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Retail Doctor’s guide is a tonic for indie retailers, albeit with a US flavour

Graham Soult July 16, 2010 Book Reviews, Customer Service, Independent Stores, Marketing, Online 1 Comment

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Cover of 'The Retail Doctor's Guide to Growing Your Business'

Cover of 'The Retail Doctor's Guide to Growing Your Business'

This post is something of a first for Soult’s Retail View – a proper book review! Before I talk about the book - which is the The Retail Doctor’s Guide to Growing Your Business, by Bob Phibbs – it’s worth just mentioning how I got to hear about this new title in … Continue Reading

New book examines the architectural history of Scotland’s shops

Graham Soult July 08, 2010 Book Reviews, Department Stores, Retail History No Comments

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Image from 'Scotland's Shops' book, courtesy of Historic Scotland

Image from 'Scotland's Shops' book, courtesy of Historic Scotland

One of the nice things about running my own architecture subject gateway, Sapling.info, is that I get the opportunity to read about plenty of interesting buildings and places. 

Earlier this week I paid a visit to the attractive and information-packed website of Historic Scotland, ahead of updating Sapling.info’s review … Continue Reading