FROM MOTORCYCLES TO BEER... HOW BRITS PAY OVER THE ODDS; But families over in Europe enjoy a cut-price bonanza.(Features)

From: Sunday Mirror (London, England) | Date: August 2, 1998| Author: Lyons, Teena | Copyright information

EVERYONE knows the Brits love a bargain. Cut-price designer goods from unofficial cut-price sources are a booming pounds 100million business for the supermarkets who have dared defy the big brands.

For many customers this is the first time they have experienced the low prices families on mainland Europe have enjoyed for years.

So far the discounts have just been on branded clothes including Levi, Adidas, Calvin Klein and perfumes - but British shoppers are pay...

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