Is it just me or is everyone getting pretty merry about the festive season this year?
First, we had the Christmas retail campaign which began this year … in September! Who can blame them? They have sustained relentless attacks on their bottom lines from Covid-obsessed governments (who made them enforcement officers of State vaccine passport lockouts), to the agents of the online retail revolution (who did alright during the lockdowns).
In the case of my hometown, and many others, the flood-gods took whatever was left, leaving the remnants of Australian small business retail to welcome Christmas with a relish borne of desperation....
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