Jon

Would you PM me too pal

I get the impression that the "losers" against the supermarkets are typically the smaller seasonal sellers (corner shops and the like.)

Ive no idea which "losers" your talking about David. Please clarify, must have read your post wrong?

Respect for speaking up and reminding others Paul. Hope this hasnt knocked your confidence as you seem like you know your stuff.
Hope your good fella.

As life these days is so driven by centres of consumerism ie big shops! The drive for weeks has been Halloween because a supermarket can have whole aisles of halloween trash for sale for profit without the restrictions that apply to firework sales.

My Adsa will have a whole 10metre seasonal aisle stacked three level high with halloween tat and only one stall and one assistant selling fireworks.
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Turnover vs hassle halloween has to be the commercial winner for shops that watch the turnover and profit for each foot of aisle space.

If only they saw the potential of fireworks. Yeah they can only store so much but if they were pro active in selling and had at least 1 person there with "the knowledge" then they would make a killing. They could restock as soon as they run low on stock.

Im glad they dont though. I personally dont benefit from annual retailers but dont want them to die out because supermarkets have a foot hold. I know supermarkets wont and they never will.

Just watched the vid for fantasia. Not a bad mix of effects and it went on for 2min 45secs. The bloke in the shop said about 10 min LMAO, I knew this wouldnt be true, no firework lasts that long.