This year Delegate Conference House organised a window display competition for the shops in Henley with the theme “Regatta Picnics”. To the staff at Rive Gauche, this conjured up the well to do with their Harrods hampers overflowing with champagne, smoked salmon sandwiches and bowls of strawberries appearing from the back of the “Bentley”. And so this is what appeared in the window, complete with number plate and wide rimmed Alloys. The girls in the shop had a great time thinking of this and more little ideas with a single minded determination to come first. They were in danger of it taking over everything, but resisted when you the customer walked through the door – we all know only too well at Rive Gauche “The Customer Comes First”.

Rive Gauche would like to thank the sponsors of the competition, Canard-Duchene and Abbey National, for the prizes and the judges for selecting us as the best Henley shop window display during Regatta week.