Posted on March 9, 2010 by Nick
Without “The Apprentice”, there’s far less in the way of business telly around these days. Which is why it’s nice to see a brief slice of entrepreneurship TV on Wednesday, on BBC2. It’s going to be a look at the inner workings of the John Lewis Partnership; a rather marvellous institution amongst retailers because of [...]
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Posted on July 8, 2008 by Nick
Soothsayers and sleight-of-hand merchants, magicians and Victorian side-show owners. They’re as good a bet in understanding the current economic climate as anyone in the press. I mean, what sort of misguided fool would proffer their opinion on this recession? Who’d be daft enough to stick their head above the parapet? Er… me. I can’t help [...]
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Posted on February 15, 2008 by Nick
This year’s January sales began in, er… December. In fact several stores, whilst obviously closed on Christmas day, used their 24/7 web marketing capacity to launch online sales on Christmas Day. Why the manic push for retail sales? Well, what with the credit crunch and an obsession with shareholder value, big retailers spent the last [...]
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