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great insight isn’t just about what people *said*

I watched the next episode of Mary Portas: Secret Shopper last night.  Not really a good idea because she winds me up, but this week’s focus was on the sofa industry and since one of the agencies I work for has a client in that sector I thought I’d better tune in. What really set me […]
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FYI Mary Portas: great customer service costs money

I did warn you I wasn’t a big fan of Mary Portas, so I suppose it was inevitable that I would end up muttering darkly at the TV this evening when the first episode of her new series Mary Portas: Secret Shopper aired. pic taken from interview here Mary has a new bee in her […]
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there’s something that really annoys me about Mary Portas

There’s an interview with Mary Portas (who regular readers will know I don’t always see eye to eye with) in this week’s Sunday Times (sorry, paywall, but she’s also been interviewed by just about every other major news outlet).  Mary has a new series starting on Channel 4 called Secret Shopper, where she goes undercover […]
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