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'Lucy: Slightly better margins than Primark... that doesn't really appeal to me much as a business model... I mean, it's not the sort of product you're going to sell in 'bulk' to B2C... in a B2C & even B2B I would much prefer the higher margins/quality/less competition over the likes of Amazon, Temu, Shein etc... tell me why would a shopper go to UK*******.com for those products over the three that I have mentioned? What is the drive?'
'Lucy: Now perhaps this is subjective, but I personally do not feel that UK*******.com as a primary 'brand' to push, communicates 'British Boutique' or 'Italian-made ethically sourced legwear' like you've just quoted... additionally, if you were going to look at the market ecosystem, do shoppers necessarily trust the 'UK' prefix, or has it been heavily exploited like the term 'British'?'
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'Lucy: Slightly better margins than Primark... that doesn't really appeal to me much as a business model... I mean, it's not the sort of product you're going to sell in 'bulk' to B2C... in a B2C & even B2B I would much prefer the higher margins/quality/less competition over the likes of Amazon, Temu, Shein etc... tell me why would a shopper go to UK*******.com for those products over the three that I have mentioned? What is the drive?'
'Lucy: Now perhaps this is subjective, but I personally do not feel that UK*******.com as a primary 'brand' to push, communicates 'British Boutique' or 'Italian-made ethically sourced legwear' like you've just quoted... additionally, if you were going to look at the market ecosystem, do shoppers necessarily trust the 'UK' prefix, or has it been heavily exploited like the term 'British'?'
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