Which retail store going be next to go ??

paradigm said:
If Maplins were to drop the consumer devices and go back to being purely specialist equipment and hobbyest componentry then they'd probably be OK.

If you're in need of a bunch of electronic components, you either go to Maplins or you wait an eternity for the likes of Farnell or RS to deliver.
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I was thinking of that, but the only saving grace for Maplin in my eyes is their level of 'components'. If I need a couple of LED's or bits 'n' bobs for a project id rather pop in there to get it than wait for delivery. Our local one still has a massive range of that so at least they havent just jacked it in, however a few years ago I paid £80 for a power supply from them. If I had known then what OcUK had for the same money then Maplin would have lost that sale, so IMHO internet sales is the way forward, I personally prefer it. (as a night shift worker on the way to bed at 7.30)
 
Rroff said:
Yeah but they are still on a downward decline the changes are just slowing the bleed out and a lot more are to come before they stabalise.

EDIT: Have to admit didn't quite realise the extent that had actually changed - don't really go anywhere near the stores usually - tho aware of the process/internal state they are going through.
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Company is now at its strongest since the recession in '08 as far as I can tell, we arnt going anywhere :D

Also high street stores wont be going anywhere, come look at the metro centre branch ;)
 
Ive never actually bought anything from Thorntons.

So i cant say id miss them if they did go.
 
Brookert said:
The next phase is to get rid of pcworld and bring it all under the Curry's brand (last time I was there that was the case). I think they are safe for now, as their one of their major competitors is now out of the game (comet). Although the next battle is against the supermarkets, and I'll put my money on them (supermarkets) to come out on top.
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I agree with this, but they have a bit of money in the bank to last out a bit longer. The already dead retailers didn't have much cash to keep them going as long.
 
Waterstones are part of Amazon though, and my guess would be that they survive a good while yet. For every person i hear bigging the kindle up, i hear as many saying "you can't beat a good paperback in your hand".

Maplins....how they get away with their prices is beyond me. Oddly enough when they save sales on specific things like small tools etc, no one can beat them.
But as said, whenever i go in, they're never busy.

Can't ever see Argos going under. They seem to just keep growing.....don't they?
 
Maplin aren't in too bad a state at the moment as far as I know. It was only a couple of months back that they were looking at expanding into some of the closed branches of Comet.

There was some rumors of them being sold by their owners in 2012 (after talks in 2011 broke down) but that didn't materialise for whatever reason
 
Currys have an odd pricing structure...if you go in-store you pay the shelf price. However, if you use the website to click and collect you pay the web price when you get to the store.
As an example I needed a new modem last year, reserved it for collection at the branch where I live for the £32 web price, the shelf price when I arrived was £50.
I can understand the shop price being higher because of lower rats of sale, high overheads etc, but the duty manager (it was about 7.30pm so only him and one other member of staff in there) was insistent that the branch made all but nothing on the click and collect sales.
If this is correct then the physical presence will be unsustainable.
 
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