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CBBC's search to find Britain's best young traders is hotting up.

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We've scoured the country to find the next generation

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of budding entrepreneurs.

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From over 1,500 applicants,

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just four teams have made it through to our semi-finals.

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'They are 3's Company from Essex...'

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ALL: We're going to trade our way to the USA.

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'..Penny Pinchers from East Yorkshire....'

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ALL: We're going to knock the stuffing out of you.

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'..Team Synergy from Bristol...'

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I know how to smash the opposition.

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'..And Street Smart Sellers from Surrey.'

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That's how it's done!

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'Each has proved they've got an eye for a bargain...'

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I think these are going to be, like, the bestsellers, these bracelets.

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'Shown they're tough negotiators...'

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We've knocked it down to £10.75,

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-which is...

-Wow!

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..Half price.

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'..And demonstrated that they're top sellers.'

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We need to go out there and sell, sell, sell, sell, sell.

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I'm very confident we're going to win.

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SOUND OF FOGHORN

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'Now two of these heavyweights go head-to-head

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'in the Trade Your Way To The USA semi-finals.'

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The team that wins today's challenge

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WILL be in our Grand Final in America,

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and could be named Britain's Best Young Traders.

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Welcome to the semi-finals of Trade Your Way To The USA.

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Yes, it's semi-final time,

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and Britain's toughest trading challenge

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is about to get even tougher.

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Let's meet today's two teams of semi-finalists.

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ALL: We're 3's Company and we're going to trade our way to the USA.

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'Ella,

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'brother Brandon

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'and friend Bradley make up 3's Company.

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'In their heat, these wheeler dealers from Essex

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'showed superb selling skills.'

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This ice cream's all for you lovely customers that come to this stall.

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'Nothing stood in their way of winning the Trading Challenge.'

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Never settle for anything but more.

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'It was incredibly close, winning by less than £10.'

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THEY CHEER

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It was extremely hard, very tough.

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I'm sure the next one's going to be twice as tough. Even more maybe.

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'Their record takings of £231.75

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'put them in first place on the leaderboard

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'and ensured their place in the semi-finals.'

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SHE SCREAMS

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-We're in the semis!

-Yeah, we're really excited.

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We worked really hard and we're only one step away now

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from being on that aeroplane to America.

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'But you'd better watch out.

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'Your opponents have got their sights set on being crowned

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'Britain's Best Young Traders, too.'

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Yah!

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ALL: We're Street Smart Sellers

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and we're here to trade our way to the USA.

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'Maddy...

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'..Tabby...

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'..and Evie

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'are three best mates from Surrey.

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'In their heat, nerves almost got the better of them.'

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Would you be interested in buying any of our glow-in-the-dark goods?

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Come on!

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D'you want to win this or not?!

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-Yeah.

-Let's go for it!

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'But when they really started selling, they didn't stop...'

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Everything must go!

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'..Beating their opponents by almost £90.'

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50p.

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THEY CHEER

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We're going to be a MUCH better team of traders after this experience.

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As they say, you learn from your mistakes.

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We made quite a lot of them!

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'Their total takings of £168.50

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'put them in third place on the leaderboard

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'and secured their place in the semi-finals.'

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ALL: Woo!

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I can't believe we're in the semi-final!

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The stakes are really high now. We're going to up our game.

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We're going to definitely put our heart into what we do,

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and I think we're going to win.

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We're only one step away from being in the final in the USA.

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ALL: So you'd better watch out! Arghh!

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'So, it's 3's Company versus Street Smart Sellers.'

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But only the team that makes the most money

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can win today's challenge.

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And only THEY will be guaranteed a place in our USA Grand Final.

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'Today's teams have arrived in London.

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'But they have no idea what their challenge will be.

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'All they know is they need to win this task

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'if they want to make it to the USA.'

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3's Company, Street Smart Sellers,

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congratulations for making it through

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to the semi-finals here in London.

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The stakes are high. This year, the capital is hosting

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the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations.

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Your challenge is to design and sell Cool Britannia-themed cupcakes

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to the tourists of London's Carnaby Street.

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You will need to choose which flavour

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sponges and frostings to buy.

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You will negotiate the lowest prices

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and then sell, sell, sell.

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The team that makes the most money wins today's challenge

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and they are guaranteed a place in our USA Grand Final.

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Here are your trading funds.

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For this challenge, I've increased your funds to £150.

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Are you ready?

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-ALL: Yes!

-Let's buy!

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'The teams each have a £150 trading fund.

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'What they buy now is vital to victory. The battle is on.'

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The first rule of buying

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is to really understand the product you're selling.

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You've done this before, and whilst you did really well,

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you did make some mistakes.

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My top tip to you is this,

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don't repeat the same errors you made

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in the heats in the semi-finals. Here are your notebooks.

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-Are you ready?

-ALL: Yes!

-Let's go!

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'Bea has turned cupcakes into big business.

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'Her three shops turn over more than £1 million a year.

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'The teams have just 20 minutes to learn all they can from her

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'about turning tasty sweets into killer trading treats.

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'Every question counts.'

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Which cupcake is your most popular?

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Our most popular cupcake by far is the red velvet.

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How many cupcakes do you get per lot, and how much do they cost?

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We actually sell cupcakes each,

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so you actually can order as many or as little as you want.

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Could you list the prices for the chocolate sponge

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and the red velvet, please?

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Yeah, sure.

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Brandon is right in there with questions on pricing.

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Remember, they failed to ask questions about cost in the heats.

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Good to see they've learnt their lesson! Well done.

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All the sponges are the same price.

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Do you have special cupcakes for, say, allergies, like gluten-free?

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Yes, we do. We have a gluten-free chocolate cupcake,

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which is the same price as a chocolate sponge.

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We also have a vegan chocolate cupcake as well,

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so that's definitely an option.

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A good question on allergies from Maddy.

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'Those cakes could give the team a USP, Unique Selling Point,

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'to help win customers.'

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Guys, now you have to decide exactly

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how you're going to spend your £150 trading fund.

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-Are you ready?

-ALL: Yes.

-Let's go!

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'The teams must spend their £150 wisely

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'to be in with a chance of trading their way to the USA.'

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Do you think we should have red, white and blue cupcakes?

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Yeah, definitely, to keep with the theme.

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'As well as picking Union Jack colours for their cakes,

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'the girls have another trading trick up their sleeve.'

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We decided to get chocolate cakes,

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which were vegan and gluten-free,

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so we could appeal to a different market.

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'Having a Unique Selling Point

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'could help draw more customers in for those vital sales.'

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Maddy, you are the chief negotiator. What's your strategy?

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I think we want to get as much quantity for as little cost.

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Well, good luck,

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and I'll see you in the negotiation.

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'Street Smart Sellers have a clear game plan.

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'How are 3's Company getting on?'

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I think we should get what Bea said first of all

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was the most popular flavour.

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-Red velvet.

-Yeah, that was the red velvet.

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And the chocolate sponge and the vanilla sponge.

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We should just get the brown cases. We don't need the Britannia cases.

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'What?! Losing the Cool Britannia theme

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'is a big risk to take,

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'especially when there's a trip to the USA at stake.'

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Ella, what's your strategy?

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Our strategy is to play safe.

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So, we're not going for a wild flavour.

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We're going with something that we KNOW will sell.

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Remember, I mentioned the theme of Cool Britannia.

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I don't see that theme demonstrated at all.

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Yes, we think the cupcakes sell no matter what.

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OK. Now, you're going to go into your negotiation next.

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Remember what happened last time.

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This time, we need to lay the prices on the table. Boom, boom, boom!

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Sort it out. Finished.

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3's Company have decided to take a gutsy approach.

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They're ditching the Cool Britannia theme

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and going with their instinct,

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to sell Bea's top-selling cakes.

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Street Smart Sellers reckon their red, white and blue cupcakes

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will help them bring in the cash.

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Now, it's down to the negotiation.

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'With their cupcakes chosen, it's time to bargain with Bea.

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'They must haggle hard for the best prices now

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'so they can make the most money when they sell.

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'Because the team that brings in the most cash

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'is guaranteed a place in the USA Grand Final.

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'First up, wheeler dealers 3's Company.

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'They're going to have to drive a hard bargain

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'if they want to win this challenge.'

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What we've decided is to get a

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vanilla sponge with raspberry buttercream,

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and we priced that at £1.20.

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I actually have it here as £1.05.

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They've just overpriced that cupcake!

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That's exactly why you don't tell the supplier

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what you think the prices are.

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Would you do that for 80p?

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No.

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Could you do it for 90?

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-How many are you planning to buy of those?

-Buy around 40 mark again.

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I can do that for 40.

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Thank you.

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Now, that's more like it!

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They've negotiated their raspberry and vanilla cupcake

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from £1.05 to 90p.

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-WHISPERS:

-Well done!

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Right, our next one is the

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-red velvet...

-Mm hmm.

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-..with a vanilla buttercream...

-Mm hmm.

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..and a raspberry on top.

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'Good choice, 3's Company! Red velvet is Bea's top-selling cake.'

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Could we have that for 85p?

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-How many would you want to order?

-Again, about 40.

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I'll do those for 85p. That's fine.

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A chocolate fudge cupcake

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-with chocolate fudge icing...

-Mm hmm.

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..with gold sprinkles at £1.20.

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-Yup.

-Would you do that for £1.10?

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I can do it for £1.15.

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£1.12?

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I can do £1.12 if you get 40.

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All right.

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'A great deal.

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'40 of another of Bea's top sellers for £44.80.'

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Right, let's go onto the red velvet. We're buying 40 red velvets...

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'Hang on! They've already agreed 85p for their red velvet cakes.'

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If we bought, say, 50 red velvets,

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would you be able to put that price down?

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Oh no. No, no, no.

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This is no way to negotiate.

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You don't go back on agreed prices and try and negotiate again.

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This is really going to wind Bea up.

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Currently, right now, your situation is that you haven't hit £150 yet.

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Instead of trying to negotiate me on the price of what we've agreed to,

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you might just want to order some more.

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-Can we have another 10 vanillas and another five chocolates, please?

-OK.

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'That's another 15 cakes for £14.60,

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'but now they're feeling the pressure.'

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How much are you currently charging for the flags?

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-Wait. No, Ella, Ella. Wait.

-Brandon, let me speak!

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How much are you selling these flags at?

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The flags are 12p each.

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Will you do the flags for us at 7p each?

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I can do the flags for 7p each.

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Yeah, then we'll have them.

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So then all the remainder funds for flags, OK?

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After definitely stating

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that they were not going to go with the Cool Britannia theme,

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under pressure, they panic-bought 147 of these.

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Great. So, that'll be £150.

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'3's Company very nearly fell apart before trading had even started.

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'Despite that wobble,

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'they negotiated 163 cupcakes for their £150 trading fund.

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'Next up, the girls.

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'They know exactly what Cool Britannia-themed cakes they want.

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'Now they've got to buy as many as they can from Bea.'

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All right. Let's talk business.

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So, can we do the red velvet cakes

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with the glitter and the mascarpone icing?

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We were thinking of 66 cakes

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for £33.

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No.

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Not even close.

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50 cakes for £33?

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No.

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You know, my top tip for good negotiation

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is always establish your cost price first

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and THEN go in with the quantities.

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That's how you're going to get a deal.

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45?

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CLEARS THROAT

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-If you make it 44, I'll do it.

-OK, 44.

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The girls have negotiated 75p for their red velvet cakes.

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Is that a good deal?

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I have no idea because I don't know what the wholesale price is.

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OK, so the vegan cupcakes, which are chocolate with

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-flag and golden glitter...

-Mm hmm.

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..we were thinking of buying 29 for £14.50.

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No. I'll do a for 18.

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OK. Can someone write that down? Thank you.

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OK, can I have 18 gluten-free cupcakes

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for £14.50 as well?

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Yup, we can do that.

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'Good work, girls.

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'Their specialist cakes have given you a USP.'

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Can we go for the vanilla blue cupcakes?

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60 cupcakes for £33?

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No.

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44?

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No!

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You gave us 44 for the same amount of money as the red velvet.

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Well done, Evie, for speaking up

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and reminding Bea that she's already given you a deal.

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Great work!

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OK, fine.

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OK, that'll be £150.

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'Street Smart Sellers negotiated some good deals,

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'including 36 of their special wheat-free and vegan cakes.

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'They've also gone for the Cool Britannia theme,

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'choosing red, white and blue-coloured cakes,

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'including 52 of Bea's best-selling red velvet.

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'Although 3's Company weren't going with the Cool Britannia look,

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'they actually bought 147 Union Jack flags

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'as well as 55 of the best-selling red velvet

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'and 53 raspberry buttercream cakes.'

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3's Company have bought 163 cupcakes

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and 147 Union Jack flags.

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A last-minute purchase they hadn't intended on making.

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Street Smart Sellers have bought 185 cupcakes,

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including the vegan and gluten-free ones.

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Now it's all about tomorrow and who can sell the most.

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'Today, the competition ramps up as 3's Company

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'go head-to-head with Street Smart Sellers in the semi-final.

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'Each team is ready to give it their all

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'because the team that wins today's challenge

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'will be competing in the USA Grand Final

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'for the title of Britain's Best Young Traders.'

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3's Company, Street Smart Sellers,

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welcome to Carnaby Street,

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one of London's busiest and trendiest shopping districts.

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Thousands of people will come through here today

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and your challenge is to sell them your Cool Britannia-themed cupcakes.

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Remember, the team that makes the most money

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wins today's challenge,

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and they're guaranteed a place in our USA Grand Final.

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Are you ready?

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-ALL: Yes!

-Let's go!

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'The teams need to set up their stalls.

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'They're side-by-side,

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'which means their pricing is going to be very important.'

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-How much?

-No, don't do prices yet!

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Cos then they can look at their price and think,

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"They're cheaper. We're definitely going to them."

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But if they come to us and we have a chance to explain, do not do prices.

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Am I allowed a sneaky peek at what their price is?

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OK, I'm just going to have a quick sneaky pick... peak.

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They don't have prices up.

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Now, in terms of your pricing, tell me what your strategy is.

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Cos we're right next to the other team, we're going to wait to see

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what they're selling it for.

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-Right. Are you happy with that, guys?

-Yup.

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'In business, you keep an eye on what your competition is charging,

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'but you do have to say what YOUR prices are, too.

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'What about Street Smart sellers?'

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Evie, what's your pricing strategy?

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We're going to price them around £3-£4-ish,

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but we're going to wait until the other team have put their price up.

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Is that a good idea?

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Well, yeah. I think it is.

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'This sounds worryingly familiar.

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'If no-one sets their prices, how will anyone sell their cakes?'

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-All right. Well, listen. I'll see you later. Good luck.

-Thank you.

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'The stalls may be set, but the prices aren't.

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'Regardless, it's time for battle to commence.'

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Teams, are you ready?

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ALL: Yes!

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Three, two, one...

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start trading!

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SOUND OF FOGHORN

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'This should be interesting.

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'I've no idea if they're selling their cakes for 5p or £5.'

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That's £4, Madam.

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-£4 for one?

-For one.

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-How much are they?

-£3.50.

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-It looks delicious. Good luck.

-Thank you very much.

-No worries.

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£3.50 each or two for £6!

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£2.50.

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'They don't seem to have a clear pricing strategy.

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'This could end up confusing customers.'

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Lovely glittery cupcakes!

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Two for a fiver!

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'In business, that's the last thing you want

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'or they'll buy elsewhere.'

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I spent £3.50 on a mascarpone one,

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and now they're selling it for £2.50

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five minutes, four minutes later!

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I don't know about that one, really.

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Cool Britannia cupcakes!

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'That's no way to do business, girls.'

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I'll give it to you for £3.

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'How are 3's Company doing?'

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-How much?

-£3.

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-£2?

-Or two for five.

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-One.

-There you go.

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-Have a nice day.

-Bye.

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-Would you like a cupcake?

-How much are they?

-£3.

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We're doing £3 each for each of them.

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-No, Bradley, we agreed we were going to change it.

-Don't listen to her.

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-How much are they selling them to you?

-I have no idea.

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'Another confused customer.

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'3's Company still have no idea what their prices are.'

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You've got to STOP changing the prices the whole time!

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You went out and then you started selling for £2.50.

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They're supposed to be £3!

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Ella, do you think you need to get your team together

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and just work out the pricing and just stick to it?

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You've just confused a customer and that wasn't very professional.

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Come on, guys! Come and buy cupcakes!

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Freshly baked this morning!

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-I'll buy a cupcake.

-Yeah?

-Yeah!

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They're £3 each or two for five.

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'At last! A clear pricing strategy

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'that will bring in over £2 profit on each cake.'

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You can't look at a cupcake without smiling!

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Come on!

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£3 or two for a fiver.

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'It's one hour into the challenge,

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'and Street Smart Sellers have also fixed their prices,

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'not a moment too soon.'

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£3 a cupcake! Two for a fiver!

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Cool Britannia cupcakes today only!

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We've got raspberry...

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'Both teams are selling at the same price,

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'but the girls have a Unique Selling Point up their sleeve.'

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Gluten-free and vegan cupcakes!

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'The girls have got 36 special cakes for non-wheat and non-meat eaters.

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'They'll need to shift the lot if they want to be

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'on that plane to America.'

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One of the girls told me that it's gluten-free.

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Apparently, they don't do gluten-free, but these guys do.

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You need gluten-free ones?

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We don't have gluten-free. That's them.

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'That's almost £1.70 profit on the gluten-free chocolate cake. Great!'

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We've got into our stride and now we're selling like mad.

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Only 30 minutes left.

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'Both teams are going for it.'

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Oh, OK. I'll get one red velvet.

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'But this IS the semi-final.

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'Everyone is desperate to win,

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'and there's a price war breaking out.'

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-They're offering two for four. What can you do?

-Two for four?

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We'll do two for £3.50.

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We'll do two for £3.50.

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Come and buy our cupcakes!

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Our cupcakes have glitter and theirs don't!

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Which two would you like?

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We'll do two for £2.80.

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It's so competitive, literally. As soon as we change our prices,

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they're changing theirs or vice versa.

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Arghh!

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My top tip in business is this,

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ALWAYS be confident in your pricing and your strategy,

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and go for it.

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Don't be distracted by the competition.

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'There's a fine line between undercutting

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'and an all-out price war.

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'That WILL confuse your customers and cost you those sales.'

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Street Smart Sellers, I'd like you to gather round.

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I need you to be professional,

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and I need you to be confident in your pricing.

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Undercutting each other on price is not the best way forward.

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'And they're not the only ones I need to speak to.'

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I'd like you to focus, re-group and think about what you're doing.

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This is the semi-final.

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-Understood?

-Understood.

-Understood.

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Right, we are sticking with our guns over the pricing.

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I think we're thinking of cutting down the price

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cos we don't want to be five minutes left and have so many cupcakes.

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It's just going to be impossible.

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'While the girls slash their prices, 3's Company

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'are keeping theirs 50p higher.

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'There's everything still to play for.'

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Just 15 minutes left!

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£1.50 for a cupcake! Delicious cupcakes! £1.50!

0:22:550:22:58

I'm going to have a cupcake. You look very enterprising.

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Come on! We've got to try and sell off ALL these cupcakes!

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That's £10. Please, please!

0:23:040:23:07

OK. Would you be interested in buying some cupcakes?

0:23:090:23:11

-Guys, come on!

-£1 a cupcake!

-Come on over, guys!

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I think we've got a good chance of winning this thing.

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So, this is brilliant.

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There's your red velvet. Thank you. Have a nice day.

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I've got to get rid of 10 cupcakes in five minutes.

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I think I can.

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Pound a cupcake! Pound a cupcake!

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'But will rock-bottom prices

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'mean rock-bottom profit for Street Smart Sellers?'

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Five for a fiver.

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Only £1 per cupcake!

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'With seconds to spare, 3's Company slash their prices, too.'

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Start selling more. It's dropping.

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30p a cake!

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Nine, eight...

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THEY SCREAM

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-We sold out!

-We sold 185 cupcakes!

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..Three, two, one...

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stop trading!

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SOUND OF FOGHORN

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We sold out of chocolate.

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Cash tin, please.

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Good luck.

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Cash box, please.

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Good luck.

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We'd be over the moon.

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Oh, we'd be SO over the moon if we got to go to America.

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We had a lot of people just say, oh, we're amazing.

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But, oh my God! It was just the best feeling in the world.

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It was undescribable.

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We've worked so hard to get this far, so hopefully we can go even further.

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Just cos they sold all their cupcakes doesn't mean they won.

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We kept our prices and we were selling them

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more expensive than the other team.

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We have to wait until the results.

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But hopefully, we've done enough to go to the USA.

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'They came, they sold, but today,

0:24:480:24:51

'there can only be one winner.

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'Is it 3's Company or Street Smart Sellers

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'who have made the most money and will be flying to the USA

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'to compete in the Trade Your Way To The USA Grand Final?'

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Welcome to the London Stock Exchange.

0:25:050:25:08

With around £5 billion traded here every day,

0:25:080:25:11

it's one of the most important trading centres in the world,

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and a fitting place to announce the winner of our Trading Challenge.

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1,500 young traders applied to be in your position,

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but only four teams made it through to the semi-finals,

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so congratulations.

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Remember, the team that wins today is guaranteed a place

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in our USA Grand Final.

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The cash has been counted.

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Street Smart Sellers, you took...

0:25:440:25:46

..£366.57.

0:25:520:25:56

3's Company...

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..you took...

0:26:040:26:06

..£257.90.

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THEY SCREAM

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'Street Smart Sellers have won today's challenge

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'and WILL be competing in the USA Grand Final.'

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It means so much to go to America.

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I think all our hard work's now paid off.

0:26:330:26:35

We're going to have so much fun and it's just going to be amazing.

0:26:350:26:38

We're going to pull out ALL the stops.

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We go to America, we'll be crowned

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Britain's Best Young Traders. Good luck.

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We're a bit disappointed we didn't win,

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but at the end of the day, they were a great team.

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They did it, so high fives for them.

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I honestly don't think we could have lost to a better team.

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Business doesn't always go the way you planned.

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So, sometimes you have ups and downs,

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but you always see through it.

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Commiserations, 3's Company. Well, I think you've been a fantastic team

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and you should be very proud of yourselves. Well done.

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Street Smart Sellers, you ARE today's winners

0:27:050:27:08

and you WILL be joining me in the Grand Final in the USA.

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So, the lesson to be taken away from today's Trading Challenge?

0:27:150:27:19

It's this. Let your competition pull you up, not drag you down.

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And that's well worth remembering

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if YOU want to trade your way to the USA.

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'Next time on Trade Your Way To The USA,

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'it's the last of our semi-finals.'

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We need to go up by £2.

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It may be a good deal for you but it is NOT a good deal for me.

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People are taking them, tasting them and then walking off.

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They're eating your profits without buying.

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