I put TG Jones on the endangered list, just down to the fact that it's the not particularly profitable part of what was WH Smith and the fact the rebrand as a result of the divestment was just so naff.

WH Smith had some provenance in the name, this was just made up by a bunch of people in a ...

The logo is terrible giving zero indication as to what they sell. I would probably have guessed greeting cards or women's fashion.

However, I have enquired with the relevant demographic and I am assured that in fact claire's remains quite popular with younger kids so I wonder if it might get ...

This seems to be quite common with supermarkets - they hide things behind walls, freezers etc. I know some of the older Morrisons stores still have those tiles with the different fish on and false windows that were part of Market Street years ago hidden behind those false white walls. I assume it ...

I've always assumed the reason why they have a mixed case is down to the fact they probably get some sort of discount for having both variants from the supplier.
I'm also convinced that the reason why suppliers get a shout out on the packaging of a lot of products in Lidl and are not entirely white ...

B) it’s quite the edge case to have customers coming in with their mobile wallet as the only way to pay and not also have either a physical card with chip and PIN, or cash. Maybe don’t walk into a shop with only one method of paying and no back up?

But for a lot of people, their phone is their ...

The Tesco ones with the new software I have seen the message, but in my experience in Waitrose and Sainsbury's the paper has just run short mid way through the receipt and left me with part of one, or none at all. Or jammed one. So maybe it's down to the config of the machine or whether they've ...

Recently I had a till receipt in Sainsbury's that decided not to print out the bar code, so had to wait for the checkout assistant to let me out.

My experiences of the exit gates are usually good, but there have been times where the barcode scanners simply don't read them or they've had to take ...

I'm not sure if it's happening to other Barclays' branches outside Central London, but the Oxford Circus branch is extending their opening hours from April 7th from 9.30am-4.30pm on weekdays, which resembles pre-Covid opening hours.

Perhaps they realised they've cut too many branches in Central ...

So yeah, it's kinda nifty. But. This is not how you simplify things. Make the fares easier to understand in the first place. Let people tap in and out with their bank card - or if they don't want to do that, with a stored value on an ITSO smartcard.

It never fails to amaze me how people can look ...

I think that supermarkets need to find the balance between preventing loss and not making customers feel as if they're all being treated as potential shoplifters. Measures such as scanning a barcode on a receipt to exit the payment area and the giant trolley scales being trialled are more likely to ...

Is there any brand equity in Homebase? For me it always reminds me of what was a good DIY chain in the 90s ruined by buyouts and private equity. And towards the end of its days was rather overpriced and didn't know what it was doing.