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Cath Kidston
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- 2011-04-24
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“I did show it to him. I did. Absolutely, yes. I wanted him to help me choose the record he had made which he wouldn't do. But actually I think it was quite clear which one I was going to end up choosing.”
2011-04-24 · Desert Island Discs · Cath Kidston · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“I suppose there's an element of that for some people. I think that the biggest thing we're told by our customers is the product cheers them up, and whether it's nostalgic or not, it's about that psych feel good factor, and the fact that it's practical useful, quite down to earth, I think there's something about it in that vein that really is where the appeal lies.”
2011-04-24 · Desert Island Discs · Cath Kidston · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Luckily now I think of myself as just a cog in the wheel these days because in amongst that you know I have wonderful finance director managing director and all the rest of it and I think one of the things that's helped me is Realizing I needed other people to come in and do things, I wasn't going to be able to run the whole thing myself.”
2011-04-24 · Desert Island Discs · Cath Kidston · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“I think it's forty stores in the UK and about ten abroad stores in Japan and two just opened in Korea. Two shops was the worst. I remember going away for a weekend and ringing the shop to see everything was all right and there was no answer and you know the garlot been sick and hadn't shown up so the door didn't open. That kind of thing when it was early on was really stressful.”
2011-04-24 · Desert Island Discs · Cath Kidston · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“You know, I don't know the exact point. I really felt from very, very early on I was on to something with the notion of what I was doing. I remember feeling I'd really overstepped the mark when I opened my second shop, thinking that's probably going a stage too far. What am I doing? suggested.”
2011-04-24 · Desert Island Discs · Cath Kidston · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source