Writer, strategist, co-presenter the U.K. No1 podcast The Rest Is Politics … love Britain hate Brexit, loved Twitter loathe Musk n Trump
Retail consultant and analyst by day, gym instructor and beer drinker by night.
All about shops, pubs, planes, gyms... and the views are mine, all mine.
Journalist. Presenter of R4's #MoneyBox Live (Weds, 3pm). Also found on #WakeUpToMoney, #R4Today, BBC 5 Live, #GreenMoneyShow. Enthusiast. Humanist.
Half Man, Half Bookshop.
Moved to Hastings in 2018 to start a wild new adventure with my family.
Not the inventor of the word "brainbow"
https://www.biggreenbookshop.com/
Editor of Which? magazine. 6 Music dad. Mags, papers, food, consumer stuff, books, records, cricket, Bristol City FC.
Drinks editor at leading trade magazine The Grocer. Slice and sando enthusiast. Live music lover. Long-suffering Spurs fan.
@memorialdevice.bsky.social Alternative National Treasure. #LFC. #SmallBusiness owner. #Edinburgh. #Retail. #Music. #Politics. The most ill considered opinions are probably mine.
Thrilling posts predominantly about supermarkets, football grounds & architecture.
CEO Grocery Insight. Store insight, process, availability & better execution. Retail influencer. "The man supermarket CEO's turn to" (BBC). SEN Tribunal vet.
Designer. Shopkeeper. Snowboarder. Rider of bikes. Keeper of cats. Old Mini and old VW van driver. Brexit is stupid. From Essex but living in Salford/Manchester. Ad Astra per Aspera
Head of Communications for the BRC. Lives in Rotherhithe, #SE16. Interested in politics, retail, dogs, and board games. Views my own.
Economist at the British Retail Consortium 🛍️
UK macro, retail and #costofliving 📈👨🏽💻🇬🇧
Opinions my own etc
Formerly Experian
Leicestershire, United Kingdom 🦊
Technology Editor at The Grocer
Bible of the UK food and drink industry since 1862 🛒
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Dad to Fred & Samuel
🧙♂Wizard Shopkeeper thepotionsauldron.com theholeinwand.com
🛍 York, North Yorkshire, UK
⚽ Scunthorpe United
Retail commentator, lover of all things shopping based
Architectural and Retail Historian (FSA FRHistS). ‘Chain Stores’ published May 2025.
Website: buildingourpast.com
Also expect posts about Romanesque sculpture (CRSBI fieldworker, Hampshire) and the Western Isles.
Professor of Retail Studies, University of Stirling, Chair Scotland's Towns Partnership, Fellow Royal Society of Edinburgh, Extremely long-suffering Welsh rugby fan, occasional gardener.
Stirlingretail.com
Guardian journalist covering retail, restaurants, high streets and workers’ rights. Got a story? Contact me on Sarah.butler@theguardian.com
