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  • lowimpakt0

    just how sensitive is British retail is to export/import prices and a weakened pound?

    Maplin and Toys R Us fall into insolvency

    https://www.ft.com/content/87ddf…

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      what does it say?
      surely these were doomed businesses anyway?      fadein11
    • hah. got a 'new' speaker from maplin a couple of weeks back arrived with a huge slash in it and covered in chalk. but is useful the one time a year you need it!kingsteven
    • Toys R Us went chapter 11 in north america some time agoGnash
    • Maplin has been Dead for years now and ToysRUs UK has, like its US parent, been chronically disfunctional for years.detritus
    • *dys, damn phone.
      I mean, have you even been in a maplin over the past decade?      detritus
    • If you havent, then that's why. If you have, then you know why.detritus
    • exactly det, both businesses were dead, this has nothing (or little) to do with Brexit. And trust me I hate Brexit.fadein11
    • Map;in and Toys R Us can fuck off. Overpriced. Shit.
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    • Aye, pretty sure nobody gives a shit about either and only reason they're in the news is because lots of people will lose their jobsFax_Benson
    • Fuck em'
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    • They can get another shitty job
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