1.0Eric Musgravehttps://www.ericmusgrave.co.ukrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="8XSKeXiwRv"><a href="https://www.ericmusgrave.co.uk/index.php/memo-from-musgrave/giving-retailing-bad-name/">Giving retailing a bad name</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.ericmusgrave.co.uk/index.php/memo-from-musgrave/giving-retailing-bad-name/embed/#?secret=8XSKeXiwRv" width="600" height="338" title="“Giving retailing a bad name” — Eric Musgrave" data-secret="8XSKeXiwRv" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.ericmusgrave.co.uk/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://www.ericmusgrave.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/20160615_113959.jpg32241632It is interesting to look back to this piece I wrote for City law firm Fox Williams in March, which was before the collapse of BHS and the appearances before the select committees of Ashley and Green. By any measure, 2016 has not been a good year for UK retailing. Among the birthday cards Sir […]