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Corporate chains vs independent retailers
 Corporate chains vs independent retailers ... end for independent retailers? Supermarkets and out-of-town shopping centres have been accused of ruining high-street shopping. Do the convenience and ease of use offered by corporate chains outweigh the benefits of diversity and choice? Would you shop at a local grocer rather than your local supermarket? Do chains offer better value for money, or do they monopolise and overcharge? Let us know your views on corporate chains vs independent retailers here.Newest Review: ... from the shelves, look at the clear print, stroke the fine, smooth, white paper, examine the back that doesn’t break at once when the book is opened and you know where money is saved in the production of paperbacks in GB (the same is true for the USA). The covers of British paperbacks mostly look good, the colours are striking but open them and you’ll find print and paper of a quality ... more ... comparable to the one which could be found in the countries of the former Eastern Bloc, this is especially true for thrillers and so-called light reading matter. If you open a book too wide, the back will break, you can be lucky if you haven’t got the sing...more |
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Corporate chains vs independent retailers: Paltry Prices (870 words)
by MALU - written on 02.10.06 (Very useful, 354 readings)
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50% off the bestsellers of the month, hooray, that’s great! Or is it? You’re interested in literature, like to be up to date, don’t want to be the odd reader out when the latest mega seller is being discussed, don't want to wait until your local library has got the book in question but haven’t got much money or just don’t want to spend so much on a book you know you’ll read only once, what’s wrong with being happy about such enormous price reductions? Let’s have a look at the book prices in GB. When in 1995 the ‘Net Book Agreement’ (the abolition of retail price maintenance) collapsed, the promise was that books would become cheaper and the supply ...
Giving You More Reasons To Shop Where Every Little Helps? B ... (3207 words)
by Farting Weasel - written on 22.04.06 (Very useful, 274 readings)
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Giving You More Reasons To Shop Where Every Little Helps? But Who Is Helping Who? Supermarkets. Pros – Convenience, cheap(ish). Cons – Socially destructive, impersonal, high street mega-killing commercial machines. Places were there are pay offs, rip offs and things nobody saw.. Supermarkets? Excellent aren’t they? Wonderful places. And they’ve popped up just about everywhere. Few are the places these days, that cannot now boast at least one supermarket, if not a mega-store on the outskirts of the town, then a smaller version on it’s meagre high street, shoehorned between a charity shop and café. The ...
Corporate chains vs independent retailers: Big v Small (1114 words)
by wearsidelass - written on 03.01.05 (Very useful, 265 readings)
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I am following in the footsteps of other Dooyoo'ers who have brought this questionnaire about corporate foodstore chains v the little independents so, here are my answers:- Q1: If your food budget was £100, how much would you say you currently spend in big retailers – eg supermarkets? Explain why you spend so much or so little there? At present I usually spend around £65 each week in Asda. There is my husband and myself but I do tend to buy the odd item for the grandchildren too. It doesn’t matter how much I vary the food it always seems to end up at this magical figure. Then I may pop into the local shop during the week for the odd item. ...
