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F: I guess the main weakness is with the image of stone of the products. I complained about this last year. With our present strategy, we could find ourselves having problems in the future. We need to turn the situation around, work the market to our advantage. What I’d suggest is a complete review of the way we’re approaching the market. I think we should get everyone together and explore all the possibilities.

M: No, I mean they’ve given me everything I asked for, so I can’t really complain about that. They even invited me to come over and check the figures for myself. But I’d rather try to go through them here with you, if you could spare the time. Perhaps you could tell me what you think would be the best thing to do. I’d be really interested in your views. Your experience means you must have dealt with this type of problem before.