Synopsis
The remarkable story of the 1990s and 2000s, when the goods we bought got cheaper, fashion got faster and supermarkets got smarter.
- Programme: Robert Peston Goes Shopping
- Episode: 2: Addiction
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2013
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