Originally posted by SueEllen
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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.
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Originally posted by Old Greg View Post
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.
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Originally posted by Old Greg View PostThis. Just as the warehouses and factories were converted into loft apartments in the '80s and '90s for post-industrial towns, so the shops need to be converted for post-retail towns.Comment
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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.Former IPSE member
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Originally posted by AtW View PostThey might have to rethink that plan"You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JRComment
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Originally posted by courtg9000 View PostIn 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.
Originally posted by courtg9000 View PostRetailers 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."You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JRComment
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24/7 Amazing drone delivery will kill all retail as we know it, apart from sofa delivery, which I am still waiting to happenComment
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Originally posted by SueEllen View PostMost 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.Comment
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Originally posted by courtg9000 View PostIn 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.
*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...Comment
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