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Buying with Care

By : June 1, 2011

Have you watched the BBC TV programme “Britain’s next Big Thing”? If you missed it, the gist of the programme was to get big retailers to hold “open days” and encourage new designers and craftsmen to show their products to the retail buyers. The main lesson that I took from the series is that a [...]

Make your suppliers your business partners

By : May 9, 2011

Are you making the most of your suppliers? Are you developing your business using their help? I would guess that most retailers do not utilise the power that our suppliers have for radically improving our businesses. The success of every business is built on a three sided platform: on one side are your customers, on [...]

To Buy or not to Buy – That is the Question

By : November 5, 2010

You want a new business, do you buy one or create a new start-up? This is one of those difficult questions. Many questions concerning the decision to enter into a particular business will be the same whether you buy an existing business or whether you create a new start-up. The hazards connected with a new [...]