Lessons in Convenience Retail From an Irish Innovator

Thomas Ennis, an award-winning Dublin retailer, is an entrepreneur in the truest sense of the word, but it’s not a term with which he’s entirely comfortable.

“I work for myself,” he says, self-effacingly; adding: “Retail is one of the few industries where, without much education, you could succeed very well with hard work and common sense.”

I’m a great believer in pushing people to get a trade—it’s a life skill and it means you can travel the world.”