A Resilient Retail Reflection: Ten Highlights From The Last Three Years
A Resilient Retail Reflection: Ten Highlights From The Last Three Years Celebrations are in order! May is not only the month of my birthday but it also marks the third anniversary of The Resilient Retail Club. When I started the business back in 2020, I never set out to create a membership, but instead planned […]
Making The Most Of Father’s Day In Your Business
Making The Most Of Fathers Day In Your Business With Easter not long behind us, the next big calendar event on the horizon is Father’s Day. Whilst the dad-centric holiday sees lower spending on average than Mother’s Day, it’s still a major event in hospitality and retail. Now, some of you may be looking at […]
Four Key Traits That Product Business Owners Need To Have In Order To Flourish
Four Key Traits That Product Business Owners Need To Have In Order To Flourish The impact of mindset on your product business truly cannot be underestimated, it affects everything we do as small business owners, from the way that we interact with our customers and staff to how we show up on social media and […]
Building Your Small Business On A Budget: Elizabeth Stiles
Building Your Small Business On A Budget: Elizabeth Stiles In episode 142 of The Resilient Retail Game Plan, I wrap up my short series about building your small business on a budget with my good friend and fashion brand consultant Elizabeth Stiles. Elizabeth and I share a lot of background and experience when it comes […]
Building Your Small Business On A Budget: Jayne Lasley of Fairlie Curved
Building Your Small Business On A Budget: Jayne Lasley of Fairlie Curved In the fourth episode of my mini-series of discussions about building your small business on a budget, I speak to Jayne Lasley, founder of “Fairlie Curved”. Originally started as a styling page on Instagram, Jayne took a modest £500 after losing her job […]
Building Your Small Business On A Budget: Steph Douglas of Don’t Buy Her Flowers
Building Your Small Business On A Budget: Steph Douglas of Don’t Buy Her Flowers In the third of my mini-series of discussions about building your small business on a budget, I speak to Steph Douglas, founder of the thoughtful gifting company “Don’t Buy Her Flowers”. Steph started her small business back in 2014 after she […]
Building Your Small Business On A Budget: Rebecca Gibbions of Last Night I Dreamt
Building Your Small Business On A Budget: Rebecca Gibbions of Last Night I Dreamt In the second of my series of discussions about building your small business on a budget, I speak to Rebecca Gibbions of the boutique jewellery brand, ‘Last Night I Dreamt’. After putting a successful career in television production on hold to […]
Building Your Small Business On A Budget With Laura Schofield of Otto + Ivy
Building Your Small Business On A Budget With Laura Schofield of Otto + Ivy Today’s podcast marks the first in a series of discussions about building your small business on a budget and in episode 138 of The Resilient Retail Game Plan I speak with Laura Schofield, the founder of Otto + Ivy, a specialist […]
The Importance Of Investing In Amazing Product Photography
The Importance Of Investing In Amazing Product Photography Product photography has changed a lot since the days of a single image on a white background in a 500-page catalogue. As the advertising and marketing worlds have evolved, we’ve seen increasing complexity in the way businesses present their products to their audience, such as through multi-layered […]
5 Ways To Share The Honest Reality Behind Your Business Without Guilting Your Customer
5 Ways To Share The Reality Behind Your Business Without Guilting Your Customer So, the inspiration for today’s episode came out of a conversation I was having with fashion brand consultant, Elizabeth Stiles. We chat often over WhatsApp, sometimes about the things that drive us crazy about small businesses – and on this occasion we […]
Building Brilliant Brands And Buyer Behaviour with Cara Bendon
Building Brilliant Brands And Buyer Behaviour with Cara Bendon Branding at its core is rooted in psychology and human behaviour – it’s how your customers think and feel about you, your products and your business, and more than ever with so many brands out there, we, as founders, need to be able to cut through […]
“Tame Your Tiger: How To Stop Your Product Business Eating You Alive”
“Tame Your Tiger: How To Stop Your Product Business Eating You Alive” My first book, “Tame Your Tiger: How to Stop Your Product Business Eating You Alive “ was finally released this week and I couldn’t be more excited to share it with you! To really celebrate this momentous occasion, I’ve decided to spend this […]
5 Crucial Figures That You Need To Know To Boost Your Small Business In 2023
5 Crucial Figures That You Need To Know To Boost Your Small Business In 2023 In today’s episode of The Resilient Retail Game Plan, I want to give you my expert support in order for you to understand better the figures that can ultimately make or break your small business. We’re already barrelling towards March […]
12 Ways You Can Make The Most Of Mother’s Day
12 Ways You Can Make The Most Of Mothers Day It may still be a whole six weeks away but Mother’s Day is the biggest gift-giving event in the UK outside of Christmas, out-selling both Valentine’s and Father’s day! The cost of living crisis and the ongoing recession are still presenting plenty of challenges to […]
5 Essential Traits That Product Business Owners Need To Have To Thrive In 2023
5 Essential Traits That Product Business Owners Need To Have To Thrive Coming off the back of my 5-day challenge, across the various conversations, questions and queries that arose during the week, I noticed some commonalities and a number of reoccurring themes when it came to the real-life experience of running a small product business. […]
4 Ways You Can Get Yourself Ready For Spring And Beyond
4 Ways You Can Get Yourself Ready For Spring And Beyond January is a funny month in retail – starting back up after the highs of the Christmas selling season can make the new year feel exceptionally tough-going, and with Christmas never being as restful as you’d think, for many business owners January is the […]
