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Video consisting of footage of part of Day 1 of Sainsbury's Senior Managers' Conference 1991. The conference was held in Brighton on 26-27 January 1991 and the theme was "Leadership in the 90s".

Contents:
00:04: End of discussion of Ivor Hunt's presentation with joint managing director Tom Vyner, Ivor Hunt and broadcaster Alan Watson, who was the conference's presenter (the whole discussion is included in LSA/8702).
02:08: Presentation by deputy chairman David Sainsbury about Sainsbury's financial strategy. Topics include: importance of innovation; investment in larger stores; diversification, in particular Shaw's; senior management skills development; adapting financial policy and gearing; growth projections.
19:24: Discussion of David Sainsbury's presentation with chairman and chief executive John Davan Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Preston Candover, David Sainsbury and Alan Watson.
36:01: Alan Watson introduces "syndicate sessions" (discussions of delegates divided into groups), followed by attendees leaving and re-entering the conference hall while classical music plays in the background.
44:20: Part of a discussion of the "syndicate sessions". Alan Watson's microphone was off while he introduced those onstage so he cannot be heard during that part of the video, but information written on other tapes suggests they are Anthony Rees (who speaks about marketing and refers to a SWOT analysis) and John Phillipson (who speaks about store operations and customer service). There are also contributions from the audience.

Duration: 1 hour 1 minute.