Make the most of a shopper’s trip to your store
At 288 pages, Supermarket Shoppology, the new book from retail expert Phillip Adcock, has a feeling of heft and the good news for busy retailers is that you can learn a lot by…
A guide to good decisions
Maurice Clegg’s A Life is packed with ideas that will help ambitious business people to make a success of their commercial lives – and perhaps their family lives too. Born in 1930 in Merseyside…
Peer into the Futurezone and plan the future of your business
At this January’s launch party for Pro-retail 2012 (to be held in Telford on 24 and 25 April), many independent retailers told me how they were inspired by Palmer and Harvey’s taster event for…
Plain Truths
I sold tobacco in my shop for over 20 years. During that time sales stayed relatively stable in cash terms – meaning that I steadily sold fewer and fewer packets. The reasons why…
Walmart at 50: Obsolete but being reinvented near you!
Key insights and practical lessons from the world’s largest retailer, promises the cover of Natalie Berg and Bryan Roberts’ new book, simply called Walmart. Selling at £29.99 (or £22.99 on Amazon), this book…
The Rare Find
What is the reward for local shopkeepers to recruit great staff? Anders writes about world leading talent and how it is unearthed. How is this relevant for small shops? And for their potential colleagues?
A quick and fantastic guide to making profit
Bob Gorton’s book Boosting Sales (Bloomsbury, £9.99) available on Amazon, gives the owner of every business a lasting insight into the simple rules that will help you make more money than you are…
Start it up – Energise your business
“Business is a fantastic technique for someone from a modest background, with minimal education, to improve their life and get ahead”, says Luke Johnson in his book Start It Up. His publishers describe…
The magic of retailing
Jeff Pearce was just about to pull the steel shutters down at the front of his store when he noticed a young girl sitting on the ground with a blanket
21/05/2012
Chander Hingorani — If I am not mistaken, Wonga charge interest in excess of 4000%. And they are not regulated by FSA either....
18/05/2012
Tom Searle — A similar loan for one year from the NFRN Credit Union would cost £66 per £1,000. However, you need...
15/05/2012
Steven Denham — Hi Steve, if you let us know your email address by using the 'Contact Us' button at the top of...
15/05/2012
Steve Parsons — Hi Steve I would be interested in the contact details of your holiday relief.
11/05/2012
Christine — Another book you are persuading me to purchase and get into action.
Philip Hesketh book has helped me in quite a...
