High street heroes : the story of British retail in 50 people /
Timpson, John, 1943-
High street heroes : the story of British retail in 50 people / John Timpson. - 288 pages ; 22 cm
When businessman John Timpson started his retailing career in 1960, there were no supermarkets, no out-of-town shopping centres and not even a hint of internet shopping. The British high street was full of made-to-measure tailors and traditional grocers. In this book, Timpson shows how successive generations of forward-thinking shopkeepers and inspirational entrepreneurs have led the major retailers through a period of rapid change - people such as Ken Morrison, Ralph Halpern and Anita Roddick, without whom our high streets would have looked very different.
9781848319165 (pbk.) : £12.99
Retail trade--History.--Great Britain
Businesspeople--History.--Great Britain
Industry.
Industry.
381.1'0941
High street heroes : the story of British retail in 50 people / John Timpson. - 288 pages ; 22 cm
When businessman John Timpson started his retailing career in 1960, there were no supermarkets, no out-of-town shopping centres and not even a hint of internet shopping. The British high street was full of made-to-measure tailors and traditional grocers. In this book, Timpson shows how successive generations of forward-thinking shopkeepers and inspirational entrepreneurs have led the major retailers through a period of rapid change - people such as Ken Morrison, Ralph Halpern and Anita Roddick, without whom our high streets would have looked very different.
9781848319165 (pbk.) : £12.99
Retail trade--History.--Great Britain
Businesspeople--History.--Great Britain
Industry.
Industry.
381.1'0941