James Reid

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1,746 appearances 14 recordings 3 series first heard Jan 2026 last heard 17 Aug

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But I'm picking up...

You called him sir.

And he called you Miss Levine.

I mean, so the business environment has changed so much, hasn't it?

This is an interesting perspective you're showing us.

No.

But Marks & Spencer then was, I mean, it's still a very successful and very good business, but then it was sort of undisputed leader.

What qualities made it that, do you think?

Quality.

So they were ahead of their time.

Was most of the manufacturing done in Britain then as well?

All the sourcing was made in Britain.

So that's totally changed.

Right, and you don't know what the conditions are in those factories at all.

It was a fire, yes, I do.

So it's interesting.

So why do you think that those standards that were so successful then were allowed to fall away?

Well, that's what's happened, isn't it?

I mean, people in the UK are happy to buy things from these places.

Yeah, so it's a real message around focusing on quality.

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