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From a market stall to three hundred high street stores. In In For a Pound, Chris Edwards tells the remarkable true story of how he built Poundworld — one of Britain’s best-known discount retail chains — from a single stall on Wakefield market.
Starting with nothing but determination and street-smart instincts, Edwards spotted a gap: shoppers wanted decent products at rock-bottom prices, and suppliers were ready to deal. Through relentless hard work, clever buying, and an unshakeable belief in the power of the pound, he grew his tiny stall into a retail empire — selling a majority stake in 2015 for a reported £150 million.
Honest, funny, and packed with hard-won business wisdom — the tale of a Yorkshire lad who refused to give up, and Edwards’s Yorkshire voice — blunt, funny, unsentimental — makes the business lessons go down like stories told over a pint. a masterclass in grassroots retail.
What does it take to turn a market stall into three hundred high street stores? In In For a Pound, Chris Edwards tells the remarkable true story of how he built Poundworld — one of Britain’s best-known discount retail chains — from a single stall on Wakefield market.
Starting with nothing but determination and street-smart instincts, Edwards spotted a gap: shoppers wanted decent products at rock-bottom prices, and suppliers were ready to deal. Through relentless hard work, clever buying, and an unshakeable belief in the power of the pound, he grew his tiny stall into a retail empire with hundreds of stores across the country.
The journey reached its peak in 2015, when he sold a majority stake in Poundworld to American venture capitalists for a reported £150 million.
Honest, funny, and packed with hard-won business wisdom, this is far more than a typical success story — it’s the tale of a Yorkshire lad who refused to give up, and a masterclass in how great retailers are really made.
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