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Our town centres will start looking like ghost towns.
So you won't be able to buy anything practical, but you can *so* buy a tea-strainer from the 1970s, or a pair of jeans wot someone died in!! |
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yea and game shops to there 3 in my town.
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I didn't realise Fads were still going - I thought they'd got swallowed up by one of Focus/Homebase or B&Q.
JML - I know they're not a high street name, but I can't imagine they're incredibly profitable. |
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I think BHS will be next.
Also, don't forget that they're part of Arcadia, so they're currently in safe hands, although there have been rumours over the last few years about Philip Green trying to sell it off, this won't happen in the current climate. |
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Does anybody remember
What Everyone Wants Power House Kwik Save MVC they are all long gone. Plus a few of those cheap home ware shops in the 1990's they were all victim to changing times. I remember when sports shops ruled the high street but these days phone shops do. Good old DSG took me back with in days. |
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So far its:
MFI Woolworths Rosebys Adams Officers Club Zavvi Whittard JM Nutrition Sound Control David McLean House Builders Texstyle World (reported in Manchester Evening news) Fads (reported in Manchester Evening news) who is next? Wouldn't be surprised to see several of the sportswear retailers to go there are just too many of these all with the same product. Suspect that the supermarkets will pick up some of this merchandise too. In a similar vein The bottom and lower middle end of womens fashion is probably over populated. There is little diversity and as imports get more expensive people wont put up with the low quality at increasing prices. Some people have already said Next. Personally i think it will go retail park/'shopping destination' only (the high st. shops seem to have had different stock in them for ages now anyway). But I can't see all of Next, New Look, Top Shop, Peacocks, Bon Marche, Primark, and DottyPs (there must be others that i cant remember off the top of my head now too) all surviving - Not to mention the likes of BHS, and Debenhams. The real sting might come when a couple more suppliers go out of business and shops are left with the debts and no stock to service it. |
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Up until recently I'd have said HMV would be next but they seem to be picking themselves up a bit now, i know they are part of waterstones which is likely to post a big loss but i think they should pull through.
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I would say thefurniture companies could be next eg. SCS, DFS, Bensons for Beds, (the light one is it called Light's Fantastic?), Allied Carpets - I never see anyone in those stores at the best of times.......
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Can't see PC World or Currys being affected - they're part of a much larger organisation and are still very profitable.
If they ever were to be in trouble it would be quite easy to shed a load of stores/jobs to stay afloat. The parent company reported a quarter of a billion pound loss in 2008 compared to a quarter of a billion profit in 2006. Doesn't matter how big you are, with lossess like that you can't last long. |
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Dont forget "The Pier" also went into administration
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Up until recently I'd have said HMV would be next but they seem to be picking themselves up a bit now, i know they are part of waterstones which is likely to post a big loss but i think they should pull through.
I guess that the whole 2nd hand games thing is probably helping them a lot too because the margins on that are huge compared to new games where the copyright holders, distributors etc. have to get a cut too! |
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I was in my local Curry's today - was packed, but few were buying. Probably because anything I looked at, I'd seen cheaper elsewhere
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You know how badly or good a shop is doing by the shareprices. Apparently Boots is in trouble, not sure if this is true or not.
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You know how badly or good a shop is doing by the shareprices. Apparently Boots is in trouble, not sure if this is true or not.
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You know how badly or good a shop is doing by the shareprices. Apparently Boots is in trouble, not sure if this is true or not.
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according to sky, fashion retailer usc has gone into administration with 300 jobs at risk.
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It wouldn't surprise me. I never shop there when other shops are selling the same goods at a cheaper price. I've never been a fan of the Number 7 range either
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I think Boots will be ok. They are a massive drug producing company as well as a chemist shop.
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Mothercare are in trouble, I read it online, then noticed some local stores had the "closing down" sign in their windows. my hubby reckons places like Thomas Cook will go under as people won't be able to afford many holidays.
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You know how badly or good a shop is doing by the shareprices. Apparently Boots is in trouble, not sure if this is true or not.
The only ones that are dropping are those that were not in good shape before the cow farted into the fan. Most of these threads on here and other forums just seem to be people just picking any old high street name out of thin air or picking shops they don't like, or just appear empty when they pass them! |
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If that is the case, JJB are not doing themselves any favours by having big posters in their "windowlened" windows saying "95% off" and "everything must go". And its not just in one or two of them. Its in all of them in my area.
It does sort of give the impression that not all is well. |
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I agree that this gives the impression that we are closing. Infact I dislike the current posters personally ... the've caused nothing but annoyance. This marketing is nationwide.. however they do not state that JJB is closing, and the posters inside shops, and on JJB Radio state that "All 08 Season Stock Must Go", selected lines and subject to availablity.
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I reckon Land of Leather or Jessops will be next.
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Do hope JJb will be fine as thats my gym your talking about
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