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Article: Ethel Austin won't be the first retail casualty; The Big Feature IN ASSOCIATION WITH Rensburg Sheppards Investment Management.(Features)
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- Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
- Article date:
- April 16, 2008
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Byline: Bill Gleeson
THE news that Ethel Austin has gone into administration is a big blow to the hundreds of staff based in the region who work for the retail group.
It's never easy to face a period of uncertainty about where the next penny is coming from. I have known the feeling, and can sympathise.
But at least there is the prospect of the thousands of new retail jobs being created just a short bus ride away from Ethel Austin's head office.
The new stores opening at Liverpool city centre's Liverpool One shopping development in the next few months will provide anybody with a background in retail with fresh opportunities.
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