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Originally Posted by alik01
I thought you guys wouldn't get affected too badly - hardly discretionary! Do you get a lot of competition from the likes of Chemist Warehouse, etc? I always thought it'd be pretty hard to compete with them especially in city and 'less-affluent' areas.
Amk, I always thought that the market in WA was supposed to be traditionally be very resilient.
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Traditionally the WA market was resilient but it's all different now. Retailing is now exposed to national operators and national buying trends. It is pretty hard to compete with the discount operators - but let's just say it isn't a level playing field in terms of trading terms with suppliers etc.