Agenda: A Stylish Five Years ; Birmingham's Retail Offering has Come a Long Way in Recent Years and Deserves Recognition Says Harvey Nichols' General Manager Kevin Breese

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When I first started working in Birmingham in March 2003, it was six months before the grand unveiling of Bullring and Selfridges, and Harvey Nichols - the store where I was later to become general manager - had been open for 18 months.

Already Birmingham's emergence as a leading retail capital had started and a number of new brands were slowly but surely dipping their toes in the water.

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Agenda: A Stylish Five Years ; Birmingham's Retail Offering has Come a Long Way in Recent Years and Deserves Recognition Says Harvey Nichols' General Manager Kevin Breese

However, it was a long way off what it is today.

I had visited the city many times, both on business and pleasure, but I have to admit that I had found it lacking in stylish venues to shop, eat and drink. It was great for a busines...

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