@stoolpresidente Dave can you please post a rescue shoutout for a Mark Humphries with the tartan army in Boston? We’ve found his wallet, his bank cards, his drivers license. We are at the Bostonian Hotel and have been trying to find him for the last two hours.
For fuck’s sake. Socialism is NOT Communism
Capitalism – anybody can be rich
Communism – nobody can be rich
Socialism – anybody can be rich but nobody should be poor
@AllisterHeath GDP per capita growth… UK vs G7
Thatcher/Major 110%
Blair/Brown 140%
Cameron/May/Johnson/Truss/Sunak 72%
2010 debt to GDP 75%
2023 debt to GDP 100%
Yep… Alastair, your people, with you as a cheerleader, really buggered it up
@clairestrickett This is really late to your post but I was just with a major luxury watch brand who see what Grand Seiko are doing as a threat. Seiko are so established as affordable quality that they’ve built a base to launch ‘Grand’. This is the best example I’ve seen in years.
@tomfgoodwin Waitrose and M&S Food section have set a bar that Tesco, Sainsbury etc had to rise up to. Nobody has even got close in America and therefore nobody has to. Still doesn’t answer your question on why non-US brands fail. But it equally twists my melons too.