only 5-star ratings, Des Count, our man in the gift shop, is being hit by mysterious 1-star ratings which lack any comments. What funny business is this?
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Member magazine - July/August
The July/August edition of the Bira Member Magazine of the British Independent Retailers Association, featuring the 'Big Interview' with Mainstreet Trading Company, trade news, social media tips, new rules on payments and more.
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CEO Alan Hawkins wants you to calculate the real cost of discounting
As we approach Black Friday, CEO Alan Hawkins wants you to keep hold.
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Discounts cost you more than you think – and won’t win you loyal customers
As tough trading and the imminent festival of price-cutting that is Black Friday approaches, bira members are being urged to think carefully about the real consequences of embarking on the discounting route.
“Turnover is vanity. Profit is sanity”
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