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DSLiverpool

14,671 posts

201 months

Tuesday 11th November 2014
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nicanary said:
So Carla's celebrating the biggest contract they've had for a long time. 10,000 pairs of knicks. I've always assumed, possibly incorrectly, that the stuff the factory makes is sort of middle-price - not the designer-price kit, but a notch up from a pack of 5 for £3.99. But an order of 10,000 is a big deal?

She's got about 15 staff there, plus rent on the unit and all the usual utilities - I think she sells direct to retailers like catalogues, but all the same the profit margin will only be about £2-3 a pair, surely? IMO the figures don't add up.

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In the rag trade you would expect each person to make a pair in what 5 mins? 12 an hour times 15 staff 180 an hour 1440 a day 7200 a week - their biggest order is 10 days work - corry researchers got that one badly wrong.

HonestIago

1,719 posts

185 months

Tuesday 11th November 2014
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nicanary said:
So Carla's celebrating the biggest contract they've had for a long time. 10,000 pairs of knicks. I've always assumed, possibly incorrectly, that the stuff the factory makes is sort of middle-price - not the designer-price kit, but a notch up from a pack of 5 for £3.99. But an order of 10,000 is a big deal?

She's got about 15 staff there, plus rent on the unit and all the usual utilities - I think she sells direct to retailers like catalogues, but all the same the profit margin will only be about £2-3 a pair, surely? IMO the figures don't add up.
My thoughts exactly last night!

I also now think Alya must be the most beautiful woman to have ever graced the cobbles!


Edited by HonestIago on Tuesday 11th November 14:11

nicanary

9,751 posts

145 months

Tuesday 11th November 2014
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HonestIago said:
My thoughts exactly last night!

I also now think Alya must be the most beautiful woman to have ever graced the cobbles!


Edited by HonestIago on Tuesday 11th November 14:11
Agreed on Alya. (And OT the Cypriot girl on Gogglebox.)

Escort3500

11,829 posts

144 months

Wednesday 12th November 2014
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Does anyone else think that Tracey looked frighteningly like Michael Jackson when she was in the corner shop tonight? eek

Wacky Racer

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38,099 posts

246 months

Wednesday 12th November 2014
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Escort3500 said:
Does anyone else think that Tracey looked frighteningly like Michael Jackson when she was in the corner shop tonight? eek
I thought that too....(When she was glaring at Carla as she was leaving the shop).

I reckon she may try to sabotage Underworld's big new order....Tracey is pure evil......biggrin

nicanary

9,751 posts

145 months

Thursday 13th November 2014
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Wacky Racer said:
Escort3500 said:
Does anyone else think that Tracey looked frighteningly like Michael Jackson when she was in the corner shop tonight? eek
I thought that too....(When she was glaring at Carla as she was leaving the shop).

I reckon she may try to sabotage Underworld's big new order....Tracey is pure evil......biggrin
I just watched it. You're right and then some - I half expected her to pick up the dented can of beans with a jewelled glove. Maybe Wacko Jacko wasn't trying to look like his sisters after all, but was a closet fan of Tracy Barlow.

I like Wacky's notion about a sabotage plan. That'd be typical Corrie scriptwriting.

Peter's on his way out soon, though the storyline allows for his return.

DSLiverpool

14,671 posts

201 months

Thursday 13th November 2014
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Tracey skint, she has a shop but it's shut - open shop? Have a sale ? Too obvious?

onyx39

11,109 posts

149 months

Thursday 13th November 2014
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DSLiverpool said:
Tracey skint, she has a shop but it's shut - open shop? Have a sale ? Too obvious?
Too lazy

Denis O

2,141 posts

242 months

Thursday 13th November 2014
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onyx39 said:
DSLiverpool said:
Tracey skint, she has a shop but it's shut - open shop? Have a sale ? Too obvious?
Too lazy
Too stupid.

Me, me, me, me, me.

Gut shoot the bh so she takes 12 hours to die an agonising death.

Wacky Racer

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38,099 posts

246 months

Thursday 13th November 2014
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nicanary said:
So Carla's celebrating the biggest contract they've had for a long time. 10,000 pairs of knicks. I've always assumed, possibly incorrectly, that the stuff the factory makes is sort of middle-price - not the designer-price kit, but a notch up from a pack of 5 for £3.99. But an order of 10,000 is a big deal?

She's got about 15 staff there, plus rent on the unit and all the usual utilities - I think she sells direct to retailers like catalogues, but all the same the profit margin will only be about £2-3 a pair, surely? IMO the figures don't add up.

Whilst Corrie does generally select the "right car" for the characters, I see Kal drives an 03-plate Audi A4 Avant. His kids are adults, he hasn't got a dog, he doesn't lug loads around. Seems wrong to me, I reckon an "available" gym-owner would drive something like a Jap sporty coupe.
I thought that too...

With margins being very keen in the rag trade, and buyers eager to squeeze the last penny on price out of the manufacturer, I doubt if Underworld is making much more than a quid net on a pair of frilly knickers, ergo an order for 10,000 is hardly worthy of breaking out the champagne..

Still, we are in a recession, so every little helps.......smile

nicanary

9,751 posts

145 months

Saturday 15th November 2014
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Wacky was very prescient about Tracy and a sabotage plan. Looks like it's on the near horizon.

Cilla used up all the air freshener in the bog. I'd give it 5 minutes, as they say. What the hell had she been eating?

Argybargy

247 posts

181 months

Saturday 15th November 2014
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nicanary said:
Wacky was very prescient about Tracy and a sabotage plan. Looks like it's on the near horizon.

Cilla used up all the air freshener in the bog. I'd give it 5 minutes, as they say. What the hell had she been eating?
Industrial sabotage...digestive disorders - it's the soap that's got the lot! Beat that Eastenders!


Mr GrimNasty

8,172 posts

169 months

Saturday 15th November 2014
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Hasn't Cillit just got osteoporosis (as lots of women of a certain age)? I don't think it exactly justifies the 'seriously ill/about to die' script line? Very odd.

andymc

7,334 posts

206 months

Saturday 15th November 2014
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Has Norris got his parcel yet?

Athlon

4,998 posts

205 months

Saturday 15th November 2014
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Mr GrimNasty said:
Hasn't Cillit just got osteoporosis (as lots of women of a certain age)? I don't think it exactly justifies the 'seriously ill/about to die' script line? Very odd.
Gives Fizz an excuse to leave the show for a bit to have the baby wink

Wacky Racer

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38,099 posts

246 months

Saturday 15th November 2014
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andymc said:
Has Norris got his parcel yet?
Let's hope it's a parcel bomb..........hehe

My guess is it will be a blow up doll from Ann Summers.

DSLiverpool

14,671 posts

201 months

Monday 17th November 2014
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We have a price for the big order knickers - 12 pairs for £10 as told tonight by Carla to Aliyah or whatever her name is

On another note it looks like Fay and cillas son make a baby or am I seeing things?

soxboy

6,060 posts

218 months

Monday 17th November 2014
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Carla just said that her knickers sell a dozen for £10, so the grand order for 10,000 pairs would retail for £8,333.

Wholesale cost say just over 50%, say £4,500. Not much to celebrate surely?

226bhp

10,203 posts

127 months

Monday 17th November 2014
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Well there was the answer to the underwear conundrum:

Carla said:
Our customers want half a dozen knickers for less than a tenner!
Whilst holding up a cheap pair of Polyester pants....

nicanary

9,751 posts

145 months

Tuesday 18th November 2014
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Yes, our joint calculations seem to reveal that the scriptwriters have their sums wrong. There must be 10 or 12 stitchers in that factory, together with at least 2 packers - even on minimum wage (unlikely if they're skilled workers) the weekly wage bill plus rent/utilities would mean little or no profit, yet Carla stood them all a free drink in the Rovers when she secured the deal.

Pedantry rules!

PS nice to see Ronald Pickup on the screen again. Haven't seen him in anything for ages.
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