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Radio 4,09 Dec 2008,30 mins

Retail Difficulties: Gamages in 1930

The Long View

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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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