When the pound shops start selling stuff at 89p – and then close down because nobody wants it, isn’t it time to start thinking about providing quality again?
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The GFC is very scary – and in the UK in particular – it seems to be v.bad.
In Oz, these bargain shops have been doing well … luxury items seem to have suffered more.
2009, and perhaps into 2010, will see the decade out as a time of devastating change ….. shopping for local products will be essential.
Allison
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With this and Woolworths, there soon won’t be anywhere to buy plastic bowls and buckets.
Thankfully, my local pound shop is still going strong, I use it in case I ever need 2kg of biscuits or some new tuppleware…
But I really don’t mind paying a little extra for something that’s going to last twice as long. I think the main problem for shops is that people are only buying things they need at the moment, and surviving without the luxuries as only a few can really afford them.