Sean Farrington
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first heard Dec 2024
last heard 7 Jul
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So the chief executive, Mark Jackson, who was brought in too late to save Wilco from going bust just seven months later, he said, with hindsight, Wilco should not have stayed open during the pandemic.
He said it should have protected the business by furloughing staff like many other retailers had done.
Among other things, he pointed to the disastrous implementation of a warehouse management system, which led to a shortage of available stock.
Patrick, you also gave evidence to MPs that day.
Do you think Wilco should have been able to survive somehow?
So Wilco's family business was toast.
But the brand, well, this is sometimes the way it lives on.
Wilco branded products on sale in branches of the range after its owners bought the Wilco name for five million pounds.
Wilco continues to trade online and the brand's new owners have even opened a handful of Wilco branded stores and plan to open more.
So Sam, why do you think it ended up toast?
I wonder, Sam, what you can learn from this one.
What do you think is the lesson from Wilkinson's story?
Sam White, as ever, thank you so much.
Thanks also to our guests, to Gordon Brown and Patrick O'Brien.
Next time on Toast, Stelios Hadjioanu is known as the founder of EasyJet, but his business has expanded into all sorts of areas, including the movies.
So why didn't Easy Cinema take off?
Toast was presented by me, Sean Farrington, and produced by John Douglas.
You can find all our previous episodes on the sliced bread feed on BBC Sounds.
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