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Eddy’s Food Station Brings 500 Jobs to Scottish Retail

A1 Retail

One of the most significant retail deals in Scotland saw the chain of 50 stores sold for £30 million in 2004. Partnering with a number of Scottish food wholesalers, Eddy’s provide customers with products tailored to the Scottish market. We wish Eddy’s Food Station every success.”.

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Sweet success: How NZ honey brand Comvita is charting international growth

Inside Retail

We went into the Hong Kong market first nearly three decades ago through a local distributor, then we lined up a distributor in mainland China in 2004, followed by forays into Japan and South Korea around the same time,” Andy Chen, Comvita’s CEO of Asia Pacific, told Inside Retail. “I

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 314 – Lovesac Founder and CEO Shawn Nelson

Retail Geek

He had a reality TV show, 2004-5, The Rebel Billionaire, you know, whatever, 16 contestants. Oh, you mean you’re an e-comm company and in many cases you do half of your sales through wholesale. We don’t have any wholesale.