It is interesting that high end shops which once had a very good reputation have been pursuing politically correct or ‘woke’ agendas and have been pandering to minority shoppers like dog owners. They want to draw in new and younger customers but all it does is annoy the loyal shoppers.
Waitrose sacked their brilliant magazine editor, William Sitwell, for gently joshing an extremist vegan in an email instead of supporting him. Vegans make up less than one per cent of the population. Waitrose vegan products abound in the yellow sticker areas as they are not too popular.
M and S and John Lewis, unlike other, good high street clothes retailers, do not give a sturdy recyclable paper bag, ever for an expensive garment. Imagine the folly of trying to sell a coat for hundreds of pounds and not putting it in a bag to protect it.
M and S offer burkinis which are an oppressive garment meant to control women and their bodies and choices. I was beyond furious when I saw a high street shop collude with the abuse of women.
Dogs in shops is another idea which seems to be an own goal. Yes, the UK is dog obsessed but when you see on something like Gransnet that even dog owners find the idea unhygienic, annoying and unkind to the dogs you know that the retailer allowing it hasn’t hammered another nail in its coffin.
As some posters have said, there is a choice now:- online.
BBC Radio 4Extra Scheduling Shake-Up.