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Duncan Innes

Christmas chilled the high street, but the winners kept winning | Business | The Observer - 2 views

www.guardian.co.uk/...-christmas-shopping-sales-snow

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  • "Blaming things on snow is weak management."
  • g very well did very well. Those with underlying issues really struggled."
  • Neil Saunders, an expert at the retail consultancy Verdict, reckons the snow, in a way, was useful – it separated the retailing men from the boys: "One of the things that definitely came out was a degree of polarisation. Those doin
  • Duncan Innes on 09 Jan 11
     
    A summary or the winners and losers on the high street - or in the case of most of the winners off the high street.
Duncan Innes

High streets struggle as shoppers curb spending or drive to out-of-town malls | Busines... - 0 views

www.guardian.co.uk/...truggle-shoppers-curb-spending

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  • Duncan Innes on 08 Sep 11
     
    Retail trends are changing
Duncan Innes

BBC News - High Street retailers: Who has been hit hardest? - 0 views

www.bbc.co.uk/...business-13977255

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  • Duncan Innes on 14 Mar 13
     
    Analysis of retail casualties!
Simon Brooks

Dispute over trade union rights in soap manufacturer - 0 views

www.eurofound.europa.eu/...pl0609019i.htm

trade union dispute soap manufacturer

shared by Simon Brooks on 30 Nov 11 - No Cached
  • manufacturer of household cleaning and detergent products
  • employs about 240 workers, of whom over 150 are union members
  • the enterprise has a relatively high union density
  • ...34 more annotations...
  • A dispute has arisen within PZ Cussons Polska S.A. between the largest representative trade union, NSZZ Solidarnosc, and the company’s chief executive officer (CEO)
  • 50% of the workers are trade union members
  • five trade union organisations
  • membership is widely dispersed
  • Independent Trade Union of Chemical Workers
  • representing 15 workers
  • smallest union
  • largest union
  • Independent and Self-Governing Trade Union Solidarity
  • over 80 workers
  • controversy has a long history
  • 2002 when a dispute arose over certain irregularities concerning the allocation of the employee benefits fund
  • trade unions only took collective action in relation to the dispute in 2003 when the premises was flagged;
  • ade union flag
  • management removed the t
  • trade unions appealed to the court
  • company’s management of obstructing trade union activity.
  • conflict escalated
  • company’s management decided to move the headquarters of the trade unions to space outside the premises
  • The unions once again appealed to the court to reverse this decision, but the court again dismissed the appeal
  • staged a protest
  • culminating point in the conflict occurred in June 2006
  • according to the unions
  • at CZ Cussons once again disregarded the preliminary social fund expenditures schedule.
  • remove the flags and transport them outside the company’s premises
  • A scuffle between the union activist and the security staff ensued, resulting in minor injuries to the former, according to trade union sources.
  • NSZZ Solidarnosc shop steward was dismissed from the company on disciplinary grounds.
  • not able to appeal against the decision within a statutory time frame.
  • management also tried to prevent the next union meeting from taking place and attempted to keep the dismissed union member off the premises
  • The trade unions claimed that PZ Cussons had clearly ignored Polish union law
  • The unions warn that they will fight the case until the company’s management reinstates the dismissed trade union member.
  • caused a dangerous situation and broke work regulations in his protest against the removal of the trade union flags from the premises.
  • car without permission
  • As this represented a gross abuse of an employee’s duties, the management agreed to the shop steward’s disciplinary dismissal. The case has since been sent to the labour court.
  • Simon Brooks on 30 Nov 11
     
    An example of a trade union dispute in a household cleaning and detergent manufacturer. Explains how the dispute came about as well as how it was resolved.
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Sam Dickson

Retail therapy: foreign chains glimpse window of opportunity in UK market | Business | ... - 0 views

www.guardian.co.uk/...retail-therapy-uk-high-street

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  • Retail therapy: foreign chains glimpse window of opportunity in UK market
Duncan Innes

Car industry: Danger ahead | The Economist - 0 views

www.economist.com/...17902719

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shared by Duncan Innes on 16 Jan 11 - No Cached
  • It’s happening because of high fuel costs, environmental concerns and ageing populations: older people, with no children and less testosterone, shun big cars and powerful engines. For carmakers, this shift is a problem, because small cars are less profitable than large ones
  • Duncan Innes on 16 Jan 11
     
    Analysis of Car Market in 2011
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