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Kendal Mint Cake.

I remember two things about Kendal Mint cake. Firstly, it is not cake and secondly, my Grandfather (Grampy) always had a bar of it stashed…

4 min readJun 13, 2024

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Fear and loathing in the shoe industry. Notes from a small business. Day 5457.

The darker side of oiling the wheels on the order generation machine could look like new televisions and jewelry turning up at buyer’s…

10 min readMar 11, 2024

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Are we making sustainability unnecessarily unappealing? Notes from a small business. Day 5464.

My internal reaction was ‘A trend? This isn’t a f*****g trend! This is absolutely critical to everything

6 min readMar 18, 2024

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Are we making sustainability unnecessarily unappealing? Notes from a small business. Day 5464.

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A Child’s Life, Seen Through a Trash Bag

All of his worldly possessions bundled into a bin liner. A cheap, black plastic bin liner. His bag for life.

4 min read4 days ago

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Crossroads. Notes from a small business. Day 5417.

Status report

3 min readJan 31, 2024

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Crossroads. Notes from a small business. Day 5417.

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The dating Game. Notes from a small business. Day 5562.

Finding a business partner in China can be like speed-dating. First impressions can be misleading.

4 min read2 days ago

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The dating Game. Notes from a small business. Day 5562.

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Reasons to be Cheerful. Notes from a small business. Day 5555.

‘A bit of grin and bear it, a bit of come and share it’ (Ian Dury and the Blockheads: Charles Jeremy Jankel / David Stanley Payne / Ian…

7 min read3 days ago

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How to lose friends and alienate people.Supplier’s

The Intellectual Property rights of a supplier in the white label sector are an elusive concept, but not without credence.

5 min readJun 10, 2024

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How to lose friends and alienate people.Supplier’s

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Trend’s cultural filter. Notes from a small business. Day 5541.

This is the hangover of a British post-war culture of respectability, of keeping yourself to yourself and not standing out.

5 min readJun 3, 2024

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Is your life a work of Fiction?

Truth is such a pure thing that it has its own name in its definition, because nothing else can describe truth like truth.

4 min readMay 31, 2024

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Is your life a work of Fiction?

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Phil Cody

Phil Cody

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Husband, father, runner, writer, business owner and 30 year footwear industry veteran. Sharing my journey through life and business.

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