Service with a smile: Aisling (left) and Marie Kenneally of The Central Sports Store, Kanturk
Trading IntelligencePublished: 04 July, 2010Shop name: The Central Sports Store
Location: Kanturk, County Cork, Ireland
Owner: Francis & Marie Kenneally
Opened: August 2005
Affiliation: STAG
Number of staff: 3
Speciality: Personal service and special requests for the sporting needs of our local and surrounding areas.
VIEW FROM THE INDUSTRYFinding victory from defeatPublished: 04 July, 2010John Nagle is Managing Director of Sportsrisq Capital, which provides customised financial contracts linked to sports results, with a view to enabling businesses to offset risk and grow sales. Here he explains how Sportsrisq products can be used by retailers to better manage the supply chain and drive innovative promotions.
A Direct hitIn the first of a new series of articles written by you, members of the sports retail trade, Ward Robertson, joint managing director of the STAG Buying Group, offers his opinions on Mike Ashley's contribution to the industryPublished: 19 November, 2009If Mike Ashley were to write a book I think it should be called, ‘HOW TO LOSE FRIENDS AND SABOTAGE YOUR OWN INDUSTRY'. And one of the chapters could be entitled: ‘The way to make a small fortune is to start off with a big one!'
Jack Meets . . ."Never forget where you came from," said Graham Taylor when he spoke to Jack Lynes; though justly proud of his achievements, his passion for ‘the beautiful game' is at its peak as he relishes his ambassadorial role with Precision Training.Published: 04 March, 2009We are what we are as a result of genetics. But experience and in particular, early happenings, play an important part of what we become. How much influence our teachers have may often be under-estimated. As we spoke, I wondered about Graham Taylor's early teachers.
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