Nation of Shopkeepers

Notes:

Written by a journalist and largely based on interviews with both large and small shopkeepers in order to produce an account of 'shopkeepers and shopping as seen by the [large and small] shopkeepers themselves'. Organised by sector: food - Tescos, Jacksons of Piccadilly, G H Cutler, Bill Yearley ; large chains - Allied Suppliers, J Sainsbury & Co, MacFisheries, Dorothy Perkins, Times Furnishings, Morris & Blakey Wallpapers; other chains - Marks & Spencer, British Home Stores, Woolworths; department stores - House of Fraser, John Lewis Partnership, Debenhams, Grant Brothers, Goldbergs, Copeland & Lye of Glasgow; Mothercare, Habitat, Dixons Photographic Ltd; woman's fashion - Cresta, Total One, Peter Robinson, Jaeger; men's fashion - Montague Burton, Claytons of Shepherds Bush, Austin Reed; small retailers - x 10; dairy products - Express Dairies, Northern Dairies; J Taylor of Derbyshire; fancy goods, etc, - Aspreys, Duffys, H Samuel, L Green toyshop of Dulwich; book trade - W H Smith, Martin Hamlyn, Foyles, Ibis Bookshop, Hudsons of Birmingham