Women and Their Clothes
W/OMEN —and summer—were responsible 'for making April the busiest'month'for retail trade in Britain for 10 months. .More money was circulating among shoppers than was the case in April last year..-. * Statistics published by the “Board of Trade Journal’'-show that women in general no longer make their own i lotlies. They prefer to buy them toady-made. Result: Sales in the fashion departments of stores all over Britain soared; sales in the piece goods depart meats dropped. In suburban London an improvement of more than ,'iO per cent, was shown. In all departments throughout Britain cash sales were 10.,‘! per cent, higher than in April, 1 D.'s-l.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18769, 27 July 1935, Page 10
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109Women and Their Clothes Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18769, 27 July 1935, Page 10
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