Summer fun

So I'm just back from my summer break, all very refreshed and raring to go. The sales are all in full swing. Was in Bluewater yesterday (we're so very chic ...) and it was humming with people but anecdotally people were looking but not buying the big stuff (TV dept John Lewis).

Lots of discounting going on though with emails hitting my inbox every day last week whilst I lounged by the pool, each email containing succulent High Street offers. Really, do not pay full price online at the moment without first checking a voucher site - lots of 10% offs and free delivery combos out there.

We are of course heading to financial mid-year in the retail sector and the inevitable round of budget discussions and changes. This will surely mean strategy adjustments across the High Street, including the spectre of headcount reductions and the culling of pet projects (anyone like to guess what's going to happen to Plan A come the P&L review at M&S ....?)