Reply to post: Re: Ironic, isn't it?

A story of M, a failed retailer: We'll give you a clue – it rhymes with Charlie Chaplin

Hans Neeson-Bumpsadese Silver badge

Re: Ironic, isn't it?

Maplin started as a mail-order business many, many moons ago - that distance-selling mindset should have helped with the on-line. Ironic that a business that was originally not about retail sites was killed off by the retail side...

Live by the sword, die by the shoddily-made blunt penknife which is available for the same price as a sword.

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