'The sometimes overlooked skills of market traders' by Sophie Watson

Sophie Watson, the leader of the Moving MarketPlaces project recently wrote an article for the Market Times newspaper that is published by the National Market Traders Federation. Market Times is the leading publication for the traditional retail markets sector, as well as street traders, events retailers and hot food sellers all over the UK. In her article, Dr. Watson elaborates on the numerous professional skills that traders are required to have to be successful in their businesses and reminds the readers that markets do not just appear from nowhere but are rather the result of hard work, commitment, energy, enthusiasm and know-how of the traders. The newspaper is available from Market Times online.

As an addition, you can also read about Sophie's ideas on market managers' skills in the February newsletter of the National Association of British Market Authorities (p.11).