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Trading Up podcast: The Bangor company that sells four million hairbrushes a year on Amazon

Episode four of our weekly business podcast is live

WHO'S FOR A HAIRCUT? We’ve been saving on many items, such as personal grooming, as hairdressers were among the first businesses to close
The Denman hairbrush was made famous by celebrity stylists such as Vidal Sassoon

A Bangor company shifts four million hairbrushes a year on Amazon - hair raising amounts, right?

The Denman brush was made famous by celebrity stylists such as Vidal Sassoon and could be spotted on sale in shops across the globe.

Kevin McNamee is an accountant by trade and is also one of the world’s biggest sellers of hairbrushes.

Today, Denroy, the Bangor-based company that makes the brushes and Kevin leads, sells most of its brushes direct through Amazon.

Four million a year! So what are the secrets of success for selling on Amazon?

Kevin’s tips are well worth hearing. Plus we have our usual news, numbers and big policy ideas for a better world, and Angela McGowan joins the discussion.

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