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By: Mark Halstead

Mark Halstead is a partner at financial risk analysts Red Flag Alert.

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  • Ostrich shops need to stop blaming the high street and step up

    Stories of failing retailers seem to be as regularly in the news as Brexit or Harry and Meghan. And when we read about them, it’s usually accompanied by lamentation that the state of the high street is to blame. Just this week, City A.M. reported that department store Beales is facing collapse. Its chief executive [...]

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