Joking jeweller Gerald Ratner recalls his business collapse and downfall, 30 years on

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3 жыл бұрын

Businessman Gerald Ratner remembers the 'devastating effect' a joke he made about a product caused him to lose everything, thirty years ago.
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@ianviner7410 2 жыл бұрын

I worked for Ratners for over 4 years and it was the best job I ever had. Best retailer of its generation and years ahead of its time.

@mkprocter882 4 ай бұрын

actually comes across as a really decent guy. Respect for coming back from such a setback must've been a really dark 7 years for him and his family

@ViperXXXXXXX Жыл бұрын

Smart guy. I'm glad I heard about him and took the time to look this up.

@fjohn10 4 ай бұрын

I have the deepest respect for him. He must have grown immensely from that.

@borderlord 3 жыл бұрын

Legend! But what might have been...Ratners became Signet...which is now the biggest jewellery retailer in North America!

@DC-hd1ed 3 жыл бұрын

Life you can bounce back.

@garybarrett4881 3 жыл бұрын

I remember this, the tabloid press really went to town over it.

@girishnaveen9059 2 жыл бұрын

Man he seem like a gem

@pippipster6767 11 ай бұрын

A 99p gem 💎

@LordJasonKing 3 ай бұрын

A very credible, humble and nice guy.

@montysingh5394 Жыл бұрын

Gerald Ratner is a legend, no question. There should be more like him.

@nickvledder 3 ай бұрын

Great sense of humour, great personality!

@barrykevin7658 3 жыл бұрын

Great story and certainly lessons we can all take from that .Good to see him doing well 👏.

@NINJA-ji6jp 3 жыл бұрын

😡not like the staff that lost there jobs

@barrykevin7658 3 жыл бұрын

@@NINJA-ji6jp Yeah sad for them but obviously was certainly not something that was done on purpose. Just very unfortunate the papers picked up on the comment. Everyone knew it was crap as in the bargain basement stuff they sold at the time .

@ghostfacesam 3 жыл бұрын

What a lovely guy.. I'd love to get him to be involved with our business.. Humble nice guy.. Obviously a genius business man too. Good luck sir.

@NINJA-ji6jp 3 жыл бұрын

Are you watching the same video 😂

@ghostfacesam 3 жыл бұрын

@@NINJA-ji6jp listen carefully to the guy and look what he'd done in the past... Until the last few years I thought he was a Nasty f*, always though how could someone have such little regard for the people that paid. Him.. Such disregard, such disrespect... But he doesn't seem that at all..

@dozn01 3 жыл бұрын

This guy has been there the very top lost it all it has defo change him for the better but the press and news paper prove they can misinterpreted words to wreak lifes

@FoobsTon 2 жыл бұрын

Seems like a nice man.

@johnjoe9208 3 жыл бұрын

Seems like a nice chap Good luck from ireland 🇮🇪

@anandsharma7430 9 ай бұрын

Excellent bit of advice at the end.

@dereksawle 3 ай бұрын

Acknowledging a mistake in life is the first step to recovery.

@anthonystar 3 жыл бұрын

i loved Ratner's store displays :)

@ianviner7410 2 жыл бұрын

Let's not forget the role played by cousin Victor Ratner in the success - best boss I've ever had and a brilliant sense of humour

@pippipster6767 11 ай бұрын

Did mention jewellery in fact !

@firstname2439 2 жыл бұрын

Good luck Gerald

@alientenno Жыл бұрын

Probably the 1st 'Go woke , Go broke' ever 🤣🤣👏👏

@moaningpheromones 2 жыл бұрын

Sarah Hewson - she is dressed so nicely. What an angel, ha-lo?

@andrewdaley5375 3 жыл бұрын

Got to get them numbers three's in. Andy England 🇬🇧 👍

@girishnaveen9059 2 жыл бұрын

Doing a Ratner was the then slang

@stevenee1ply 3 жыл бұрын

Destroyed any sharing, expressing of humor in buisness. It's now a psychotic parade of robots. Each with a knife for each other.

@louisep5178 3 жыл бұрын

Why Gerald why?

@davidbland5053 3 жыл бұрын

The same thing is going to happen to Boris Johnson.

@thomasmorin749 3 жыл бұрын

Didn't he once say everything he sold was nothing but crap.

@helenlouiseadams 2 жыл бұрын

No he said one of his decanters was crap. It got blown out of all proportion!

@user-bd9vw2ej4p 9 ай бұрын

Plus his earrings wouldn’t last as long as a prawn sandwich. That was the main quote!!! He seems to have erased that moment from his memory! Just own it.