Ship bunker fuel has risen from usd 150 a tonne four years ago to usd 700 a tonne today.
a container ship bringing that stuff from china will be burning 30-40 tonnes a day for 6 weeks to get your stuff here
Are Chav's responsible for the decline of JJB sports?
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Ship bunker fuel has risen from usd 150 a tonne four years ago to usd 700 a tonne today.
a container ship bringing that stuff from china will be burning 30-40 tonnes a day for 6 weeks to get your stuff here
Linford
Guest
It isn't good is it. If I could source my materials from a UK manufacturer, I would, but there is only a single importer in the UK
Archie_tect
De Skieven Architek... aka Penfold + Horace
- Location
- Northumberland
That's no way to talk about your nearest and dearest Lu!
Archie_tect
De Skieven Architek... aka Penfold + Horace
- Location
- Northumberland
Thank goodness Shaun sourced our CycleChat tops from a reputable UK manufacturer.
Lullabelle
Banana
- Location
- Midlands UK
I wasn't! To be honest I would much rather spend my money on having fun than buy expensive clothes that cost a lot because they have a logo, doesn't mean they are better qualityThat's no way to talk about your nearest and dearest Lu!
Oi!That's no way to talk about your nearest and dearest Lu!
Lullabelle
Banana
- Location
- Midlands UK
How rude!
Lullabelle
Banana
- Location
- Midlands UK
Oops... wrong 1, sorry. I meant to say 'how rude' to Archie_tect not TVC doh!
Sore Thumb
Guru
So its all over the news that JJB have gone in to Administration with the loss of thousands of jobs,so is it just poor management or a declining economy that have closed it?Or my theory is because the chavs have taken sports wear as their choice of fashion this has led to the everyone else not to wear it
This would be the last shop I would ever go in to buy sports wear.
Lullabelle
Banana
- Location
- Midlands UK
Never really saw them as selling sports wear, just cheap chav fashion
trampyjoe
Senior Member
- Location
- South Shropshire
I went into a sports direct store with my little sister recently and was astounded at how low the prices were. Something that was even more astounding was watching a family/small group of chav types shoplifting (they used the old, stuff a bag full of stuff and when the alarm goes off the group walks back in making a scene whilst the person holding the bag full of nicked gear wanders off up the high street).
- Location
- Glasgow
And the occasional splurge in TK Max, for something a bit special
hotmetal
Senior Member
- Location
- Near Windsor
Nowt wrong with a bit of Primarni Autumn/Winter collection
Heard that one for the first time today and it made me chuckle. Probably because I live in a parallel universe and/or don't have teenage kids.
I'm not generally too bothered about designer labels though – my first cycling jersey cost the princely sum of 10 Deutschmarks (about £3) and If I still had it I'd wear it. I don't begrudge paying for quality, but not double bubble just because it's got someone else's name on it. I mean, come on – Calvin Klein pants for example. The guy is famous for haute couture – he did not design your boxer shorts. He just got paid $$$ for letting someone write his name on them. Other than that they are pretty much identical to Florence n Fred's Finest*.
Heard that one for the first time today and it made me chuckle. Probably because I live in a parallel universe and/or don't have teenage kids.
I'm not generally too bothered about designer labels though – my first cycling jersey cost the princely sum of 10 Deutschmarks (about £3) and If I still had it I'd wear it. I don't begrudge paying for quality, but not double bubble just because it's got someone else's name on it. I mean, come on – Calvin Klein pants for example. The guy is famous for haute couture – he did not design your boxer shorts. He just got paid $$$ for letting someone write his name on them. Other than that they are pretty much identical to Florence n Fred's Finest*.
