What company is next to go bust?

[craptakular]

microsoft

+1

I want to see the death of microsoft, mcdonalds & Disney.

 

[rker83]

FQR (First Quench Retailing....you know thresher, the local + wine rack etc)

 

[Chimerical]

+1

I want to see the death of microsoft, mcdonalds & Disney.

McDonalds fair enough.

But M$ wouldn't be great.

And Disney own Pixar

 

[Indy500]

Domino effect. No-one outside of it is automatically unaffected by a company going bust, because the former employees aren't able to spend elsewhere\supplier contracts\etc etc.

High street retail is being hit hard in particular because people no longer have the resources or credit to spend on the (mostly) imported tat being sold. Unfortunately since it is a large segment of the economy, lots of jobs are disappearing along with it.

 

[HTMLHugo]

already do in my local towns, replaced with coffee shops and other trendy milkshake / smoothie / fruit drink places.

for the record i still think whsmiths. apart from woolies this is perhaps one of the ******** shops on the high street.

The Highstreet is going to look awfully empty in January !

 

[Doonhamer]

for the record i still think whsmiths. apart from woolies this is perhaps one of the ******** shops on the high street.

By far the star performer of the year is newsagent WH Smith, up 8%. For the year to August, it posted a 15% hike in full year underlying profit that beat market forecasts. Recently, like-for-like sales at its high street stores have slipped but it was still in line with expectations.

Somebody likes them though

 

[wallofsound]

JJB, is quite possible tbh

 

[Bes]

WH or JJB methinks

 

[Steve2000]

I reckon ALL of the above.

 

[Mad old tory]

Somerfields

Pretty sure they've just been bought by/merged with the co-op.

Could be a few companies go in pre-packed administrations soon after the festive period. Basically a deal is agreed with a new buyer but the company goes into admin first, presumably to lessen the burden in terms of debts etc, and gets immediately bought by said buyer.

 

[MoratJG]

I know I mean last year the Glasgow store done a meagre £2million the week coming to xmas and it matched it again this year with all the mental sales they've been doin....they'll be fine

That has almost nothing to do with how well the company is faring, as a whole. Debs are sinking.

 

[Naffa]

I've heard that Dyson have stopped supplying Currys and Argos because they're due to go under.

 

[syke]

Officers Club/Next.

 

[ste_bla]

Officers Club/Next.

Officers Club already gone?

 

[rG-tom]

54 replies and no one has mentioned Jessops? Even the BBC have put them in the top 15

 

[Strife212]

Don't know how argos makes any profit at all with all those catalogues it gives away, they must be worth a pound each.

 

[cheets64]

WH or JJB methinks

If JJB goes this town would be hit hard, Massive warehouse and HQ is based in Wigan. Would be a sad day.

 

[syke]

Officers Club already gone?

It's owned by Next isn't it..something like that.

 

[Carzy]

Not going to miss any of the shops posted in this thread if they go under.

 

[Morba]

Owell retail jobs are a dime a dosen.

No they arent

Not many in Cribbs Causeway and only 2 in Cabots Circus, 2 of the biggest shopping centres in Bristol.