FROM THE EDITOR: CSR seems to be out of fashion
26 Jun 2008 | by Danny Rogers
An interesting week in the reputation of the rag trade; from haute couture right down to the prince of the discounters.
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When David Cameron's man won the Henley by-election about the first thing the Tory leader mentioned was the fact that the anti-government vote had gone to the Tories, not the Liberal Democrats.
An interesting week in the reputation of the rag trade; from haute couture right down to the prince of the discounters.
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