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Category Archives: Retail
The Double-dip Failure Shortlist
I couldn’t help but notice that Mothercare is in the news again with the BBC headline Mothercare reports loss after weak UK sales This time the business has posted a half-year loss of £81.4m, a like-for-like sales drop of 7%, … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Finance, Retail
Tagged Accounting, Argos, Christmas, Double-dip, Failure, Finance, HMV, Mothercare, Recession, Strategy
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How to be successful in business selling to retail
I’ve spent a lot of my business life working in and around consumer goods companies. Now, the FMCG world is an interesting place, dominated by the uneasy relationships between the big retailers and the smaller suppliers. Over recent years the … Continue reading
Fred Sirieix
Something that I always find inspiring is seeing passion and great achievement emulating from an unlikely source. And so, over the last week or so, our house has been spell-bound, mesmerised and overjoyed as we watch the TV. The program … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Coaching, Food, Retail
Tagged Adrian Fowles, Coaching, Food, Fred Sirieix, Mentoring, Michel Roux
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HMV and Credit Insurance
On January 6th, in my post about HMV, I commented that the issue for SMEs will be what happens if or when the insurers pull cover: When a big retailer sneezes it is the suppliers that catch the flu. The … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Finance, Retail, SME
Tagged Accounting, Adrian Fowles, Banking, Banks, Cash, Finance, HMV, Insurance
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Mothercare and Clinton Cards in delusional weather warning
Two more profit warnings have hit the press – This time it is Clinton Cards and Mothercare The Telegraph article opens by saying that shares in Clinton Cards and Mothercare fell sharply on Thursday after they became the latest retailers … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Finance, Retail
Tagged Accounting, Adrian Fowles, Christmas, Clinton Cards, Finance, Majestic, Mothercare, Profit, Retail, Weather
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HMV – three years ago
As a postscript to my blog entry this morning, I thought I’d mention that just under three years ago there was a blog post about HMV on the Interactive Investor site : Is HMV in the ‘buggy whip’ business? A … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Finance, Retail
Tagged Accounting, Cash, Finance, HMV, Profit, Retail
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HMV – Highstreet Media Vanishing?
Another interesting article in the Telegraph has caught my eye: HMV profit warning: can it survive? Now, I am going to have to confess some pro-HMV bias here. I’ve been involved with them on a number of occasions over the … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Finance, Retail
Tagged Adrian Fowles, Cash, Finance, HMV, Profit, Retail
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