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A Bazaar Life: The Autobiography of David Alliance
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Artikel-Nr:
9781849541923
Veröffentl:
2015
Erscheinungsdatum:
02.06.2015
Seiten:
448
Autor:
David Alliance
Gewicht:
751 g
Format:
241x156x43 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
David Alliance: Lord Alliance of Manchester CBE has been one of Britain's foremost industrialists for more than fifty years. He was the founder and chairman of the online retailer N Brown Group and also of Coats Viyella, Europe's foremost textile company. He was made a peer in 2004.Ivan Fallon: Ivan Fallon was City Editor of the Sunday Telegraph and Deputy Editor and Business Editor of the Sunday Times. He is the author of six books, his first book, DeLorean (co-authored with James Srodes), was a Book of the Month choice in the U.S. He was CEO of Independent News & Media UK until 2010.Peter Mandelson: Lord Mandelson served as a Secretary for Trade and Industry under Prime Minister Tony Blair and as Secretary for State for Business under Prime Minister Gordon Brown. He was also the British EU Commissioner for Trade from 2004 to 2008.
An extraordinary rags-to-riches autobiography that reaches far beyond the world of commerce and business.
Foreword ixPreface xiiiChapter 1: Kashan 1Chapter 2: A Persian Childhood 13Chapter 3: The Bazaar 29Chapter 4: Manchester 47Chapter 5: Thomas Hoghton 79Chapter 6: Trouble at t'Mill 95Chapter 7: Building a Business 103Chapter 8: My Father 127Chapter 9: Jack Menaged 139Chapter 10: Mail Order 153Chapter 11: Spirella 179Chapter 12: Banking 195Chapter 13: Toy Story 209Chapter 14: Vantona 217Chapter 15: The Shah 237Chapter 16: Carrington Viyella 259Chapter 17: Homa 283Chapter 18: The Jews of Ethiopia 289Chapter 19: Riding the Wave 313Chapter 20: Nottingham 325Chapter 21: Guinness 339Chapter 22: Coats 347Chapter 23: Good Times, Bad Times 359Chapter 24: Tootal 365Chapter 25: End of the Line 377Chapter 26: N Brown 393Chapter 27: In Sickness and in Health 397Postscript 407Index 419