Battle for the High Street
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- Author(s) Kay, William
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1989
- Pages 2nd ed; 236pp; illus
- Publisher Corgi
- Place Published London
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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First published 1987. Written by a former City editor of the 'Times' for a broad readership. Deals with corporate ambitions, retailing strategies, etc, of successful leading retailing businesses in 1980s, profiling 19 of them. Based in part on interviews with key individuals within the businesses. They include Marks & Spencer Plc; Next Group Plc; Boots Group Plc; Mothercare; John Lewis Partnership; J Sainsbury Plc; Great Universal Stores; W H Smith & Son Ltd; Tesco Plc; Empire Stores Ltd; F W Woolworth & Co Ltd; Dixons Group Plc; House of Fraser Plc; Debenhams; Great Universal Stores; Sears; Macdonalds