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Member Magazine: March – June 2020
Issue 30 of the Bira Member Magazine March-June 2020.
Bira’s new coronavirus hub will help guide retailers, says CEO Andrew Goodacre.
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Member Magazine – January/February 2020
Issue 29 of the Bira Magazine featuring the latest retail trade news, 2020 HR changes and an interview Brothers Ian and Paul Walker of Mica & much more.
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Member magazine – November/December
Explore trade news, results from the Wages Survey, cyber crime , the latest news stories from independent retail businesses and much more. More so, we as the question: how green is your business?
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Member magazine – September/October
The September/October edition of the Bira Member Magazine of the British Independent Retailers Association, featuring the ‘Big Interview’ Neville Moore who runs department stores from Jersey to Northern Ireland.
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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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Member Magazine – May/June 2019
Find out the recipe for retail success in May/June 2019 Bira member magazine. Featuring the Big Interview with owners Tom & Alice from Potters of Hockley.
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Member magazine – March/April 2019
With eight department stores in the Morleys Group, MD David Hordle directs a constant cycle of investment and improvement in stores, staff and brands.
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Member magazine – January/February 2019
The owner of Prep Cookshop and Richard Dare in north London clearly is a retailer who is up for a challenge.
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Member magazine – November/December
This is your bira member magazine November/December 2018. Discover the latest trends, tips and news from the independent retail industry and beyond.
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Member magazine – October 2018
At the oldest family-owned pet shop in the country, Nick Robinson has combined traditional service and expert knowledge with a new direction in animal nutrition.
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Member magazine – September 2018
For Liz Murray, retailling is all about interacting with customers, nurturing community relationships and celebrating craftsmanship.
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Member magazine – July/August 2018
John Deane-Bowers has made his Trotter & Deane own-label into a sophisticated success
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Member magazine – June 2018
In Bury St Edmunds, Caroyl Stennett of Chica Shoes keeps things nice and simple.
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Member magazine – May 2018
New national President Surinder Josan is ready for his year of action.
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Member magazine – April 2018
How Lucy Matthews is writing the next chapter on her family’s book shops in Cumbria
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Member magazine – March 2018
Mike Abrahams has made Fairtrade, organic and healthy products the successful recipe at Wild Oats in Bristol
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Member magazine – February 2018
For 30 years Pete Turner has kept things pure and simple at his menswear store Wellgosh
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Member magazine – January 2018
Creating runners’ store Advance Performance has been a marathon, not a sprint, for owner Sam Hale and her team.
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Member magazine – November/December 2017
How Dale and Lauren Siddle keep innovating at Sands of Penrith
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Member magazine – October 2017
Harry Grant likes running a quartet of Glendale Paint shops
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Member magazine -September 2017
Celebrating 25 years of Northumbria Pets, Keith Nichols and the team keep on smiling.
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Member magazine – July/August 2017
In Newton Abbot, David Austin believes in investing in his family’s department store business.
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Member magazine – June 2017
Ali and Dom Beavon, founders of Prezola, reveal how with bira’s help, they created the online wedding gift list business that is second only to John Lewis.
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