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Episode 2

Episode 2 of 7

High street store buyers ask members of the public to provide them with the next bestselling product. A leading pharmacy chain opens its doors to just ten lucky hopefuls.

Retailers are always on the lookout for the next big thing and in this series the buying teams of three high street giants are prepared to take an enormous gamble by asking members of the public to supply them with the next bestselling product. This is a chance of a lifetime for unknown designers and producers to pitch directly to the retail industry's power-brokers and have the opportunity to get their product stocked in prestigious shops. Over six months, retail entrepreneur Theo Paphitis will be following both buyers and suppliers as they experience the highs and guaranteed lows of bringing a product to market - from initial pitch to shop shelf - and whilst many won't make the grade, for a lucky few it will be a life-changing experience.

This time, a leading pharmacy chain opens its doors to just ten lucky hopefuls. Selected from hundreds of applications, each person has ten minutes to impress the buyers. The health, beauty and pharmacy market is worth over 26 billion pounds, so this is big business. With products ranging from a sophisticated fertility monitor, a teenage skincare range, eczema lotions, massage tools, wet wipes for men, through to talking vegetables and baby carriers, there are some tough decisions to be made and lots of disappointments.

Meanwhile, at an iconic department store, buyer Eleanor visits Sophie and Maria's studio to discuss their teenage training bras. She is shocked to discover they have over 20,000 pounds of stock stacked up in their office before they have even secured an order from a retailer - and she's got some more bad news for them. Plus glassblower Charlotte waits nervously for a studio visit from buying director Ed Burstell to see if the store will stock her.

1 hour

Last on

Fri 3 Jun 2011 02:40

Music Played

  • Courteeners

    Cross My Heart & Hope to Fly

  • Chilly Gonzales

    Working Together

  • Philip Glass

    String Quartet No. 4

  • Adele

    Cold Shoulder

  • Florence + The Machine

    Cosmic Love

  • Dawn Landes

    Send It On The Wire

  • The Feeling

    Never Be Lonely

  • The Hoosiers

    Everybody Goes Dark

  • Oi Va Voi

    Hora

  • Art Blakey

    Dat Dere

  • The Zutons

    Dirty Rat

  • Kate Nash

    Dickhead

  • Sugababes

    Girls

  • Plan B

    She Said

  • Penguin Cafe

    Yodel 3

  • Oi Va Voi

    Pagamenska

  • Penguin Cafe

    Air

  • Method Man

    The First Time

  • Lissie

    When I'm Alone With You

  • Lily Allen

    Who'd Have Known

  • Mayer Hawthorne

    Make Her Mine

  • Adele

    First Love

  • Calvin Harris

    Merrymaking In My Place

  • The Hoosiers

    The Sadness Runs Through Him

  • Philip Glass

    In The Upper Room Dance 1

  • Zero 7

    Warm Sound

  • Ian Brown

    For the Glory

  • Natalie Imbruglia

    Glorious

  • Kate Nash

    Foundations

  • Zero 7

    Look Up

Credits

Role Contributor
Series Producer Claire Hobday
Participant Ed Burstell
Participant Charlotte Sale
Participant Maria Law
Participant Sophie Law

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