scraff
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See this is what all the morons advocating pay cuts and austerity are too f***ing stupid to realise. There is a massive knock on effect re the economy and tax take, Osborne was a clueless fuckwit.
John Lewis in trouble
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radjee gadjee
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Father Jack Hackett
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The promoting Elton John as part of their Christmas campaign certainly won't be helping them.
Another high street name gone, it’s going to be a long year for the high street
Greenwoods collapses into administration for second time
Greenwoods collapses into administration for second time
daventry cat
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HoF Worcester will be staying open apparently, mind the do need some stock......they got the nod the week before xmas so FMA must have cut a deal on the rent.....wonder what my chances are
royaldragon
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You went into Town? We don't have a HOF anymore.
Hulkster
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These companies go under because people longer choose to buy stuff from them.
Short of either just giving them money or forcing people to buy their stuff, then what is it that people want to keep them going?
And why should we want to keep shops that people are turning away from afloat anyway?
Of course, where the government is making life more difficult for them with high business rates and more and more regulation it could get out of the way and that would help, but fundamentally you can't force more people to shop at John Lewis or Debenhams or wherever and that's the only thing that will return them to viability.
Short of either just giving them money or forcing people to buy their stuff, then what is it that people want to keep them going?
And why should we want to keep shops that people are turning away from afloat anyway?
Of course, where the government is making life more difficult for them with high business rates and more and more regulation it could get out of the way and that would help, but fundamentally you can't force more people to shop at John Lewis or Debenhams or wherever and that's the only thing that will return them to viability.
If he means Sunderland, Binns closed in 87.
Worcester
zinedine
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Thats sad but not unexpected.
City and town centres will one day become just full of eating and other leisure places as shops shut one after another. Maybe some niche shops and high end shops in certain centres will survive. The internet, low wages and high unemployment are the reasons, plus large out of town shopping centres and retail parks.
Popeye
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HoF Worcester will be staying open apparently, mind the do need some stock......they got the nod the week before xmas so FMA must have cut a deal on the rent.....wonder what my chances are
Slightly related. I can’t fathom how Cavendish House (HOF) continues to escape closure as I’d imagine the new John Lewis in Cheltenham has, at least for now, further depleted footfall going to that store.
daventry cat
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place is falling down n'all and needs huge cap ex investment n'all. Used to live and have a shop in cheltenham(in the beechwood where JL now stands) so know it well and was convinced that JL would be the death of them. Possible that they own CH and so have no rent liability? Or it wll go in the new year either way I cant conceive of a situation were CH remains viable
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