Which retail store going be next to go ??

Salsa said:
You do realise that Homebase is the parent company to Argos owned and run by Home Retail Group.

4 store closures arcoss their portfolio of 340+ stores and a decline in sales of c. 1.2% in the quarter leading up to Christmas is hardley a lot... Again like Argos they are investing heavily in their online shopping experience with their reserve and collect service, which has proved to be a winner in Argos, showing pretty good growth.

The group is expecting to post pre tax profits of around £260 million for the year and coupled with substantial reserves of cach in the bank I doubt they will be folding any time soon...

/Salsa
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I didn't no, cheers for the info. For some reason I always had it in my head that they were affiliated to Sainsbury's once upon a time but were spun off?
 
[TW]Fox;23578086 said:
None of this stuff is sent via the Post Office though - only returns and personal Ebay sales. The biggest thread to the Post Office is the ease and flexibility of the numerous courier firms operating now.
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I am sure that I heard that one of the biggest problems that the Post Office/Royal Mail had was that they were told to deliver UK Posts letters, but couldn't charge them as much as normal, so in the end UK Post could charge customers less postage than Post Office (Royal Mail), even though Royal Mail had to do the deliveries anyway.
 
randal24 said:
I didn't no, cheers for the info. For some reason I always had it in my head that they were affiliated to Sainsbury's once upon a time but were spun off?
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Been about 12 years since Sainsburys owned Homebase. There wasnt a lot of press surrounding the sale and Homebase never changed its logo so a lot of people still assume it is part of Sainsburys. Heh.

/Salsa
 
@ the people saying Curries / PC world - They posted big profit increases yesterday.

Not sure who I'd imagine would be the next to go, can't see the likes of Homebase going as I imagine people prefer to go and look at the sort of items they sell as opposed to buying online? Same with clothes to an extent I suppose.

WHSmiths maybe I guess.
 
Salsa said:
Been about 12 years since Sainsburys owned Homebase. There wasnt a lot of press surrounding the sale and Homebase never changed its logo so a lot of people still assume it is part of Sainsburys. Heh.

/Salsa
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Every day is a school day, cheers dude. :D
 
I was a bit meh about m & s. But after actually giving them a go, their mens clothes are very good quality, and I think they are starting to shake of the stigma of being a shop for oldies. Food is a bit overpriced, but it's still good quality.
 
I'm surprised at the amount of people that think that high street shopping is a thing of the past and that there will be no shops left. The high street might change but if you have a good shop selling certain types of quality merchandise then I think there is a call for it.

If I am buying things like clothes and shoes I like to try them on and check the quality of them (without having to order 10 different items and then return 9 or all 10 of them because they aren't what I'm after). Or browse in a shop that has a good stock of unusual items that I know are to my taste (especially if I am buying a gift). For this type of shopping online just doesn't compare. Of course there is also that online is efficient and it means you don't have to go out into the real world, but we all know, girls like to shop ;)

Anyway, personally I think DE Shoes isn't far from going under. Mind you it's only a Scottish chain so many of you won't have heard of them. Passing their shops I just don't know what market they are trying to appeal to and they are almost always empty with more staff than customers.
 
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Brookert said:
I was a bit meh about m & s. But after actually giving them a go, their mens clothes are very good quality, and I think they are starting to shake of the stigma of being a shop for oldies. Food is a bit overpriced, but it's still good quality.
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im 31 and I wouldnt be seen dead in M&S clothes lol
 
arknor said:
Argos

the amazon of the high street
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agree +1

I like how I can check stock and collect from one of 4 local shops in my area.

Beats relying on royal mail or couriers who deliver when I am generally at work.

In particular the queues to collect parcels at my soon to be closed royal mail depot are becoming as much a joke as yodels service.

I will continue to support argos where I can over online outfits.
 
v0n said:
Boots in London is doing very well as a cheaper Pret-a-manger alike fast lunch/sandwich place. Their express-like small branches are everywhere, on every station, every mall, in every terminal and most of that space appears to be dedicated to food, with ladies queueing for some sort of wet sandwich + dietcoke + bag of crisps offers.
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Boots used to be great for lunches, a triple chicken sandwich, can of berry relentless and a 150g bag of giant buttons for £3.
 
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