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You Come First with Megan Barton-Hanson

The Ann Summers Revolution with Jacqueline Gold

You Come First with Megan Barton-Hanson

Entale Feeds

Relationships, Society & Culture, Sexuality, Health & Fitness

4.9633 Ratings

🗓️ 4 January 2022

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

I am honoured to welcome Jacqueline Gold, CEO of Ann Summers to the podcast. She talks to me about how at the age of 21 she revolutionised the Ann Summers brand to sell lingerie and sex toys to women and the challenges that came with that including receiving a bullet in the post!

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0:00.0

Welcome to You Come First with me, Megan Barton Hanson. You may know me from the 2018 series of Love Island.

0:13.0

Since before Love Island, I've always had a passion for women's rights and interests.

0:18.0

So I'm here to tell you everything you need to know when it comes to putting yourself first,

0:22.4

whether this being a relationship, in the bedroom, your career or your mental health.

0:27.6

I've called in friends from around the world for an intimate, unfiltered conversation that will change your life forever.

0:35.2

Expect lots of laughter, a few tears and for the penny to finally drop as we discuss the most taboo and private topics.

0:42.6

I'm here to get brutally honest. When will you realise that you come first?

0:48.8

The best way to listen to this podcast is on the Entel app because while you're listening behind the scenes

0:54.6

photos links and exclusive content will appear it's spelled E-N-T-A-L-E so go download it now and check it

1:03.0

out on today's episode of you come first I'm talking to Jacqueline gold the CEO of retail

1:10.1

brands and Summers and Knickerbox.

1:12.9

Jacqueline is by far one of the most interesting women I've ever met, so I can't wait to speak to her later.

1:19.0

She joined the family business at just 19 doing work experience and by the time she was 21,

1:24.5

she'd managed to persuade an all-male board to invest in her radical idea

1:28.3

to reinvent the Anne Summers brand and start selling laundry and sex toys to women.

1:33.9

Anne Summers now has over 100 high street shops and a multi-million pound turnover.

1:39.7

Hi Jacqueline. Hey Megan. How are you? I'm good. How are you?

1:46.0

I'm really good, thank you. It's so good to see you.

1:49.0

I know it's been forever, hasn't it?

1:51.0

It has.

1:52.0

How have you been finding the lockdowns?

1:54.0

Oh, it's been crazy, although I had my jab recently, but it's been, it's just been crazy.

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