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Two years ago, Justin Ingram was looking to escape the London rat race. After several weekends away in Sussex, it was not a difficult choice to relocate to the south coast. With a background in interiors, Justin’s entrepreneurial spirit led him to set up a new business, The Blind Shop. We met up with him to find out more.
“With the rise of the internet, people have become a lot more savvy and know a good deal when they see one. I felt that there was a gap in the market for an online business offering modern, made-to measure-blinds at really low prices.”
“There are endless choices in blinds and this can be really confusing for customers, so we’ve carefully developed a range to suit any interior. This not only makes it easy for customers but it also means we can keep our prices low as we don’t need to keep loads of different blinds in stock.”
The Blind Shop specialises in wood venetians but also offers a range of metal venetians, roller blinds and black-out blinds to complement. Their wood venetians come with fabric tapes rather than strings. “We think this gives a contemporary and luxurious look” Justin says. “We can offer them at an amazing price because we don’t have the overheads of high street shops”.
The Blind Shop is essentially an online business with a showroom in Shoreham. They’ve recently introduced a free measuring service and a low cost fitting service for their local Sussex customers. “As we’re located in Sussex, it made perfect sense to offer these added services and they’ve been an instant success.”
“We want to get to a point where if someone thinks of blinds, they think of The Blind Shop”. It seems that with the success so far, it won’t be long before this becomes true.
The Blind Shop, Unit C8 Dolphin Enterprise Centre, Dolphin Road, Shoreham BN43 6QB
Tel: 0845 6800645
