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this post was submitted on 27 Jul 2025
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I've not worked in retail in over 2 decades, we printed all the price labels at the store back then and we have a universal VAT rate across the country meaning they could have done it centrally. I don't think the UK is over 30 years more technologically advanced than the US making that impossible.
I don't think the retailers are saying they can't price at the store-level. They are saying it is inefficient and burdensome - particularly as inventory moves (and would need to be recalculated and retagged). Anywho, it's something you get used to, even if it is a weird way to operate.
Inventory can move store to store but the price tag remains on the shelf at the store, so this argument doesn't really make sense to me.
We are talking about different things. I'm talking about clothing.