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Comment on: Flannels adds fuel to indies’ Grazia promotion debate
Oooh, what comments? I must have missed that story. Asos are brave by doing an open forum. Always customer grumbles and complaints on it for all to see. I even had one myself as I didn't realise you had to put in a code to get free postage when spending over a certain amount . Got a reply and a postage refund straight away. It's almost become the place to post a query or a moan and, though they must screen it, most of the complaints are left up for all to see.......and dealt with quickly. I can't see why negative or controversial commnents are removed from here. Surely the subject of the article should just write and reply to defend themselves if they feel they are unjustified?
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Comment on: Sarah Coggles berated for Grazia promotion
With the utmost respect to the Dreapers team, I do notice that they don;t dare to report on certain topical issues and could be seen to be a teeny tiny bit sychophantic at times.....but the ads pay the wages so, unless a trade mag can exist ad free, then the content isn't ever going to upset the advertisors or the P/T 'journalists' who work in the industry, who write in it. That is why I think Coggles was brave and just did what he did for his own benefit during a difficult trading period. He knew he would get flack and, maybe, some from the big brands but still did what he thought was best for his business. Good for him. The Times has written about Mr K Stanford, Landsbanki et al and Bauger yet Drapers hasn't mentioned him for months....not a sausage yet he was a very big player in retail during the past decade. IF (and I emphasise IF) The Sunday best proprieter is a bit miffed by it, then she has 2 ways to go. Stay as she is or try beat them at their own game...and do her own web promo....but bigger and better. Retailing is changing massively, really quickly. I think us 30+'s are used to change and can adapt but not to it happening so quickly. I will confess to it catching me out a couple of years back. The comm landlords were well wrong footed as their values dropped 40% in 18 months despite all the cloaking and tricks. Unheard of as drops like that take years usually.
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Comment on: Sarah Coggles berated for Grazia promotion
I commneted already but just thought what the benefits were for a one off promo. Think of all those new web customers he got via the promo....and all those e-mail contacts to send 'secret' promos to in the future. It's a new way of retailing, a bit subversive...but smart anyone sitting back grumbling about mark ups may be toast in a few years time anyway. E-Tail may see mark ups go back to the olden days when it was perfectly profitable to mark up by X 2.3 and earn well after fixed costs. Many chains are marking up X 12 ex factory ......the Boohoos of the e-tail world may change this soon too., A
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Comment on: No wages for Atlantic staff
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1337353 Could have been employed by the above. Will PM him your no.
