Portas

To refer to Portas as a "retail expert" is akin to referring to the Pope as a "religion specialist".

Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011

The 12 towns in England will be selected to run so-called Portas Pilots and "breathe new life" into local shopping centres, creating town teams, made up of the key players in their local community - such as the council, landlords, shopkeepers and the local MP.

WalesOnline - Home WalesOnline 2012

Unfortunately for the government, Portas has fallen short of its expectations while simultaneously exceeding mine: she's actually trying to do something.

I bet David Cameron wishes he'd chosen me instead of Mary Portas 2011

"Today we start a new cycle," the PSD leader said Thursday after signing a political accord with Paulo Portas, the leader of the smaller conservative CDS.

World Watch 2011

What they failed to take into account is that Portas had a previous career in the real world.

I bet David Cameron wishes he'd chosen me instead of Mary Portas 2011

Obviously Mary Portas is on the case, and there is already a shelf full of government-sponsored reports to flick through, but employment figures published by the British Retail Consortium last week makes the situation more urgent than that.

It'll be lonely this Christmas for the retailers – and that's barely the start of their problems 2011

Mr. Portas said he believes the new government will fulfil its duty to Portugal, noting that the two parties have already demonstrated "courage" in arriving at an accord despite their differences.

Portugal Leader Vows to Restore Confidence Alex MacDonald 2011

So I expect David Cameron is wishing he'd asked me, rather than Mary Portas, to carry out a review of Britain's high streets.

I bet David Cameron wishes he'd chosen me instead of Mary Portas 2011

"Today we start a new cycle," the PSD leader said Thursday after signing a political accord with Paulo Portas , the leader of the smaller conservative CDS.

Portugal Leader Vows to Restore Confidence Alex MacDonald 2011

The survey, by the Local Data Company, highlights the scale of the challenge facing Mary Portas, who has been given the task of drafting a plan to rejuvenate Britain's high streets.

High streets struggle as shoppers curb spending or drive to out-of-town malls 2011