RETAILER INTERVIEW
ROSS MACPHERSON DAY-TODAY DOONFOOT / DAY-TODAY BARRASSIE
HOW’S YOUR WEEK BEEN...
ROSS MACPHERSON
IT’S BEEN A WHIRLWIND LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS FOR AYRSHIRE RETAILER ROSS MACPHERSON WITH HUGE SALES GROWTH IN BOTH OF HIS STORES AND AN EXTRA £10K A WEEK IN EACH STORE ON HOME DELIVERY.
HOW’S YOUR WEEK BEEN ROSS? Good. Very, very busy but good and both the Barassie and Doonfoot stores are doing really well.
HOW WELL? Sales in Doonfoot have almost trebled and Barrassie has seen growth of between 50% and 75% a week, even though we partially close it three days a week.
WHY DO YOU CLOSE IT? It’s purely a safety issue. Our deliveries from the wholesaler are so big at the moment that we literally don’t have the space to restock the store and have customers wandering around the
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