FOXHILLS musings — Junior Retailer

In February we had a visit from Jakki Brown who is Joint Managing Director of Max Publishing. Max Publishing create a large number of the trade magazines for the Giftware, Greeting Cards and Homewares Industries. In a brief conversation with Jakki at a trade show in January I mentioned what we are doing at Papilio with Makaton as well as the Junior Retailer Scheme I started last summer. As a result Jakki came for a visit and an interview. The result is a double page spread in Progressive Greetings as well as a really nice intro at the start of...

As part of our Junior Apprenticeship (you can read more about that here) each of the children has had a Marketing session. One of their tasks was to choose their favourite product in Papilio home and tell you all about it. Today is Georgia's turn What is the product? I've chosen a Jellycat rabbit called Huge Bashful Navy Bunny   Which brand is it? The brand is Jellycat   Why did you choose it? I chose Huge Bashful Navy Bunny because he is the biggest and the cutest   Who would like this product? Children would like it most How...

As part of our Junior Apprenticeship (you can read more about that here) each of the children has had a Marketing session. One of their tasks was to choose their favourite product in Papilio home and tell you all about it.Today is Eden's turn. What is the product?It's a reversible sequin card Which brand is it?Redback cards Why did you choose it?I chose this card because it's different and you don't normally see it in shops How can it be used?After you use it as a card the patch on the front can peel off. You can put it on...

As part of our Junior Apprenticeship (you can read more about that here) each of the children has had a Marketing session. One of their tasks was to choose their favourite product in Papilio home and tell you all about it.Today is Tabitha's turn (and no, not me - we had another Tabitha :) ).What is the product? He is a Large Harry Panda Cub Which brand is it?Harry is made by JellycatWhy did you choose it? I chose Harry because he is the softest panda I know Who would like this product? The Universe How much does it cost?...

During the summer we've been carrying out a Junior Apprenticeship for 7-11 year olds in Papilio home. If you missed the first post on why we're doing it you can have a read here. Today I'm sharing what we've been up to with the kids. Each child has had four sessions with us, (each of 1 hour long) and each covering a different aspect of running a shop/business. Customer ServiceNeedless to say, a very important session! The kids spent the first part of the hour with me coming up with different aspects of good customer service and putting each one...