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Old 13-12-2008, 08:52   #138
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Re: Woolworth's

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Originally Posted by steeljack View Post
yep , but it would also be interesting to know who Woolworths product suppliers were during those days , i.e. what percentage of the products on sale were manufactured "in country" , made by the eventual consumers , not in some third world sweat shop .

'Despite these reservations, the store proved to be a success; large queues outside both stores and low priced 3d (1.25p) and 6d (2.5p) items leading to stores being almost stripped bare of goods before the end of the first day of trading and being attributed to mass purchased mass-produced foreign and local goods.'

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