Comments on: Balham Woolies becomes a 99p store https://jamescousins.com/2009/01/balham-woolies-becomes-a-99p-store/ A (micro.)blog without a purpose. Tue, 25 Jan 2011 17:33:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anonymous https://jamescousins.com/2009/01/balham-woolies-becomes-a-99p-store/#comment-2187 Tue, 25 Jan 2011 17:33:00 +0000 http://jamescousins.com/?p=566#comment-2187 What’s wrong with a 99p store? I believe that high streets shouldn’t be homogenous and just cater to one section of the public; there are people living around Balham who are not well off enough to shop every day at Waitrose.

There’s also lots of stuff sold in the 99p store that is non-food, for example many household items, so it is serving a need in the community.

]]> By: The speed of Modern Capitalism « A blog from the back room. https://jamescousins.com/2009/01/balham-woolies-becomes-a-99p-store/#comment-13 Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:39:20 +0000 http://jamescousins.com/?p=566#comment-13 […] Rather sniffy response to the opening of this store by Wandsworth Council’s cabinet member for regeneration on his blog . He says “I cannot deny a much bigger part of me would have preferred a more prestigious […]

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