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Poundland in peril: how rampant inflation and price wars left £1 stores exposed
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With the chain on the brink of administration, its low-profile US owners face questions about their conduct “It was a very successful and simple proposition,” laments one former Poundland boss. With every product in the shop sold at £1, and the price in its name, its proposition
With the chain on the brink of administration, its low-profile US owners face questions about their conduct “It was a very successful and simple proposition,” laments one former Poundland boss. With every product in the shop sold at £1, and the price in its name, its proposition to shoppers was the clearest of any UK high street chain. Now the UK’s first and biggest nationwide single-price retailer could disappear amid heavy competition and inflation that has eaten into its ability to offer bargains.
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