shop floor

Industrial discipline migrated from shop floor to office desk.

He will be succeeded by John Furner, a Walmart lifer who worked his way up from the shop floor and now serves as head of the company's US business.

One employee at a major supplier based in the West Midlands told the BBC they were not expecting to be back on the shop floor until 29 September.

Most designers learn their trade as apprentices or at fashion school - but Armani's education took place on the shop floor.

But on the shop floor, they suspected something was not right.