Expert Eye with
John Shepherd
Owner and Managing Director of Partridges
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“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. -
“Late Bloomers”
12 October 2018 Expert EyeThis summer I stumbled across two facts that in particular stuck in my mind. -
“Summer Report 2018”
27 August 2018 Expert EyeSo far this summer for us at Partridges it’s been about 1 Royal Wedding, 2 heatwaves and 3 Lions and apologies yet again for being about to use the W word (that is weather by the way) -
“The rise of shrinkage”
17 July 2018 Expert EyeWhen times are tough for shopkeepers, several aspects of running a business take on a greater significance. Take shrinkage for example.
