Here's a surprising fact about the business world: Did you know that the first vending machine wasn't for snacks or drinks, but for holy water? Invented by Hero of Alexandria in the 1st century AD, it dispensed holy water in Egyptian temples when a coin was inserted—one of the earliest examples of automated retailing! #HistoryOfInnovation #BusinessFacts #Automation #AncientTech #EgyptianInventions #RetailEvolution

Claire's Accessories is so called because being accessory to a crime is so cool

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Very Group are so called because they're Very likely to have you assassinated. so i hear

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Robert Smith wrote Lovecats about his love for the Kays catalogue, in continuous publication from 1889 until it was amalgamated into the Littlewoods brand in 2007.

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christ this is grim.

https://www.retailgazette.co.uk/blog/2024/02/amazon-vat-funds/

if your business has a critical point of failure and that critical point of failure is an actually very evil mega corporation then you need to revise your business plan pronto.

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Government demands Amazon unfreezes funds to hundreds of merchants - Retail Gazette

Government minister Kevin Hollinrake has demanded Amazon unfreezes funds it is holding back from hundreds of sellers under new VAT checks that have left businesses facing possible bankruptcy.

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Browsing some Mintel reports. Anyone have any requests?

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I feel like every brilliant new business idea is just finding ways to make the public pay to run your company for you, and pay you a rent.

causes of death at business fairs/expos ranked:

1) pull up banners
2) trailing wires
3) improperly cleaned coffee and tea urns
4) chair not there when you go to sit down
5) aliens

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The other day I learned Madonna registered her name as a trade mark _3 years_ before signing to Sire records. Don't know why I didn't know this already.

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