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" I've always maintained the basic business principles of keeping it simple, doing your homework, hard work, and common sense. "

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" The high street is not a retail thing: it's a social thing, part of the British lifestyle. And I say that as someone who started his life on Limassol high street in Cyprus. "

" I'm not a risktaker. I'm the total opposite. "

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" Business isn't complicated; we complicate business. "

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" I'm a shopaholic. I really am. I can't help myself. I do go into, browse, and purchase from my own shops, too, although the CEOs who run my businesses wish I didn't. "

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