Cash is STILL King! How Simon Arora Changed Discount Shopping in Britain
Disruptors26 Aug 2024

Cash is STILL King! How Simon Arora Changed Discount Shopping in Britain

Rob Moore talks with Simon Arora, the entrepreneurial mastermind behind B&M's UK growth. From where it all started, to building a multi-billion-pound retail empire, Simon shares his knowledge and experience on business strategy, family dynamics, and personal growth. This episode is a must-listen for aspiring entrepreneurs, offering a rare glimpse into the mind of a retail disruptor who transformed the UK discount sector. Simon Arora REVEALS: How he changed discount shopping in UK retail Why productivity and efficiency were key to B&M’s shopping success The importance of maintaining a "paranoid" mindset in business The key to work-life balance Why cash is king Why CEOs have to trust employees more The challenges of international expansion What he learnt from his failures The role of luck in anyone’s success BEST MOMENTS "Turnover is vanity, profit is sanity. Cash is reality." "My character flaw is that every transaction or opportunity didn't go right... is seared in the mind 10 times more vividly than the successes." "I like to think that I respected my colleagues' work-life balance. I was never a believer in people having to work long hours... I'd rather you just get the work done in the 40-hour week, but just be really productive." "The higher the monkey climbs a tree, the more you see of its backside." "We did a series of transactions in the three, four years after 2008, the each time step changed the size of our business. And we double down in that period of good fortune where all these opportunities were coming at us rather than taking our foot off the gas." "As we grew B&M, we decided that we were going to spend none of our turnover on advertising. We built a business from 20 shops to five billion of revenue with no advertising budget." "I personally negotiated something like 17 million square feet of UK retail selling space. 750 large stores at the risk of sounding immodest. No individuals ever done that in UK retail." "The entrepreneurs that really make a difference and create great organszations are the ones that optimise their success. That periods of good look, they double down, they take full advantage of it rather than thinking, well, this is fine." VALUABLE RESOURCES https://robmoore.com/ bit.ly/Robsupporter https://robmoore.com/podbooks rob.team Episode Sponsor - AG1 Claim your exclusive offer of AG1 at the link below drinkag1.com/disruptors ABOUT THE HOST Rob Moore is an author of 9 business books, 5 UK bestsellers, holds 3 world records for public speaking, entrepreneur, property investor, and property educator. Author of the global bestseller “Life Leverage” Host of UK’s No.1 business podcast “The Disruptive Entrepreneur” “If you don't risk anything, you risk everything” CONTACT METHOD Rob’s official website: https://robmoore.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/robmooreprogressive/?ref=br_rs LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/robmoore1979 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. disruptive, disruptors, entreprenuer, business, social media, marketing, money, growth, scale, scale up, risk, property: http://www.robmoore.com

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Rob Interviews Jo Fairley, The Co-Founder of “Green & Blacks” [Business, mindset, entrepreneur, disruptors]

Rob Interviews Jo Fairley, The Co-Founder of “Green & Blacks” [Business, mindset, entrepreneur, disruptors]

Jo Fairley, owner of “Green & Blacks” shares her story of creating and running her brand. She talks about her starting point, steps of her career, mentors, her daily schedule… Everything!   [Business, mindset, entrepreneur, disruptors] VALUABLE RESOURCES https://robmoore.com/ bit.ly/Robsupporter   https://robmoore.com/podbooks  rob.team ABOUT THE HOST Rob Moore is an author of 9 business books, 5 UK bestsellers, holds 3 world records for public speaking, entrepreneur, property investor, and property educator. Author of the global bestseller “Life Leverage” Host of UK’s No.1 business podcast “The Disruptive Entrepreneur” “If you don't risk anything, you risk everything” CONTACT METHOD Rob’s official website: https://robmoore.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/robmooreprogressive/?ref=br_rs LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/robmoore1979 disruptive, disruptors, entreprenuer, business, social media, marketing, money, growth, scale, scale up, risk, property: http://www.robmoore.com

11 Apr 201633min

Caffeine Cast: Does Money Buy Happiness? [Business, mindset, entrepreneur, disruptors]

Caffeine Cast: Does Money Buy Happiness? [Business, mindset, entrepreneur, disruptors]

One of the most debated subjects around money and happiness. Does money brings happiness? Rob shares his thoughts on this hot subject that we are all thinking about.   [Business, mindset, entrepreneur, disruptors] VALUABLE RESOURCES https://robmoore.com/ bit.ly/Robsupporter   https://robmoore.com/podbooks  rob.team ABOUT THE HOST Rob Moore is an author of 9 business books, 5 UK bestsellers, holds 3 world records for public speaking, entrepreneur, property investor, and property educator. Author of the global bestseller “Life Leverage” Host of UK’s No.1 business podcast “The Disruptive Entrepreneur” “If you don't risk anything, you risk everything” CONTACT METHOD Rob’s official website: https://robmoore.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/robmooreprogressive/?ref=br_rs LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/robmoore1979 disruptive, disruptors, entreprenuer, business, social media, marketing, money, growth, scale, scale up, risk, property: http://www.robmoore.com

8 Apr 201613min

Rob Interviews Kabir Sehgal, Best-selling Author of “Coined” on the History of Money [Business, mindset, entrepreneur, disruptors]

Rob Interviews Kabir Sehgal, Best-selling Author of “Coined” on the History of Money [Business, mindset, entrepreneur, disruptors]

On this episode, Rob interviews the author of the book “Coined”, Kabir Sehgal. Kabir is sharing his knowledge of the history of money and he is talking about the definition, purpose and usage of money in our lives.   [Business, mindset, entrepreneur, disruptors] VALUABLE RESOURCES https://robmoore.com/ bit.ly/Robsupporter   https://robmoore.com/podbooks  rob.team ABOUT THE HOST Rob Moore is an author of 9 business books, 5 UK bestsellers, holds 3 world records for public speaking, entrepreneur, property investor, and property educator. Author of the global bestseller “Life Leverage” Host of UK’s No.1 business podcast “The Disruptive Entrepreneur” “If you don't risk anything, you risk everything” CONTACT METHOD Rob’s official website: https://robmoore.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/robmooreprogressive/?ref=br_rs LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/robmoore1979 disruptive, disruptors, entreprenuer, business, social media, marketing, money, growth, scale, scale up, risk, property: http://www.robmoore.com

4 Apr 20161h 6min

Caffeine Cast: Profit is not the Purpose [Business, mindset, entrepreneur, disruptors]

Caffeine Cast: Profit is not the Purpose [Business, mindset, entrepreneur, disruptors]

On this Caffeine Cast episode, Rob explains why profit is not the purpose of business. Profit is necessary but it is only the result of a business. The main purpose is something else.   [Business, mindset, entrepreneur, disruptors] VALUABLE RESOURCES https://robmoore.com/ bit.ly/Robsupporter   https://robmoore.com/podbooks  rob.team ABOUT THE HOST Rob Moore is an author of 9 business books, 5 UK bestsellers, holds 3 world records for public speaking, entrepreneur, property investor, and property educator. Author of the global bestseller “Life Leverage” Host of UK’s No.1 business podcast “The Disruptive Entrepreneur” “If you don't risk anything, you risk everything” CONTACT METHOD Rob’s official website: https://robmoore.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/robmooreprogressive/?ref=br_rs LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/robmoore1979 disruptive, disruptors, entreprenuer, business, social media, marketing, money, growth, scale, scale up, risk, property: http://www.robmoore.com

1 Apr 201612min

Decisions Decisions [Business, mindset, entrepreneur, disruptors]

Decisions Decisions [Business, mindset, entrepreneur, disruptors]

Decision making is a skill that aid us in all areas of our lives. Anything relies on the ability to make decisions. Rob talks about the decision making process and how we can be better at that.   [Business, mindset, entrepreneur, disruptors] VALUABLE RESOURCES https://robmoore.com/ bit.ly/Robsupporter   https://robmoore.com/podbooks  rob.team ABOUT THE HOST Rob Moore is an author of 9 business books, 5 UK bestsellers, holds 3 world records for public speaking, entrepreneur, property investor, and property educator. Author of the global bestseller “Life Leverage” Host of UK’s No.1 business podcast “The Disruptive Entrepreneur” “If you don't risk anything, you risk everything” CONTACT METHOD Rob’s official website: https://robmoore.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/robmooreprogressive/?ref=br_rs LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/robmoore1979 disruptive, disruptors, entreprenuer, business, social media, marketing, money, growth, scale, scale up, risk, property: http://www.robmoore.com

28 Mars 201630min

Caffeine Cast: Get Busy [Business, mindset, entrepreneur, disruptors]

Caffeine Cast: Get Busy [Business, mindset, entrepreneur, disruptors]

Mindfulness, minimalism and 'taking it slow' are fashionable concepts at the moment, but Rob Moore has a practical counterpoint to this way of thinking.   [Business, mindset, entrepreneur, disruptors] VALUABLE RESOURCES https://robmoore.com/ bit.ly/Robsupporter   https://robmoore.com/podbooks  rob.team ABOUT THE HOST Rob Moore is an author of 9 business books, 5 UK bestsellers, holds 3 world records for public speaking, entrepreneur, property investor, and property educator. Author of the global bestseller “Life Leverage” Host of UK’s No.1 business podcast “The Disruptive Entrepreneur” “If you don't risk anything, you risk everything” CONTACT METHOD Rob’s official website: https://robmoore.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/robmooreprogressive/?ref=br_rs LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/robmoore1979 disruptive, disruptors, entreprenuer, business, social media, marketing, money, growth, scale, scale up, risk, property: http://www.robmoore.com

25 Mars 201612min

Rob Interviews Infamous Entrepreneur Gerald Ratner [Business, mindset, entrepreneur, disruptors]

Rob Interviews Infamous Entrepreneur Gerald Ratner [Business, mindset, entrepreneur, disruptors]

Rob interviews the entrepreneur Gerald Ratner. Gerald is sharing his personal story of falling to his lowest point of his career and how he finally recovered again and managed to be a successful entrepreneur. He is also talking about his feelings and lessons learned out of this journey.   [Business, mindset, entrepreneur, disruptors] VALUABLE RESOURCES https://robmoore.com/ bit.ly/Robsupporter   https://robmoore.com/podbooks  rob.team ABOUT THE HOST Rob Moore is an author of 9 business books, 5 UK bestsellers, holds 3 world records for public speaking, entrepreneur, property investor, and property educator. Author of the global bestseller “Life Leverage” Host of UK’s No.1 business podcast “The Disruptive Entrepreneur” “If you don't risk anything, you risk everything” CONTACT METHOD Rob’s official website: https://robmoore.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/robmooreprogressive/?ref=br_rs LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/robmoore1979 disruptive, disruptors, entreprenuer, business, social media, marketing, money, growth, scale, scale up, risk, property: http://www.robmoore.com

21 Mars 201643min

Self Worth is Networth. 6 Simple Steps [Business, mindset, entrepreneur, disruptors]

Self Worth is Networth. 6 Simple Steps [Business, mindset, entrepreneur, disruptors]

Self worth is not absolute. It is different in different areas of our lives. In this episode, Rob talks about self worth and how this affects networth. He gives six simple steps to increase our self worth and grow as an entrepreneur and person.   [Business, mindset, entrepreneur, disruptors] VALUABLE RESOURCES https://robmoore.com/ bit.ly/Robsupporter   https://robmoore.com/podbooks  rob.team ABOUT THE HOST Rob Moore is an author of 9 business books, 5 UK bestsellers, holds 3 world records for public speaking, entrepreneur, property investor, and property educator. Author of the global bestseller “Life Leverage” Host of UK’s No.1 business podcast “The Disruptive Entrepreneur” “If you don't risk anything, you risk everything” CONTACT METHOD Rob’s official website: https://robmoore.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/robmooreprogressive/?ref=br_rs LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/robmoore1979 disruptive, disruptors, entreprenuer, business, social media, marketing, money, growth, scale, scale up, risk, property: http://www.robmoore.com

18 Mars 201633min

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