All articles by Don Pumsey – Page 2
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News
Don Pumsey on why Aldi's Burgered off
Talk about fast food! Armin Burger has to be the quickest takeaway in Aldi's increasingly revolting history, unexpectedly following Paul Foley into a fully merited obscurity. Still, you'd have thought a man with such a name would have had a bit...
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Comment and Opinion
Don Pumsey on Marc Bolan's Fairtrade pants
I haven't yet heard from the editor of this proud organ but I feel sure a letter of thanks for earning him the title of Least Supine Lickspittle in Trade Publishing must be on its way. It's the least I can expect in my ministerial postbag.
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Comment and Opinion
Don Pumsey goes up Irene's Hershey Highway
As the embodiment of all that is holy in this otherwise godforsaken world, it is of particular concern to me that nicking stuff is one of the few industries experiencing a genuine surge in these troubled times.
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Comment and Opinion
Don Pumsey on Al Tel, a belly-dancer who's no great sheikhs
It may have appeared in the Daily Mail but nonetheless the story is true. I can authoritatively confirm that our former Dear Leader Anthony Wedgewood Blair was within an inch of a real breakthrough in his Middle East talks. Yes, concerned readers,...
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Comment and Opinion
Don Pumsey on greasy palms and the Lord of the Lies
It's not often the Batphone rings at DRIP these days. In the past you could count on Darling Alistair to place a call late on a Friday; partly to issue a hatful of asinine orders for the weekend but mostly to check whether anybody could be arsed to hang around ...
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Comment and Opinion
Don Pumsey on blue rinses, donkey carts and the BNP
How many years is it since Marks & Spencer beat a pathetic and humbling retreat from Europe? Before Rosey's time, of course, otherwise he might just have learned something from it. But never mind, eh?
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Comment and Opinion
Don Pumsey on the canonisation of St Peter Marks
From the DRIP to the IGD conference
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Comment and Opinion
Don Pumsey on Tati by Tel and King Justin's grin
It's been a vintage week here at the DRIP underground bunker...
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Comment and Opinion
Don Pumsey nails the flag to Lord Mandelson's pole
What a week. In my unflinching fervour to deliver maximum value for hard-working families and also to get my end away I've been crashing at a dodgy Brighton seafront hotel while attending fringe events at the Labour Party Conference.
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Comment and Opinion
Our man from the DRIP
Don Pumsey at the Department of Retail Infrastructure and Pricing
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Comment and Opinion
Our man from the DRIP
Don Pumsey at the Department of Retail Infrastructure & Pricing
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Comment and Opinion
Our man from the DRIP
Don Pumsey at the Department of Retail Infrastructure & Pricing
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Comment and Opinion
Our man from the DRIP
Don Pumsey at the Department of Retail Infrastructure and Pricing
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Comment and Opinion
Our man from the DRIP
Don Pumsey at the Department of Retail Infrastructure and Pricing
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Comment and Opinion
Our man from the DRIP
Don Pumsey at the Department of Retail Infrastructure and Pricing
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Comment and Opinion
Our man from the DRIP
Don Pumsey at the Department of Retail Infrastructure and Pricing
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Comment and Opinion
Our man from the DRIP
Don Pumsey at the Department of Retail Infrastructure and Pricing
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Comment and Opinion
Our man from the DRIP
Don Pumsey at the Department of Retail Infrastructure & Pricing
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Comment and Opinion
Our man from the DRIP
Don Pumsey at the Department of Retail Infrastructure and Pricing
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Comment and Opinion
Our man from the DRIP
Don Pumsey at the Department of Retail Infrastructure and Pricing