The idiots who make up the Retail Coalition just don't get it. Hard to believe these guys made riches through their supposed "smarts". Led by a team at FD Third Person, this group must be going all out to win an award for the most disastrous spin attempt in Australian history. I've seen some of the public's vitriol in online news comments over the last few years. But I've never seen anything as comprehensively brutal as this - not even against the banks and that my friends, is saying something.
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