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CheeseSlice 's job has never been outsourced
Good riddance I say.
I lost £ 000's last time Debenhams went into administration and was sold off in a pre-pack administration to new owners for pennies.
What a slap in the face to find out it didn't even close and continued to trade as if nothing happened.
I walked into a store the day after the deal, expecting to find desparate Closing down Sale signs, and bare shelves,.. but when I looked around the aisles and shelves they were stacked full of the same gear that I had part-owned just a day earlier. Flaming furious I was.
Well now the current owners (filth) have to deal with losing their money too.
And no I am not Mike Ashley!
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That's shocking.
I know that building and there's no way I would want to live in it even after conversion.
A similar thing is happening in places like Harlow in Essex where old offices are being turned into residential accommodation which ends up housing people redirected there by London councils.
Inside Harlow'''s office block '''human warehouse''' housing - BBC News
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edison has more data than eek
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courtg9000 is a permanent contractor
In store retailing is failing but in part retailers have only themselves to blame.
The fact is that visiting a store is not a pleasant experience. Anyone who had visited Homebase, B&Q or Ikea on a Saturday or Sunday afternoon will be able attest to the worst of this.
Retailers have had years to make the environment more pleasant and so many have failed.
Just pre-covid. I visited John Lewis in Birmingham and spent quite a bit of money there but for an upmarket store the environment was not nice.
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The only place I (use to ) go to walk around a store on a Saturday or Sunday is a supermarket. Even then I'm selective about which ones I go to and the time.
Most stores don't have any stock in. It's all on their website so you may as well do click and collect, then give the stuff back if it doesn't fit or not as described.
"You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR
24/7 Amazing drone delivery will kill all retail as we know it, apart from sofa delivery, which I am still waiting to happen![]()
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dsc is a permanent contractor
And don't forget the extortionate parking charges (and if you're in London, the congestion charge ultra-low emission tax* which now applies at weekends). It's not just the destination that's the problem, the journey is often quite unpleasant...
*Some of those don't apply yet, but will do soon.![]()
His heart is in the right place - shame we can't say the same about his brain...