Noella Pio Kivlehan
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World Retail Congress: Retailers focus on emerging markets
Forty per cent of retailers see emerging markets as their main source of growth in turnover in the next five years, according to research launched by CB Richard Ellis at…
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World Retail Congress: Top Shop goes global
Top Shop will be a global brand within three years, Sir Philip Green told the World Retail Congress in Barcelona yesterday.
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Easy does it
Jet setting Noella Pio Kivlehan reports on a new look for ultra-budget hotel chain easyHotels, which has big ambitions to grow
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Cape cheer
Townships thrive: Post-apartheid South Africa has witnessed an increase in retail investment. And the country’s thirst for growth is mirrored in much of the continent. Noella Pio Kivlehan reports from…
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Comment: African adventure
In an ever-shrinking retail world, Africa remains one of the last untapped markets. But that is set to change. In the past few years, Western companies have been making forays…
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New horizons, prospecting for gold
Research unveiled Speakers at the EG Industrial Summit presented some specially commissioned research papers. Noella Pio Kivlehan reports
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Design for living
Georgian style: Asda plans to impress itself more thoroughly on the retail sector with its Living brand – and Graham Adams has to find the right properties. Noella Pio Kivlehan…
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Sprucefield expansion saga hits new turn
It is a saga that has been rumbling on for the past four years. Developer Westfield’s plan to expand its 220,000 sq ft Sprucefield retail park by another 460,000 sq…
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Sale away
Several of Ireland’s top agencies have recently sold out to large corporate firms – and there are grumblings that the takeovers are bad for the career prospects of Irish agents.
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The green states of America
The green dollar The old red, white and blue is at last taking on a slightly emerald tinge as the US begins to go green.
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ICSC Conference Report
The sheer size of the International Council of Shopping Centers’ Spring Convention, held 21-23 May, became one of its enduring images.
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The green strip
New agenda: One of Las Vegas’ latest retail developments is towing the eco-friendly line.