Pound Shop Wars
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30:00Pound Shop Wars
Poundworld boss Chris went into partnership last year with his former rival, Poundland founder Steve Smith, to launch an online pound shop. After six months, their business relationship has ended. Steve might think that Chris has turned his back on online retail, but he'd be wro...
30:00Poundworld boss Chris is setting out to prove they're no Mickey Mouse operation. He's done a huge deal allowing him to manufacture a range of genuine Disney products promoting the latest smash-hit film, Frozen. Chris can't believe that, from starting off on a single market stall in Wakefield, he now finds himself signing d...
30:00Along the south coast, Poundworld's rivals outnumber the chain by 70 shops to zero. It's something boss Chris is desperate to rectify. In Yorkshire, Chris's office has turned into a war room, as plans are afoot for a full-scale invasion.
October 2015
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30:00Seasonal sales can make or break a pound shop. In the last few years, flogging fake blood and cut-price costumes has made monster Halloween sales for Poundworld boss Chris. This year, he's decided the company will create their own friendly Halloween characters to try to generate multi-sales within each store. With 500 diff...
30:00The rise of the pound shop has helped us all save our pennies in recent years, but there's another type of discount store we've also been flocking to - the multi-price retailer. There's no limit on price, which can ensure the retailers rich rewards. With the current discount leader B&M Bargains valued at double the price o...
30:00Poundworld's CEO Chris Edwards has an insatiable appetite for expansion. He aims to open 40 new shops in 12 months. More shops mean more stock, and crucially, somewhere to store millions of brand new one-pound items. In this episode, Chris gets the keys to a huge new warehouse perfect for the £4m-worth of extra stock he ha...
30:00Poundworld prides itself on selling life's essentials, but every now and then one particular new product can unexpectedly start selling like hot cakes. Timing is everything with retail crazes, and the trick is to know what to gamble on. Poundworld boss Chris is tipped off by his granddaughter Olivia that the latest trend t...
September 2015 30:00
30:00Pound shops are a fixture on almost every British high street, and competition between the big chains is ever more cut-throat. Now, they're not just competing for shoppers, but also their own staff.
April 2014
Chris fights to win middle class customers by opening a branch in Harrogate.(R)
March 2014
A Poundworld store opens near Peterborough's longest-running small independent pound shop.(R)
When Poundland reduces its prices, Poundworld retaliates by launching the £1 bra.(R)
December 2012
Documentary following the rapid expansion of two family-run pound shop chains.