AND FINALLY

“I still have not got over Harrogate! Seeing people I have only met on Zoom for close to two years was one of the biggest thrills – so many smiling faces and warm welcomes from suppliers. Really makes you realise how much you’ve missed that face-to-face thing.”

“As much as I enjoyed being back in the thrust of things, I personally would have felt far more relaxed if the Harrogate show organisers had implemented their own restrictions and insisted everyone wore masks all the time. “I bought with care Having had three at Harrogate. Less members of the than I’d planned in family suffer with terms of spend, but Covid early on, and much more than I’d recently my 11-year- expected in terms of new

old nephew, I felt uncomfortable and in fact left a day early.” And Finally looks. I picked up two new labels, which I love, and came away ready to clear the rails when “Some suppliers who were We knew this one would they arrive. The less than supportive in the early days of lockdown, be full of positivity! excitement of the good old days is back!” actually apologised when I saw them at Harrogate and one took the time to “I got some brilliant advice from the Get Savvy explain the problems they team and I will certainly be taking many of had been trying to deal their suggestions on board. I guess the more with. It did make me see questions you ask, the more information you I’d been only focused on gather, and the clearer, then, the way forward.” my own problems.”

JESUS PEIRO “I’d be really interested to know if other shop owners are finding that brides have become more demanding than ever. It goes without saying that we have been overwhelmingly understanding about the problems the pandemic has brought to their plans, for some more than once, but twice in the past few weeks I’ve been faced with a ‘what are you going to do about it?’ attitude. I’m not sure what they think we’ve been doing for the past 18 months. I know, of course, this is all about demand for big discounts, but it is really hard for me and my staff to remain polite and supportive. Are others dealing with the same attitudes and how are they coping?”

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