John Hobson
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Comment on: VAT rise floated at furniture crisis summit
"what qualifications you need to work in the DoB. Presumably a thick skin and extreme myopia." ROFL - Well that and a complete lack of real world experience.....The economic impact alone of a further VAT increase would be bad enough, but do they have NO concept of the impact of a VAT change even just in systems and process terms?
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Comment on: Chancellor confirms 2.5% VAT cut
Well I can't see many retailers going round reducing price tags from 9.99 to 9.77 :-) Yes, OK, I know that there are other ways they can do this like having as 2.1% off POS markdown, or by reducing certain items by more whilst leaving other at the original price. It DOES provide a means by which retailers can reduce prices slightly with no immediate cost to themselves, so it may stimulate a bit of demand - but only from those who don't drive cars or drink alcohol presumably :-) "The pre-Budget report also contained announcements of a duty rise on alcohol, tobacco and petrol duty, to cancel out the effect of the VAT reduction. " - BBC Yes - that'll be about right won't it?
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Comment on: What are you doing on Twitter?
Joules Clothing (@Joules_Clothing) do this pretty well too - They establish a pleasant corporate "personality" with their tweets. and create relationships with their customers - here's a recent example "We'd love to hear about your Glamping trip, you can send your stories to livingthegoodlife@joulesclothing.co.uk ". I have no commercial connection with Joules - I just like the way they use Twitter.
