reddersjMay 25, 201720 minDedication, diligence and determination………As is frequently the case when we are planning and undertaking these mammoth buying trips, things do not go according to plan! This time w...
reddersjNov 4, 20165 minHold on tight, it’s going to be a rollercoaster of a ride………I cannot quite believe it’s been a year since I last posted this blog; the trip I was about to embark on did not go according to plan!!!!...
reddersjMay 25, 201516 minEat, sleep, work, repeat……..Arriving in the murky, wet greyness of a hot and steamy Sunday evening in Dhaka, my senses are as usual, assaulted by the sights, sounds ...
reddersjJul 10, 20148 minNew experiences!Well, that was one hell of a trip! It started with an early morning departure from Heathrow, travelling with three of my colleagues, firs...
reddersjApr 21, 20143 minTime out!What I really needed was some time out to recharge my very lacklustre batteries, so a few days off in the run up to Easter was a very wel...
reddersjNov 7, 201313 minA difficult summer………..It’s been a while since my last post (this sounds like I am about to confess my sins, which I am not!), and a great deal has happened ove...
reddersjJun 4, 20137 minFeeling hot, hot, hot………….Arriving in Delhi in the early hours of Wednesday morning, we bunch of weary travellers were greeted by the stifling heat and a missing b...
reddersjMar 3, 20137 minWacky races, camels and kebabs……….Leaving home on Sunday afternoon, I had a very odd feeling that this was going to be an eventful trip; if only I’d known just how eventfu...
reddersjNov 10, 20129 minNo rest for the wicked (or in this case, a busy buying team)……..We had just over a week to recover from the exertions of Bangladesh, and then we were off again, this time further afield, to Hong Kong, ...
reddersjOct 21, 20128 minDiary of a Bangladesh buying trip…….Leaving home at 5.30am on Sunday morning, to meet the buyer and designer travelling with me at the airport, I was clear in the knowledge ...
reddersjSep 21, 20122 minA very bumpy ride…….Yet again, just when we think we’re making great strides forward, catastrophe strikes! This time in the form of a key supplier who has su...