The Retail Champion, 10 Steps to Retail Success--------------------------------------------------Stop playing shops! This title offers all the knowledge, skills, toolsand techniques you need to turn your small retail business into a scalable," saleable enterprise. The "Retail Champion" is aimed at every small"retailer who is serious about growing their business. Using a practicalten-step process, Clare Rayner, one of the most well-known and respectedretail consultants in the UK, will give you all the tools, techniquesand motivation you need to survive and thrive in a difficult market.Whether your business is on the high street or online it will covereverything you need to create a framework for success for your business,no matter what you sell. There are case studies throughout from theleading lights in the retail sector such as Mike Clare, JacquelineGold and Hussein Lalani, several of whom began their journey as foundersof independents themselves.--------------------------------------------------Author Biography: Clare Rayner is a renowned retail expert and oneof the most respected and experienced retail consultants in the UK.She started out as a fast-track graduate store management trainee forMcDonalds before going on to work with leading retailers such as M&S,Dixons and Argos. She then moved swiftly into management roles beforebeing headhunted into senior consulting roles with global softwaregiant SAP, and international management consulting brand, Accenture.Known as The Retail Champion, Clare is engaged by clients as a retailconsultant, retail speaker and retail mentor. She is regularly calledupon by BBC News (TV and Radio) as well as various trade press to commentas a retail expert. In recognition of her work with and support ofthe Independent Retail sector, in 2011 she was asked to launch IndependentRetailer Month, a global campaign to celebrate independent retail,into the UK. http://www.retailchampion.co.uk/