First class style at Third World prices
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The West purchasing cheap, sub-standard clothing and fabrics from India means that the factories making them are employing people at very low rates of pay and not developing the innate talents of the Indian worker. British people expect Indian goods to be cheap, and Oxfam sells all the goods at rock-bottom prices. Swallows Handicrafts in the slums of Madras employs women of all ages for 25 rupees a day, enough for a chocolate bar and some crisps. The women have in fact to pay 500 rupees to get on the payroll. Such firms could be making magnificently embroidered tablecloths to sell in high-class shops in the West.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1992
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A royal bungalow in the Tesco style
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The Prince of Wales seems to have gone against his own high architectural standards in accepting the design submitted by surveyor Charles Morris for the Orchard Room at Highgrove. Some observers have been extremely critical of this building, which is in a vernacular Georgian style. However, it is important to realise that this is only a very small structure and that it will be seen by very few people. It is suitable for its purpose, and closely reflects the tastes and ambitions of the Prince of Wales.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1997
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All style and no conscience
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Most of today's architects focus on designing buildings such as art galleries, and considering housing to be almost completely irrelevant. This is in sharp contrast to the late 1960s, when architects were keen to bring modern living experiences to ordinary people. Nowadays, architects seem to have little interest in designing homes for the poor, and lottery money is invested only in arts projects. Little attention is being given to housing and how people may live together as a nation in the future.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1996
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