Retail Therapy

Harrods Sold

Wealth will enable a man to by a lot of things however, in the end it’s not going to be the thing that matters. The Egyptian-born businessman decided to sell his impressive Harrods store in London. He sold the store to the Qatar royal family’s investment company Qatar Holding. The deal was rumoured to have been closed around $2.3 billion. However, this amount was not confirmed by the adviser of the Al Fayed family. The main reason why Mohammed Al Fayed sold his high-end store is he wants to spend more time with his children and grand-children. Although ...

Preparing yourself for Easter Sales

Just because you have a credit card doesn't mean you should go out and spend spend spend, yes? Equally true is the notion that interest free and not paying until 2012 will not cost you anything, wrong. You still have to pay for the goods, so why don't you save up and wait until you have enough cash to buy your goods? Because you are saving your cash for Friday night down the pub or clubbing at the weekend? Buy the dress on credit and buy the drinks with your hard earned cash is not the way forward. If you don't have ...

2010 Best Retail Outlets

As the Christmas sales end and the increase in VAT the UK consumer now has to consider with retail therapy is best spent online or travelling to the nearest shopping centre. No one would dispute that shopping online make life so much easier, no traffic to deal with for 1 and no playing dodgems during parking. The real question is where is all this going. It's not always down to choice - impulse buying for example is more often than not carried out after a social gathering. A trip to the coffee shop will almost invariably mean walking past lots ...