High Street chain collapse sweepstake

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For the council, putting up wires.
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Martin Phillp wrote: Mon 12 Mar, 2018 21.57 Bromley Maplin has up to 50% off today.
I was in the Stratford store earlier, and couldn't find anything that I actually wanted, even at the discounted price.

I did find the half price goods, though:

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El Reg reports: Maplin shutdown sale prices still HIGHER than rivals
barcode
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So mothercare and carpetright are both in trouble and New look will get rid of 60 stores. what ever happened to the Men section of New look?

What stores are closing?
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barcode wrote: Wed 21 Mar, 2018 18.07 what ever happened to the Men section of New look?
http://www.newlook.com/uk/mens?comp=Nav ... tomenshome
barcode wrote: Wed 21 Mar, 2018 18.07 What stores are closing?
https://www.theguardian.com/business/20 ... oss-the-uk
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Cheers, most of the scottish stores have lost the mens sections. Looking at that list there is alot of BIG stores locations getting the chop.
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A rundown of chains having problems:
https://www.theguardian.com/business/20 ... kingfisher
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Bargain Booze is certain to go into administration after not being able to acquire additional funding.

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Adders
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Grainger Games - a gaming store chain based in Newcastle with 67 stores has closed all its stores.

It's a shame as they always had great service and they were reasonably priced - the one in my local town centre was always quite quiet, but the Grainger Games in Sale where I used to live always had a steady flow of customers.
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I had a wonder into Maplin on Friday on the off chance I'd be able to pick up a bargain.. to be fair, some of the tat was heavily discounted, but anything useful (like HDDs, components), Amazon / ebay is still significantly cheaper.

Walking around the store, it's no wonder it went under, but i will miss browsing the geeky bits and bobs.

Loved Tandy as a kid and this is really the last place you can go to buy some resistors or an obscure connector for a project.
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Adders wrote: Sat 31 Mar, 2018 04.29 Grainger Games - a gaming store chain based in Newcastle with 67 stores has closed all its stores.

It's a shame as they always had great service and they were reasonably priced - the one in my local town centre was always quite quiet, but the Grainger Games in Sale where I used to live always had a steady flow of customers.
Didn't realise they were still going. Best remembered for ruining an awards evening a few years back.
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