Tag: shops

Open for Business – whenever?

This is the sign on the door of the Tea, Toast & Post in Robin Hoods Bay. I thought it was a joke, until I turned up on Monday morning to find it closed, with no sign of life. It was an “aren’t here at all” day. Fortunately, I stumbled on The Cove and indulged…

Secrets of Successful Shopkeepers

They say that the customer is always right. I guess whoever first said that was a customer. So they must be right. I have worked in retailing for the best part of 30 years. Rather inevitably I guess as I come from a line of retailers. Although in those days they were called shopkeepers.