Giant Poundland opening in City Centre
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Gucci Massive
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What happened to TJ Hughes?
Flavonoids
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Town End Farmer Giles
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Tits up, along with much of the non-online retail sector. Apart from Poundland and Greggs.
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Washy
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Where TJ Hughes used to be, just what the city centre needs eh:roll::roll:
Probably circa 20 to 30 jobs.
Nice one, great news.
Life's A Pitch
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Aukq has just shit out his own heart with excitement.
my 99p world next door will decimate it..
Life's A Pitch
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You'll have higher staff training costs though, what with them having to give change and all.
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Where TJ Hughes used to be, just what the city centre needs eh
Is it wrong that i like Poundland?
Dont think Poundland is the issue, or it wouldnt be if the council hadnt fucked up a huge development site at Vaux.
Town centres need everything, unfortunately negligence has dictated that the balance of our town is in favour of budget shops
AndrewP
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Bagpuss said:Is it wrong that i like Poundland?
Dont think Poundland is the issue, or it wouldnt be if the council hadnt fucked up a huge development site at Vaux.
Town centres need everything, unfortunately negligence has dictated that the balance of our town is in favour of budget shops
No different to most less affluent areas.
Life's A Pitch
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Is it wrong that i like Poundland?
Dont think Poundland is the issue, or it wouldnt be if the council hadnt fucked up a huge development site at Vaux.
Town centres need everything, unfortunately negligence has dictated that the balance of our town is in favour of budget shops
Life's about opinions mate and you're entitled to your hundred penny's worth.
Typhoonftm
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This ^^^^
mux
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Is it wrong that i like Poundland?
Dont think Poundland is the issue, or it wouldnt be if the council hadnt fucked up a huge development site at Vaux.
Town centres need everything, unfortunately negligence has dictated that the balance of our town is in favour of budget shops
As AndrewP says, I think it has everything to do with the area's spending habits and little to do with negligence.
What good would a huge designer outlet be? It would be empty within months imo.
Seaham Towny
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Where TJ Hughes used to be, just what the city centre needs eh
We should open a Harrods, that's exactly what the city needs.
For a different view, they have loads of these type of shops in Tokyo and they are seen as a tourist attraction and are mentioned in guide books.
What type of store do you think would survive in one of the poorest regions in the country?
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Bagpuss
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Our City centre would sustain a development of higher end shops, bars etc.
The Vaux fuck up simply means the huge market of people who will spend in these places do so in Newcastle and Durham.
People who live and earn in Sunderland (or Newcastle) should have the opportunity to spend their money in Sunderland imho.
mux
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Our City centre would sustain a development of higher end shops, bars etc.
The Vaux fuck up simply means the huge market of people who will spend in these places do so in Newcastle and Durham.
People who live and earn in Sunderland (or Newcastle) should have the opportunity to spend their money in Sunderland imho.
I can't agree mate. I don't think that the vaux site (or sight!) is making people shop elsewhere at all.
I can't imagine someone thinking "I need some new high-end clothing but I refuse to shop in Sunderland after the Vaux site debacle".
Although I agree that it was a fuck up, I don't think it affects peoples decision making on where to shop.
EDIT: And also our city centre categorically will not sustain high end bars, many have tried and failed miserably. There are now none or maybe one high end bars in the city.
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