| Retail Trading |
| The issue: |
Hello Sir George . Something that has been going through my mind for a while now . Along with the problems of finace , one often hears about many highstreet retailers losing out to the Supermarkets who are now trying to sell everything , and cheeper if they can . Well this all sounds good enouogh and to some people would say that is fair enough . But then one could also consider it to be a bit unfair . Alright there is such a thing as free trading and all that , but really there are limits to fair trading . I myslef have for sometime been of the opinion that perhaps it is time the retailers had limits on just how much of a verity of different things that they are actually alowed sell . IE A supermarket which is normally accosiated with food and a few bits of household hardwear like cleaning item , little things like light bulbs and bateries and so on , and that is it . They might consider this to be unfair , but then everybody is entitled to make an honest living . Of course there is also the competition form buying on line but then that is fair enough , though one would think that alternative employment would be created . Just a sugestion .
While I am here . People go on about the greenhouse affect . A problem that is here to stay and will in time , kill us all . Many idea arize how to deal with it . I have only solution . And that is if they somebody somewhere can come up with somewhay of withdrawing the CO2 form that atmosphere , tanking the stuff up and somehow getting rid of it . Pitty there was no way of puting something in the atmosphere that can defunk the affect of the stuff . Still , little we can do about that . Be nice if they could though before we become a dying civelization .
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| Date Issue Raised: |
13 Apr 2009 |
| My response: |
Many thanks for your email which I read with great interest.
I am old enough to remember the time before we had supermarkets, when shopping took a great deal of time. One had to go to the baker for bread, the butcher for meat, the greengrocer for vegetables and the grocer for groceries. And there were queues at each. The advent of supermarkets has brought with it enormous convenience, as well as cheaper food. And because the supermarkets in Andover have to compete with each other, they cannot take the consumer for a ride.
So I am doubtful about stopping supermarkets from selling anything that they want to sell – as a conservative, I am cautious about extra regulation and restrictions. Independent retailers can survive and thrive – Solitaire, At Last and Bath Travel in the High St. for example.
I agree there is a real problem with CO2 emissions. Part of the answer is the new system of carbon trading – whereby you have to have a permit to emit CO2; and the number of permits is reduced over a period of time. Another part is to conserve forests and jungles which hep reverse the process.
Best wishes, George Young.
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