Expert Eye with
John Shepherd
Owner and Managing Director of Partridges
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“What to do about January?”
08 January 2020 Expert EyeAfter December, the busiest month of the year at nearly 12% of our annual takings, comes the stark reality of January at just over 7% of our takings. -
“Is the Christmas boom sustainable?”
11 November 2019 Expert EyeThis is our 47th Christmas at Partridges. -
“2019 and all that”
16 October 2019 Expert Eye"Over the past 47 years, and since Partridges first started trading, the year 2018 has proven to be one of the worst!" -
“The multi-sensory deli”
06 September 2019 Expert EyeEver since I started working in food shops – some 16,790 moons ago – it has always been impressed upon me that the three most important aspects of a successful enterprise are location, location, location. -
“The Costa Del Shop 2019”
20 August 2019 Expert EyeEver since I started working in food shops – some 16,790 moons ago – it has always been impressed upon me that the three most important aspects of a successful enterprise are location, location, location. -
“The importance of regulars”
26 June 2019 Expert EyeVorsprung Durch Technik was a very successful advertising slogan used by Audi in the 1980s. -
“We need to talk about Christmas”
12 February 2019 Expert EyeIn the final article I wrote at the end of last year I suggested it could be a successful Christmas based on the fact that there were four ‘good’ shopping Saturdays before the big day. Another theory bites the dust! -
“2018: the year that was”
04 January 2019 Expert EyeOut of the 46 years we have been trading, the year 2018 has been one of the most remarkable -
“A shop for all seasons”
08 November 2018 Expert EyeAs we retailers are just about to enter our busiest season, “it is a truth universally acknowledged” that there are not only Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, Four Colly Birds and the Four Tops but also Four Seasons in every year.