Bargain Shop Wars

In this episode, the new kids on the bargain block face the challenge of supplying to the fast and sometimes fickle demand of the bargain customer. Shoppers can't get enough of Pep & Co's bargain black leggings, but there's chaos for the management team as on the shop floor stock levels dwindle. The race is on to get them back in stores before punters go to the competition.

In Birkenhead, in the post-sale slump of early spring, store manager Caroline, has lots of supply but no demand. Prepared to do anything to get customers through her doors, the latest idea is to use ‘pester power' to get the shoppers in. Caroline recruits local school kids to spend a day working on the shop floor in the hope that they will bring in their parents to spend, spend, spend!

In Paisley, the male staff are finding it hard to charm the ladies with their sales patter. So, before the MD, Adrian inspects, shop boss, Angela, is pulling out all the stops to get her male work force up to scratch as well as carrying out her own market research to find out what the people of Paisley want. The legging lovers of Paisley are demanding brown leggings but will MD Adrian be able to supply them with what they want?

And will one of the few clothing manufactures left in the United Kingdom rise to the challenge and give the customer exactly what they want?