How the GST is making it hard to stay pretty


Consumers will just have to change the way they shop for products and adopt a new strategy to their beauty regimen.

So, it has been almost 18 months now and I thought I’d revisit a touchy subject that’s probably still a sore point with many – the GST.

No, that doesn’t stand for Great Sale Today. On the contrary, sales have been anything but great these days for the retail sector, no thanks to the implementation of the Goods & Services Tax along with the not-so-encouraging economy and political scene.

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