<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:googleplay="http://www.google.com/schemas/play-podcasts/1.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Retail Street Journal: Founders on the floor]]></title><description><![CDATA[Real conversations. Unfiltered insight.
Every RSJ interview follows one rule: no press releases, no rehearsed answers. Just the founder, the real story, and the lessons retail schools never teach. Conducted in any language, published in English for the world.]]></description><link>https://comics.retailstreetjournal.com/s/founders-on-the-floor</link><image><url>https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!H8za!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd1ff0715-65f4-46a4-8c10-4f3cafbe0a62_1280x1280.png</url><title>Retail Street Journal: Founders on the floor</title><link>https://comics.retailstreetjournal.com/s/founders-on-the-floor</link></image><generator>Substack</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 21:30:36 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://comics.retailstreetjournal.com/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><copyright><![CDATA[RSJ Comics]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><webMaster><![CDATA[comics@retailstreetjournal.com]]></webMaster><itunes:owner><itunes:email><![CDATA[comics@retailstreetjournal.com]]></itunes:email><itunes:name><![CDATA[RSJ Comics]]></itunes:name></itunes:owner><itunes:author><![CDATA[RSJ Comics]]></itunes:author><googleplay:owner><![CDATA[comics@retailstreetjournal.com]]></googleplay:owner><googleplay:email><![CDATA[comics@retailstreetjournal.com]]></googleplay:email><googleplay:author><![CDATA[RSJ Comics]]></googleplay:author><itunes:block><![CDATA[Yes]]></itunes:block><item><title><![CDATA[Prelude: Nigel Rex Bird, 48 Years on the Retail Floor]]></title><description><![CDATA[Our first Founders on the Floor guest has done more retail than most industries see in a lifetime.]]></description><link>https://comics.retailstreetjournal.com/p/prelude-nigel-rex-bird-48-years-on</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://comics.retailstreetjournal.com/p/prelude-nigel-rex-bird-48-years-on</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Rajalingam Rathinam]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 17:50:44 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/youtube/w_728,c_limit/y6k7mEK-poE" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="youtube2-y6k7mEK-poE" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;y6k7mEK-poE&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/y6k7mEK-poE?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://comics.retailstreetjournal.com/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share Retail Street Journal&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://comics.retailstreetjournal.com/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share"><span>Share Retail Street Journal</span></a></p><p>Our first Founders on the Floor guest has done more retail than most industries see in a lifetime. Nigel Rex Bird, Managing Director of Inventory Prime Asia in Bangkok and South Africa, has spent 48 years in retail and wholesale across England, South Africa, India, Singapore and Thailand.</p><p>He has run Fresh, Hypermarkets, Merchandising and Distribution Centre operations. He has been a Store Manager, a Regional Manager, a Hypermarket General Manager, an Executive General Manager, a Senior Vice President, and a Chief Operating Officer. What connects all of it is people: he has spent a career building and training the management teams that make stores work.</p><p>This short prelude sets the stage. The full conversation is coming soon, and it follows one rule, the RSJ rule: no press releases, no rehearsed answers, just the real story.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://comics.retailstreetjournal.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading Retail Street Journal! Subscribe for free to receive new posts.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item></channel></rss>