Do people want to read all the gump we often put on our homepages ?

I have been looking around at different selling websites from small home ones to big retailers and im not sure if a customer wants to see a load of text on the homepage or even if it's needed...

I did notice some of the better know retailers had very little info on there page,they left all the info in the relevant pages,this is what has lead me to ask the question....

Whats your thoughts

Debs
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