Mary Portas: Secret Shopper - Season 1

Mary Portas: Secret Shopper - Season 1

Season 1

Mary Portas works with buisnesses to improve performance and give shoppers the better service they deserve
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Episodes4
Datesjanv. 19, 2010 - févr. 9, 2011
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Episodes

Pilot
Season 1Episode 160 min

Pilot

Mary's mission is to transform fast fashion chain Pilot's worst performing store into a haven for shoppers, and to then challenge MD Chris George to roll her ideas out across the rest of his empire.

janv. 19, 2010
CSL Sofas
Season 1Episode 260 min

CSL Sofas

Mary Portas goes undercover in the world of sofa superstores, revealing an industry that puts sales commission - and not shoppers - first. We've all seen the adverts for Bank Holiday sofa sales, but do the superstores really offer a good deal? Mary's covert cameras reveal the sales techniques well-known superstores use to persuade customers to buy. Mary is invited onto the premises of CSL Sofas, a northern chain run by Bentley-driving, go-getter Jason Tyldesley. Almost as soon as she's through the doors, Mary deftly picks apart Jason's idea of customer service, tears up his price-match promise and takes in hand his Rotherham store, along with its team of raucous sales guys. If she can prove her novel ideas work, Jason is willing to put his hand in his pocket and roll Mary's ideas out across his chain.
janv. 26, 2010
Fonehouse
Season 1Episode 360 min

Fonehouse

Mary's secret cameras reveal the infuriating world of mobile phone stores to be one of the least user-friendly retail environments on the high street.

févr. 2, 2011
Martyn Gerrard
Season 1Episode 460 min

Martyn Gerrard

Mary wants to start a revolution in the world of estate agents. Buying a house is the most important purchase of our lives, but Mary thinks estate agents have been letting us down in a big way. Last year complaints rocketed by 40% and Mary's secret cameras show why. Estate agents are caught with their trousers down as they pull out all the oldest tricks in the house-selling book; multiple viewings, misleading particulars and lack of specialist knowledge are among the long list of things that drive us up the wall. But Mary wants to stop the rot. She hooks up with north London chain Martyn Gerrard and persuades boss Simon Gerrard to let her loose on his sales team in a bid to make them more customer focused. But, before long, tensions rise as Mary realises that she and Simon have very different views on what good customer service really means.
févr. 9, 2011

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