tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239241293494668004.post5393120827618148351..comments2024-03-12T15:28:22.012+01:00Comments on The Poet Laura-eate: The Commerce of SofasThe Poet Laura-eatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07779308486569849157noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239241293494668004.post-73472472463466616472013-01-22T17:10:06.768+01:002013-01-22T17:10:06.768+01:00sofas.
Congratulations for the Post.<a href="http://www.latiendahome.com/sofas.html" rel="nofollow">sofas</a>. <br /><br />Congratulations for the Post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239241293494668004.post-87891186187378787812013-01-15T17:21:08.038+01:002013-01-15T17:21:08.038+01:00WWW, that is tragic that a company could fail to r...WWW, that is tragic that a company could fail to realise that the internet may become big!<br /><br />Steve, yes, customer service should mean they are there to serve their customers.<br /><br />Marginalia, what an interesting and thought provoking response. I remember too that our unions were seriously out of step in the 70s advocating endless strikes to bring industry to its knees, when actually it was on the way out anyway owing to cheap imports etc and so much industrial action problably obscured that.<br /><br />Looby, excellent points. How did we get from worldwide empire to what we have now? Why were our victorian ancestors visionaries compared to us? Re small towns and hobby shops, you sound like you live in Lewes!<br /><br />Thanks for dropping by Leather Sofa Specialist.<br /><br />The Poet Laura-eatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07779308486569849157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239241293494668004.post-80830066261902991942013-01-11T03:52:52.953+01:002013-01-11T03:52:52.953+01:00Good things are just around the corner! Lucky that...Good things are just around the corner! Lucky that you discovered that warehouse but guess all good sofa deals can be easily found if one is only patient enough to look for it. Thank you for your insights. :)Leather Sofa Specialisthttp://www.leathersofasonline.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239241293494668004.post-9237380372000716732013-01-10T13:03:10.077+01:002013-01-10T13:03:10.077+01:00Marginalia's comment is interesting in the lig...Marginalia's comment is interesting in the light of a book I read by Corelli Barnett a couple of years ago which looks in detail at British labour and political history in the post-war period. The intertia, the glacial refusal to change in all sections of the Estate - the unions, the Treasury, the Civil Service - is astonishing to read, an almost unbelievable catalogue of how the UK squandered chance after chance to reinvent itself as a civilised, major world economy. <br /><br />The result: crappo furniture shops and an economy that relies on trading imaginary money.<br /><br />Btw - re hobbyist shops. I have seen dozens of them come and go. My home town is a fairly pleasant place to live, a bit bohemian and lively, and it's so true that people come here, like it and want to stay, then think they can run a shop on smiling too much and ideas, rather than a concrete business plan and a willingness to put the elbow grease in.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239241293494668004.post-12773210369685536842013-01-04T00:49:30.114+01:002013-01-04T00:49:30.114+01:00My observation is this: Businesses, industries, pe...My observation is this: Businesses, industries, people fail because the mind map they are navigating by is out of date. <br /><br />I was in the Treasury when we were kicked out of the ERM in 1993. It resulted in the equivalent of institution nervous breakdown. <br /><br />We had been operating as if we were still in the late 50's early 60's - following time honoured rituals and routines. Perfectly attuned for some 40 years earlier, but the world had moved on. <br /><br />Our mind map was so strong that we were blind to the day to day evidence that things had changed. The world was made to fit our vision of it.<br /><br />Only the exposure of our policy nakedness and the resulting humiliation and ridicule brought about a rapid shift. But not before a near total institutional nervous breakdown.<br /><br />Someone's dream of running their own business becomes a nightmare if they don't constantly reassess their product, attitude and market.<br />Marginaliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01175372147298306908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239241293494668004.post-72631303280271076732013-01-03T22:10:40.925+01:002013-01-03T22:10:40.925+01:00Shop owners these days seem to forget the most bas...Shop owners these days seem to forget the most basic of facts: if they want to survive and make money they have got to <i>want</i> our (the product buying public's) business!Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239241293494668004.post-89198123863788466332013-01-03T18:42:54.965+01:002013-01-03T18:42:54.965+01:00I hear you Laura, it is so sad to see some multi-g...I hear you Laura, it is so sad to see some multi-general businesses vanish due to a refusal to embrace the times. As an accountant I've seen it far too many times. I advised one business to embrace the web as a way to sell their unique (to North America) goods and was told what was good enough for....blah. Two years later out of business.<br />As to furniture I sure hope what happened with my new furniture didn't happen to your partner. I turned over all the cushions to extend life of same and guess what? On the underside was this nylon chintzy crap that didn't match the suite fabric. I was furious but warranty had run out.<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.com