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Enterprise & Entrepreneuralism



Bridgetown Newsagents - A Small Business Case Study
Introduction
Dillons newsagents is a late closing local shop with a 'Mini-Mart' service. The
'Mini-Mart' side of the business is franchised from Dillons to a registered
partnership: Mr Charles Pettifer and Mr Marc Devis.

Full services are provided in the shop, a paper delivery service is also
available along with the full complement of groceries, fresh sandwiches,
confectionery, videos, cigarettes and alcohol etc..

The newsagents is located in Stratford upon Avon, on the Birmingham road,
approximately half a mile from the town centre and situated within a very
residential area. Tesco's are the immediate traders to the newsagents.

Nine ...

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part-time employment at Dillon's newsagents.

Growth of Dillons:

In 1988, Dillons employed Mr Charles Pettifer as the operational manager, from
this date the shop solely provided newspapers and magazines for approximately
eighteen months. During this period Dillons were developing their own ‘Mini-
Mart' theme and as such decided to expand the facilities to supply a range of
groceries and other common consumer goods as well as the usual news literature.
The shop opening hours were also increased from the regular evening licensing
hours of 5:30pm, to a more substantial one of 11pm.

At this point, Mr Pettifer decided to take on the shop franchise offered by
Dillons with the help of a silent partner Mr Devis. Mr Devis has shares in the
business, but does not have authority to make unsupported decisions.

The franchise resulted in Mr Pettifer being able to obtain many goods for the
newsagents at discounted prices. The entirety of the shop was responsibility of
Mr Pettifer provided ...

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business was the initial investment by Dillons, this was
followed by continued investments by the silent partner, Mr Devis, to enable
increased expansion of the store.

Major Investments:

At this stage, no further investments were made due to the limited product range
and turnover within the shop. Major investment here was therefore not justified.

Products:

The product range was initially limited due to floor space, and the occupying
range purchased, in bulk, at a recommended cash and carry outlet.

Dillons had now become a very stable stage-1 business due mainly to the support
and expertise of Dillons' management. Also, the newsagent's position was
integral to the initial success it ...

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