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Acrylic-bob · 10-03-2005, 06:56

One of the main reasons that Accrington has a proliferation of pound and charity shops and a stagnating market is that Accrington is a low skill, thus, low wage sort of place.

Businesses follow the money. Companies like Next are not in existance to make life a more pleasant experience for anyone except themselves, they exist to make money. It can be no surprise then that when a comparison is made of average wages across all the boroughs of Britain Hyndburn comes fifth from the bottom.

Put yourself in Next's shoes. Do you, as a chairman responsible to your shareholders, recommend spending a couple of million quid to open a new store in a town that cannot afford to buy what you are selling? Or do you stick to the areas where you know you can make a good profit?

I know what I would do?

10-03-2005, 06:56	#14
Acrylic-bob God Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Tragic Conn Posts: 4,007 Blog Entries: 15 Liked: 3 times Rep Power: 2473	Re: why doesnt accrington have a next? One of the main reasons that Accrington has a proliferation of pound and charity shops and a stagnating market is that Accrington is a low skill, thus, low wage sort of place. Businesses follow the money. Companies like Next are not in existance to make life a more pleasant experience for anyone except themselves, they exist to make money. It can be no surprise then that when a comparison is made of average wages across all the boroughs of Britain Hyndburn comes fifth from the bottom. Put yourself in Next's shoes. Do you, as a chairman responsible to your shareholders, recommend spending a couple of million quid to open a new store in a town that cannot afford to buy what you are selling? Or do you stick to the areas where you know you can make a good profit? I know what I would do? __________________ Enough is ENOUGH Get Britain out of Europe Last edited by Acrylic-bob; 10-03-2005 at 06:59.