Article: Case Study.(Robert Johnston's online business)

Byline: Sally Whittle

Case Study

The Gentleman's Shop

z Robert Johnston has run a small barber's shop in Hungerford since 1988 -- and certainly did not set out to become an entrepreneur.

But when he bought a computer in 1999 and set up a small web site, he was inundated with requests from the US for the luxury shaving and grooming products stocked in his store.

Today, The Gentleman's Shop is a thriving online business with its own warehouse, and customers across Europe and the US.

The store sells everything from [pounds sterling]7 tubes of scented shaving cream to [pounds sterling]300 shaving brushes.

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