pottedplant Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 There are still plenty of normal people that have plenty of money to spend despite what the doom and gloom merchants keep telling us. Maybe the average 18 year old has now realised they can now buy 4 poor quality outfits from Primark for the price of one from Republic. Normal people? who would those abnormal beings be then? There are some lucky folks out there if they are not having to cut back. I am in 40% tax bracket and the disposable amount is getting less and less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truman Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Normal people? who would those abnormal beings be then? There are some lucky folks out there if they are not having to cut back. I am in 40% tax bracket and the disposable amount is getting less and less. Can you define disposable? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvp82 Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Normal people? who would those abnormal beings be then? There are some lucky folks out there if they are not having to cut back. I am in 40% tax bracket and the disposable amount is getting less and less. Well if I had said there are plenty of people with plenty of money the usual suspects would have just started ranting plenty of bankers bankers bankers, they have all the money. Sure some people are having to cut back on spending and some are really struggling but there are still plenty of people with plenty of money to spend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pottedplant Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Can you define disposable? Not easily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJC1 Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 So if I set a shop up and sold rubbish at high prices it'd be the government's fault that it went bust? It's no coincidence retail shops are folding week after week. Use your head, nobody's got any money, conditions are bad for retail and the governments not doing a thing to change it because the govt. believe in 'free market' principles. The global economies at fault. The governments at fault. And yes, the shops in question are at fault for not moving with the times. But I'm seeing loads of units empty, so small Businesses are suffering too. Maybe they could ride out tough times before, but not now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truman Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 It's no coincidence retail shops are folding week after week. Use your head, nobody's got any money, conditions are bad for retail and the governments not doing a thing to change it because the govt. believe in 'free market' principles. The global economies at fault. The governments at fault. And yes, the shops in question are at fault for not moving with the times. But I'm seeing loads of units empty, so small Businesses are suffering too. Maybe they could ride out tough times before, but not now. See my post #30, a company,very much like Republic, seem to be doing well..is that a government success? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJC1 Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 See my post #30, a company,very much like Republic, seem to be doing well..is that a government success? Good and bad companies everywhere so what. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truman Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Good and bad companies everywhere so what. So when companies go bust it's goverments' fault when they do well it's "so what"? What was your original point? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvp82 Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Good and bad companies everywhere so what. So what you're basically saying is that a good successful business is a "so what" and a failing one is all the governments fault. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister M Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 I do like some of the clothes that Republic sells, particularly their T Shirts. Though I am surprised that many people do their shopping for clothes online....I'd much prefer to 'try before I buy'.....Sending stuff back always seems such a hassle. I suppose this is part of the 'creative destruction' that politicians and right wing academics gloated about happening to manufacturing 30 years ago- - now of course it's played out on the High Street....I'm sure the staff who have lost their jobs in the stores would like to wreak some 'creative destruction' on the bankers that caused this awful recession Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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