Businesses keep prices down and Deepavali spirit up


Feeling festive:E. Susmiita showing some of the many homemade cookies her family sells outside their sundry shop in Little India, George Town, Penang. — ZHAFARAN NASIB/The Star

GEORGE TOWN: Despite prices of ingredients soaring especially sugar, a businessman here in Little India has maintained the prices of the Deepavali biscuits in his shop to make his clients happy and come back for more.

P. Narendran, 46, said instead of burdening his customers with new prices, he decided to work with suppliers to reduce the profit margin.

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