B&M shopper discovers it’s selling ‘Next homeware’ – but for MUCH less
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B&M shoppers have been left baffled after buying a Next ornament worth £14 for just £4 at the discounter.
Laura-Jade Connelly, 28, picked up the decoration spelling the word "Family" alongside two cute bunny rabbits, in her local Bedworth B&M store in Warwickshire.
The college teaching assistant told The Sun she bought it to compliment her woodland-themed living room.
But she was impressed to discover it seems to have been made by the fashion and homeware chain as it has the Next logo engraved on the back of the letter "F".
This is despite Next saying B&M isn't authorised to sell its goods, while B&M refused to comment.
itself sells an extremely similar looking "Family" ornament online for £10 more than B&M's version at £14 but the rabbits are in slightly different places.
On the B&M version, one rabbit makes up the letter "I" while the other is lying across the top of the letter "F".
While on the Next version, the rabbit is also the letter "I" but it's facing to the side rather than to the front, and the other rabbit is perched on the letter "Y".
Laura-Jade initially posted a picture of her find on the saying: "This was £4 from B&M. Looked on the back and it has the Next symbol on it!"
The post has since racked-up over 1,300 likes and another shopper in the comments has also posted a picture of them finding the same ornament in B&M with a Next logo on the reverse.
They told The Sun they purchased their version in B&M's Durham City Retail Park outlet.
The statue isn't being sold on the B&M website but shoppers are keen to get their hands on it judging by the the comments on Laura-Jade's Facebook post.
One person wrote: "Thank you for sharing - looked at this when it was in Next last summer, definitely will pick one up now for that price."
While another said: "I was going to buy this in Next yesterday... I'm now going to check out B&M thank you!!"
Someone else added: "Oh my goodness... I NEED This... Been wanting this from Next for a while."
For similar statues, is selling a "FAMILY" sign accompanied by two elephants for £7.
A Next spokesperson said: "We have a large in-house design team who design exclusive products for sale within Next stores and on the Next website.
"No other high street retailer is authorised to sell Next branded products and we have no trading agreement with B&M."
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