Where’s the postbox? switching from lexapro to zoloft symptoms Michael Weedon, the deputy chief executive of the British Independent Retailers’ Association, explains: “Growth year-on-year for some of our retailers has been as much as 50 per cent.” Emma Barrington, 46, from London, is one such retailer. She quit her job in investment banking to start Baker and Maker, a baking supplier, in 2012, and now has 1,000 products and a loyal customer base. “The response has been better than I ever could have expected,” she says.