Comments on: John Lewis And The Disappearing Bowls http://www.yellowswordfish.com/765/john-lewis-and-the-disappearing-bowls/ Sun, 24 Jan 2010 00:15:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Andy @ Yellow Swordfish http://www.yellowswordfish.com/765/john-lewis-and-the-disappearing-bowls/comment-page-1/#comment-28485 Andy @ Yellow Swordfish Sun, 20 Jul 2008 07:37:43 +0000 http://www.yellowswordfish.com/?p=765#comment-28485 @gemmak: I do have a policy of trying to support the ever dwindling independent retailers wherever possible and will continue to do that. It's actually one of the things I really do like about the USA - small town - independents and family businesses seem to thrive. @gemmak: I do have a policy of trying to support the ever dwindling independent retailers wherever possible and will continue to do that. It’s actually one of the things I really do like about the USA – small town – independents and family businesses seem to thrive.

]]> By: mike power http://www.yellowswordfish.com/765/john-lewis-and-the-disappearing-bowls/comment-page-1/#comment-28442 mike power Sat, 19 Jul 2008 20:04:20 +0000 http://www.yellowswordfish.com/?p=765#comment-28442 That picture brings back memories. There was a JL lorry depot in our street in Brixton in the fifties and these lorries would come and go all day long. I think they were 'GUY' lorries and the radiator cap had a head of a Native American Indian chief on it. Never knowingly undersold. :) mike powers last blog post..<a href="http://mikepower.net/not-a-blog/2008/7/19/what-a-card.html" rel="nofollow">What a card</a> That picture brings back memories. There was a JL lorry depot in our street in Brixton in the fifties and these lorries would come and go all day long. I think they were ‘GUY’ lorries and the radiator cap had a head of a Native American Indian chief on it.

Never knowingly undersold. :)

mike powers last blog post..What a card

]]> By: gemmak http://www.yellowswordfish.com/765/john-lewis-and-the-disappearing-bowls/comment-page-1/#comment-28412 gemmak Sat, 19 Jul 2008 09:43:44 +0000 http://www.yellowswordfish.com/?p=765#comment-28412 The days of <i>any</i> kind of customer service in retail are long gone...hence my early departure from a lifetime in the hell that has become retail management. JL are little better, their headway is only maintained in peoples memory, the reality is a different matter. Bitter? Who me? ;o) gemmaks last blog post..<a href="http://jmw500.blogspot.com/2008/07/saturday-sojourn.html" rel="nofollow">Saturday sojourn</a> The days of any kind of customer service in retail are long gone…hence my early departure from a lifetime in the hell that has become retail management. JL are little better, their headway is only maintained in peoples memory, the reality is a different matter.

Bitter? Who me? ;o)

gemmaks last blog post..Saturday sojourn

]]> By: Darren http://www.yellowswordfish.com/765/john-lewis-and-the-disappearing-bowls/comment-page-1/#comment-28325 Darren Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:41:33 +0000 http://www.yellowswordfish.com/?p=765#comment-28325 John Lewis was the rich mans Co-Op (anyone remember the BIG co-op department stores). The one in Milton Keynes is no better. My grandmother still has a share number for the co-op!!! Darrens last blog post..<a href="http://takuhii.x10hosting.com/unoriginal-marketing-drones-updated/" rel="nofollow">Unoriginal Marketing Drones: Updated</a> John Lewis was the rich mans Co-Op (anyone remember the BIG co-op department stores). The one in Milton Keynes is no better.

My grandmother still has a share number for the co-op!!!

Darrens last blog post..Unoriginal Marketing Drones: Updated

]]> By: Andy @ Yellow Swordfish http://www.yellowswordfish.com/765/john-lewis-and-the-disappearing-bowls/comment-page-1/#comment-28083 Andy @ Yellow Swordfish Wed, 16 Jul 2008 08:30:20 +0000 http://www.yellowswordfish.com/?p=765#comment-28083 @thud: They have moved an enormous amount of their own manufacturing to China as well over the last 5 years... @thud: They have moved an enormous amount of their own manufacturing to China as well over the last 5 years…

]]> By: Andy @ Yellow Swordfish http://www.yellowswordfish.com/765/john-lewis-and-the-disappearing-bowls/comment-page-1/#comment-28080 Andy @ Yellow Swordfish Wed, 16 Jul 2008 08:26:01 +0000 http://www.yellowswordfish.com/?p=765#comment-28080 @fractiverse: very good :) I bet the original John Lewis store sold wingnuts as well! @fractiverse: very good :)
I bet the original John Lewis store sold wingnuts as well!

]]> By: thud http://www.yellowswordfish.com/765/john-lewis-and-the-disappearing-bowls/comment-page-1/#comment-28056 thud Wed, 16 Jul 2008 02:19:34 +0000 http://www.yellowswordfish.com/?p=765#comment-28056 Andy...after years I can still not figure out what to press in an American lift.As For john Lewis...since they renamed their Liverpool landmark store from G.H.Lee I have not shopped their. thuds last blog post..<a href="http://overthewaterx2.blogspot.com/2008/07/get-thee-gone.html" rel="nofollow">Get Thee gone.</a> Andy…after years I can still not figure out what to press in an American lift.As For john Lewis…since they renamed their Liverpool landmark store from G.H.Lee I have not shopped their.

thuds last blog post..Get Thee gone.

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