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EDGE said:
Again, you're asking people to use their legs. It's not allowed.

Maybe a drive through M&S is the future.
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Yet they'll walk for miles around the Metrocentre once they've parked as close to the entrance as they can.

janiep said:
Retailers need increasingly to use their real estate as showrooms and collection and return points.
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I recently ordered three pairs of trousers for the grand total of £9.67 and collected them instore to avoid delivery charges. Working from home I don't really need work trousers but three quid a pair for quality trousers couldn't be missed.
Not sure of there reasoning for having them that cheap, targets to hit possibly. They are back up to £40 a pair now.
Service was excellent but the shop itself does seem geared to very old women.
 
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safcforever said:
Weirdly I had a similar conversation with my missus last weekend. We've both decided we will never shop in the city centre again because of the parking and the one way streets
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One way streets? It's not exactly difficult like, they have signs and everything. There are large car parks on every corner of town, obviously the cost bit I get, but the one way system?

zinedine said:
I'm not a fan of the metro centre and haven't been in it for years. It had a fairground last time I was there which I hear has now gone.
A lot of places do free on Thursdays this time of year though it's usually only after 5 or 6 for the evening shopping. I like to support local shops but rarely go into our city centre, preferrng seaham or washington which are both easy to get to from where I live just off the A19. If parking was free Saturdays I'd go into the town more often. Paying to park when you are there to spend money and effectively support the centre goes against the grain for me.
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It's worth noting that you can park for free if you use the businesses around the carpark near the cinema. So if you go to see a film, or have a meal at F&Bs or go to the casino etc it'll cost nowt.
 
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Keawyeds said:
Probably again. I'm not sure I've seen a post about Bishop's town centre.



Ah. Well that removes my previous point.

I wonder who's responsibility it is to encourage more business back to the bottom of town then
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The public? Market forces? Shopping trends? Landlords?

High Street retail isn't on the bones of it's arse in Sunderland alone mind.
 
Daylight said:
How have I missed the point? You said they missed the online clothes bandwagon yet they are one of the biggest online clothes retailers despite what you say.
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They didn't even have their own e-commerce site until 2014, the likes of John Lewis were investing properly years before.

They are getting better now but they were ridiculously slow on the uptake.
 
Discopants91 said:
They didn't even have their own e-commerce site until 2014, the likes of John Lewis were investing properly years before.

They are getting better now but they were ridiculously slow on the uptake.
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Been ordering M and S online for over 15 years. What's the difference between a website and an e-commerce site?
 
ravydavygravy said:
How do all the biddies get to out of town shopping centres?

Bit shit if you don't drive.
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They don't go to out of town places, they get the bus into town. It's old biddies and non car drivers who are likely the main users of town centres as they have to use the buses. We have a decent bus service from the big estates that make up the bulk of sunderland into the city centre. I'd like to see a very low fixed fare if not free on Saturdays, but it ain't going to happen.
 
I go in there sometimes and can confirm that there are absolutely zero good looking lasses working in there. Hire some decent blart and myself and others would frequent more often.
 
We use the food shop near the galleries

Doesn't everyone?
 
zinedine said:
They don't go to out of town places, they get the bus into town. It's old biddies and non car drivers who are likely the main users of town centres as they have to use the buses. We have a decent bus service from the big estates that make up the bulk of sunderland into the city centre. I'd like to see a very low fixed fare if not free on Saturdays, but it ain't going to happen.
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That's what happens when a bus service is run for shareholders rather than the people who use them.
 
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