Originally Posted by Charnham:
“seems to be taking them a while, either they have not been heavy discounting, they have ALOT of stock, or no one actually wants the stock.
so hard for me to judge based on Peterborough BHS, as it still has the Arcadia brands in it as well, so I would guess they cant heavily discount those. Guessing they cant discount the Happy Shopper stuff either.”
For the first couple of weeks the discounts were quite minimal. I have noticed more posters up in the windows this morning with bigger discounts, ranging from 50 - 70% off. I did have a look round at the house sections, because as much as their clothing and "food hall" were not my thing, the house section occasionally came up trumps with some stylish items at way more affordable prices than Heals, Habitat, or John Lewis etc. However, there wasn't really much - a lot of it was a bit too garish for my liking.
There seemed to be an awful lot of quite chintzy bedding and cushions - kind of Cath Kidston on the cheap. I can't stand that faux-chintzy 50s style.
I'd imagine in the last few days the discounts will be much bigger with "everything must go" right down to the shop fittings like Woolworths did.