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We have to consider the information that is provided to Italian consumers who buy from a Scottish company or Dutch consumers who buy from a German company.
We have to consider the information that is provided to Italian consumers who buy from a Scottish company or Dutch consumers who buy from a German company.
In the past, we have made mistakes because we have been thinking about what we want to sell rather than what consumers want to buy. What consumers want to buy should be picked up by the people who market Scotland and should determine how we develop the product.
My reference to housing was very much about people who could not even contemplate buying houses. In certain small communities, rented accommodation is going begging.
The gross margin on tobacco sales is very low, at 5 or 6 per cent.Tobacco sales generate sales of other goods; people come into stores to buy tobacco and buy newspapers and other products.