On Thursday, I happened to pass by a pet shop so I went in for a packet of dog biscuits. I don't always go there, which means the staff don't know me, and I didn't even flash my discount card since it was such a small purchase. Still, they gave me a free gift -- a plastic squeaky toy.
It's lurid Day-Glo orange and there's no label on it about where it was made but I bet you that cheap toy came from China.
Yesterday, the pet shop that I usually shop at, ie they know me there, sent me a flyer advertising a massive discount on a brand of rubber toys. This brand, I know, is made in China. I'd thrown out several of its products after the lead in paints in children's toys scare.
I think quite a few retailers are having trouble moving their China-made inventory.
Maybe they should just send all the toys to the ministers and the business leaders who keep going on how wonderful it is to do business in that country.
Even Hardy Amies, dressmaker to the Queen of England, are calling in the administrators because no one is buying their clothes as even rich consumers cut back on their spending.
Then small retailers, with warehouses full of cheap Chinese toys, haven't got a chance.
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