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Retail Difficulties: Gamages in 1930

Jonathan Freedland presents the series that looks for the past behind the present.

Jonathan explores the parallels and differences between what shops today can learn from the bleak festive season of 1930, when department stores began to be threatened by the new variety stores.

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30 minutes

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Tue 9 Dec 200821:30
BBC Radio 4

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  • Tue 9 Dec 200809:00
    BBC Radio 4
  • Tue 9 Dec 200821:30
    BBC Radio 4

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