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Continue reading →: Freedom from Standard Thinking
New publishers often ask me for business advice and a common phrase used is, “what is standard” in this or that situation in our industry. The implication being that there are set rules or procedures in any given business dealings. Of course there is etiquette in business and there are common…
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Continue reading →: Blue Eyed Sun wins Queens Award for International Trade
Her Majesty The Queen has been graciously pleased to approve the Prime Minister’s recommendation that Blue Eyed Sun should receive a Queen’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade this year. The award is in recognition of exceptional export growth in the last three years. The Award was conferred on 21…
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Continue reading →: Problems with exclusivity
I recently took a call from an upset retailer who had discovered that a competitor right next door stocking our cards and displaying them in their window in the same way as they did. Our retailer had only started stocking Blue Eyed Sun last year and within a short space of time…
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Continue reading →: Greetings Today Magazine features Blue Eyed Sun
Greetings Today magazine just featured us in their latest issue. Here’s what they wrote: Back in 2000, Greetings Today magazine featured a newcomer to the industry in the shape of Jo Corner and her handmade glass enamel cards. Three premises moves later, Blue Eyed Sun’s recent expansion into significantly larger…
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Continue reading →: How to cope when things go wrong
Recently we had a number of things go wrong in our business in a single week. I thought back to the early days of setting up Blue Eyed Sun and how issues like that seemed like the biggest things in the world to us at the time. The stress, anger…
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Continue reading →: What consumers want from retailers
According to the business consultant, Joseph Pine, there has been a fundamental change going on in the fabric of our modern economy. If you work in retail it’s something to be aware of because it is at the heart of what modern consumers really want from retailers. Commodities In the…
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Continue reading →: Blue Eyed Sun move to new premises in Burgess Hill
After ten years of working away in our old premises in Hove, which served us remarkably well for the amount of space, Blue Eyed Sun have expanded into new premises at 56 Victoria Road, Burgess Hill, West Sussex, RH15 9LR. Whilst we would love to have stayed in Brighton, warehouse premises there are…
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Continue reading →: New beginnings for Blue Eyed Sun in 2016
The New Year is always a good time for new beginnings. Even though technically a new year starts every day there’s something about the 1st January and the new year date that seems to energise in a different way to most other days. Perhaps the celebrations the night before focus…
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Continue reading →: Using the 5 Love Languages in Retail
After thirty years as a marriage counsellor, Greg Chapman knows a thing or two about relationships. He believes that there are 5 Love Languages. All of the important people in our lives have a primary love language that we must learn to speak if we want that person to feel…
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I’m Jeremy
Blue Eyed Sun is an award winning card and gift company specialising in gorgeous greetings cards and eco-friendly gifts. Founded by business partners Jo Kirby and Jeremy Corner in 2000, the firm now sells to the best gift and card shops around the world. Customers include leading multiples and a host of top independent retailers.
