" 'Company X’ markets its products in the UK in accordance with a retailer distribution policy, ensuring that the retail environment for the sale of 'Company X’ products complies with certain minimum quality standards, so as to enable the customer to make purchases in an appropriate retail environment," it said in a statement.
"Retailers meeting the relevant minimum standards can purchase the relevant Company ’X’ products, What products do you think 'Company X’ is referring to?
High class sports cars?
High end Home Entertainment Systems?
Specialist computers?
Top class mobile communications equipment?
Not even near:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7028248.stm“I don’t believe …………” Calm down Victor!
It would serve the money grabbing companies right if all Supermarkets refused to even contemplate selling any of their products.
As for ‘fans’ who buy these things, I shake my head in disbelief that they pay out so much money when ‘iffy’ ones are available at almost every car boot sale and market for about a tenth of the price.
If quality is not quite as good, so what, I think five cheap shirts will outlast one genuine shirt and at half the price, with the added bonus that you can look smart in a new one five times over.
dave