dutchman
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They spent it all on television commericals!
They spent it all on television commericals!Surprised nothing was made of the John Lewis announcement yesterday that half-year profits have dropped by 99%.
Hmmm that sort of drop y o y is more a sign of a downturn. Wages are lagging behind inflation. Fuel has risen considerably. Small increases in interest rates all contributing to less disposable money knocking aboutNot surprising, they've failed to keep up with the change in the landscape.
That was just the odd few million surely.They spent it all on television commericals!
There so many factors working against them all .Hmmm that sort of drop y o y is more a sign of a downturn. Wages are lagging behind inflation. Fuel has risen considerably. Small increases in interest rates all contributing to less disposable money knocking about
Where the drug dealers live?The High Street? Where's that?
Soon to be renamed Spice Avenue.Where the drug dealers live?
You must have linked to the wrong article because the one you've linked says nothing like what you've posted.Idiot Corbyn thinks he can revitalise the High St, by stopping out of town development.
Jeremy Corbyn’s plan to revitalise Crawley High Street
Think the banks just work on the basis a lot of people are too lazy to change banks so they can shut down branches and push people to online banking. Less to do with how much a branch is used, more to do with how much money they can save.Heard today that Lloyds bank and chemist are closing in Earlsdon high st. Surprised, the bank always looked well used.
My parents actually believe there is a Mr. Internet.I agree, feel sorry for the oldies tho who don't know what the internet is never mind online banking.
Heard today that Lloyds bank and chemist are closing in Earlsdon high st. Surprised, the bank always looked well used.
pretty much were I am! Opened my bank account with Midland on Ball Hill as a kid and had it since (although clearly evolved!). So frustrating even trying to speak to someone let alone trying to pay in cash ect...Think the banks just work on the basis a lot of people are too lazy to change banks so they can shut down branches and push people to online banking. Less to do with how much a branch is used, more to do with how much money they can save.
haven't heard about either. Surprised about both if true. Both always busy. I'm not in the Lloyds but my missus has her business account with them and sometimes I have to put money in for her. always a big queue on a Friday.
The chemist closing doesn't surprise me, it's a lot easier to pick up my prescription with the shopping at the supermarket.Heard today that Lloyds bank and chemist are closing in Earlsdon high st. Surprised, the bank always looked well used.
If rents were cheap enough, I'd always fancied doing a niche business that basically ran and sold online, but had a physical presence for people to visit. Problem is those rents have to be ridiculously cheap for that to work.doesn’t it open back up an opportunity for small independent stores again? Or is there just not enough business left over?
If rents were cheap enough, I'd always fancied doing a niche business that basically ran and sold online, but had a physical presence for people to visit. Problem is those rents have to be ridiculously cheap for that to work.
Absolutely no chance a small independent could afford to have a shop in town, it's far too expensive.I was thinking, with some big box stores staying away from town centres, like say B&Q, doesn’t it open back up an opportunity for small independent stores again? Or is there just not enough business left over?
Shopping experience I want is what I remember from the 90s: into KSoft to talk about what games are new, what I thought of the last one I got, and what’s coming soon. Into Maplin to get help on an electronics project for college. Into Rolfs in Earlsdon to find the exact screw I need or whatever.
All that’s gone. I wouldn’t ask someone in B&Q and if I did I wouldn’t trust them. Now I get all that from the internet I guess but reading a Reddit thread then buying from Amazon just isn’t the same. Would love to see expertise cultivated and supported to be in town centres somehow. So it’s somewhere to go to find practical help or info as well.
Absolutely no chance a small independent could afford to have a shop in town, it's far too expensive.
Yeah I’ve had this issue with councils for ages. They see city centre commercial rents as the goose that laid the golden egg and just refuse to see it as a public good.
Ill never understand why Fargo is where it is TBH. It’s on the right tracks for a hub of cheap rent stuff, though a little hipster focused rather than expertise. Something almost like the market but a bit better where certain businesses that bring something extra could be approved for lower rents or something would be good.
Maybe expand the definition of charity. IIRC we see a lot of charity shops because they are rates exempt and it’s better to give it over to Oxfam than pay for an empty shop or whatever. Maybe expand that to community benefit. I’ve been thinking for a while that places like pubs, churches, even football, should be treated slightly differently in an age where real life contact is on the decline. Same for town centres and anything that facilitates face to face contact.
Pubs takes me back to an essay I wrote on underage/binge drinking in college. Basic frame of it was tax the tits off supermarket alcohol and serve tax-free in pubs. More control from landlords especially given they’d see a lot more trade and would be less concerned over making a decision between breaking the law/breaking even. Would improve the social aspect immeasurably.
Yeah Fargo's not bad in concept (and rents were indeed doable) but it's completely desolate whenever I've gone there! Not joined up to town at all.Ill never understand why Fargo is where it is TBH
The Coventry store has been bought out, but just not sure by who yet. The guess is B&M.So Wilkos death is pretty much confirmed. Wilko always reminded me a bit of Woolworths in the 21st century.
I was rather fond of it in a funny sort of way. It was not the Poundland option but also not (clearly) the top end John Lewis either.
It always seemed a popular shop when I visited in Kenilworth and I will be sad to see the brand go. The takeover of the very few stores it has left will be something I will not be visiting that is for sure.
Super shop,just so handy for decorating materials or a change of scheme around the house,I guess the b&q type store has done for that or the range, specifically.The Coventry store has been bought out, but just not sure by who yet. The guess is B&M.
My ex wife still works there and they were told yesterday they were okay.
Out of 400 stores, Coventry is always in the top 15 for sales in the group.
Haven't they been trying to get Wilko out of there forever as its supposed to be a restaurant quarter now. Finally get rid of them and it turns into a B&MThe Coventry store has been bought out, but just not sure by who yet. The guess is B&M.
Haven't they been trying to get Wilko out of there forever as its supposed to be a restaurant quarter now. Finally get rid of them and it turns into a B&M
Hopefully that means everyone keeps their jobs
Cathedral Lanes is privately owned isn’t it?
Yeah, owned by the Shearer Property Group. Wilkinson signed a 10 year lease there in 2014 so, assuming it hasn't been extended in the meantime, it expires next year: Wilko's pledges to stay at new-look Cathedral Lanes
Makes you wonder if it is B&M that has taken it on and not just the landlord or another third party purchasing the lease to allow it to be relet as another leisure unit in keeping with the rest of CL.
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