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Ian M. Palmer

Writing, Illustration and 3D

  • Writing
    • Introduction to Kitchen Planning
    • Closed for Good?
    • The Heart of the Home
    • Pillbox Country
  • Comics & Cartoons
    • River: Skin on the Outside
    • The American President
    • The Chicken King And The Prince Of Birds
    • Beith
    • The Blessing
  • Art & Photography
    • 2323
  • 3D Modelling
  • Contact Me

Category: Selling & Retail

The Marksman
HistorySelling & Retail

The Marksman

I seem to have mentioned my local “out-of-town” (it’s not really) shopping centre, Westwood Cross, more in these posts than…

One old lady
HistorySelling & Retail

One old lady

Closed for Good? The “Retail Apocalypse” in Britain since 2005 is almost entirely about chains, which have greater impact on the…

The same tat
HistorySelling & Retail

The same tat

You’ll have to read Closed for Good? The “Retail Apocalypse” in Britain since 2005 to find out why this post title. I…

The land of the dead
HistorySelling & Retail

The land of the dead

In Closed for Good? The “Retail Apocalypse” in Britain since 2005, I mentioned Thanet’s expanding retail estates around Westwood Cross, opened…

Shabby stores and rip-off prices
HistorySelling & Retail

Shabby stores and rip-off prices

I didn’t even coin this post title: it’s a quotation. The cover photo on Closed for Good? The “Retail Apocalypse” in…

A fact of life
HistorySelling & Retail

A fact of life

I wanted to sell Closed for Good? The “Retail Apocalypse” in Britain since 2005 for less than my other books,…

Closed for Good?
HistorySelling & Retail

Closed for Good?

Closed for Good? The “Retail Apocalypse” in Britain since 2005 was supposed to be a palate-cleanser and a distraction while I…

“Iconic” kitchen design
HistoryKitchens, etcSelling & Retail

“Iconic” kitchen design

Here’s the full text of my piece for kbbreview. The magazine suggested the topic – one with which I don’t…

A tweak
Kitchens, etcSelling & Retail

A tweak

I’ve tweaked the cover typography on The Heart of the Home. Saw some extra sales before Christmas. If you’ve bought…

In Memoriam
Kitchens, etcSelling & Retail

In Memoriam

So in the end, Homebase wasn’t able to recover from the most ill-conceived retail takeover in recent history. Before all…

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