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Sale(ing) through the flu
Updated On: 11 August, 2009 06:57 AM IST | | Kumar Saurav and Amit Singh
Most retail outlets turn a blind eye to employees' request for protective face masks; store attendants are scared of increased risk during sale season
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Most retail outlets turn a blind eye to employees' request for protective face masks; store attendants are scared of increased risk during sale season
The malls are making merry and trying to hold their sneezes.
Taking advantage of the pre-Independence Day annual sale season, as shoppers flood shopping centres and malls, store attendants are panicking because their managements are dragging their feet over anti-swine flu measures.
Some are ready...
Big Bazaar, one of the largest retail chains in the country, reportedly rejected a plea by its employees to allow them to wear surgical face masks to keep the flu virus away.
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