The Retail Champion: 10 Steps to Retail Success - Softcover

Rayner, Clare

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9780749465889: The Retail Champion: 10 Steps to Retail Success

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0749465883 ISBN 13: 9780749465889

Publisher: Kogan Page, 2012

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Stop playing shops! This title offers all the knowledge, skills, tools and techniques you need to turn your small retail business into a scalable, saleable enterprise. The "Retail Champion" is aimed at every small retailer who is serious about growing their business. Using a practical ten-step process, Clare Rayner, one of the most well-known and respected retail consultants in the UK, will give you all the tools, techniques and motivation you need to survive and thrive in a difficult market. Whether your business is on the high street or online it will cover everything you need to create a framework for success for your business, no matter what you sell. There are case studies throughout from the leading lights in the retail sector such as Mike Clare, Jacqueline Gold and Hussein Lalani, several of whom began their journey as founders of independents themselves.

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Review:

"This book has so many 'golden nuggets' of advice & tips - especially for new start-ups." (Mike Clare, Founder & President of Dreams Plc)

"Don't start up a retail business until you have read this book!" (Hussein Lalani, co-founder 99p Stores)

"This book really is the "one-stop shop" stocking everything retailers and would-be retailers need to create, establish and grow a successful retail business." (Ben Sillitoe, Editor, Retail Gazette)

"Stop playing shops! Master these core 10 steps to retail success and take control of your venture and opportunities." (Doug Richards, Entrepreneur, Investor, Founder of School for Startups)

"Clare has been a real champion of independent retailers and her book provides the sort of vital insights they need to help them compete in today's punishing trading conditions" (George MacDonald, Deputy Editor, Retail Week)

"Need a shot of retail caffeine to galvanise your retail business? Don't just wake up and smell the coffee, this book is a full-strength double espresso to REALLY get you going." (Michael Weedon, Deputy Chief Executive, bira (British Independent Retailers Association).)

"Cutting it on the high street requires a great business idea AND the business know-how to make the dream happen. This book is the definitive guide to retail your way to success." (Nigel J L Rothband, Chief Executive, Retail Trust)

"The RETAIL CHAMPION is Absolutely brilliant! If you're serious about success in retail this is the book for you. Clare's down to earth style makes reading this book a joy, no jargon, great examples and advicefrom a true expert. Whether you are just starting out or a seasoned retailer everything you need to be a retail champion is in this book." (Bev James, CEO of The Entrepreneurs Business Academy and Author of Do it! or Ditch it)

"Implement Clare's '10 steps to retail success' and make your business boom!" (Thomas Power, Chairman of Ecademy)

"This is an independent retailers best friend. A must read with useful tools and techniques to be mastered and keep retail business in the high street game." (Kerry Bannigan, Co-Founder of Nolcha and Independent Retailer Month)

Book Description:

The Retail Champion : 10 Steps to Retail Success is the ONLY book any small retailer needs, whether starting up or already trading, online only or multi-channel, to make their retail business a success.

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