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Waterstones chief James Daunt: Covid made people pick up books again

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By Neil Craven
| iqfin.net
For years you could count the number of bookstores run by James Daunt on the fingers of one hand. Now the former JP Morgan banker with a bent for high culture has 1,000 shops under his control on either side of the Atlantic Ocean with plans for hundreds more.
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We may be slashing prices... but Waitrose will always be a cut above

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By Neil Craven
| iqfin.net
2023-02-25 21:51:03 Boast: James Bailey has launched a 100 million price-cutting campaign Waitrose has long been a bastion of Britain's middle classes, who brandish its shopping bags like a badge of honour. So it must be hard times indeed when boss James Bailey has to cut prices to tempt shoppers through the door. 'It's really hard to make money at the moment,' he says, pointing to the uninspiring profit growth at rivals as evidence.
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Boss of HMV: I took onstreaming giants with oldstyle vinyl

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By Neil Craven
| iqfin.net
2023-02-18 21:52:44 Patient: Doug Putman says HMV helps its customers slow down and enjoy life When Doug Putman rescued the iconic HMV chain in 2019, the odds were stacked against him. The chain was bankrupt and sales of its mainstays, DVDs and CDs, were in freefall. Thousands of films were available at the press of a button on Amazon and Netflix, and music streaming was king. Many thought the self-proclaimed music lover with the dream of a revival of vinyl had lost the plot.
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