Poundland to buy out 99p stores

Alexia · Mon 20 Apr, 2015 12.52

robschneider wrote: do you think I'm completely round the bend?

Er, yes. Have we not dropped enough hints?

bilky asko · Mon 20 Apr, 2015 13.31

robschneider wrote:Let's clear something up here. I do a lot of driving in my line of work, so they're good to have in the car where I'm not bothered about something that costs a quid being subject to the huge environmental variables of a car. I'm not putting my £60 Armani Code in there... do you think I'm completely round the bend? The constant temperature changes and sunlight will bugger the fragrance.

I keep my aftershave in the fridge for that reason. Cool and dark.

Isn't a can of antiperspirant enough for that purpose? Also, you're paying too much for your Armani Code if you're paying £60 for a bottle. (EDIT: What's stopping you from decanting the fragrance into smaller bottles in any case?)

On a related note, I once bought a 100ml bottle of Gucci Envy for Men from TK Maxx for £16. It turns out that it's a heavily sought-after fragrance these days, after being discontinued - so much so, I managed to sell the empty bottle for £5.

robschneider · Tue 21 Apr, 2015 11.04

These are what I'm talking about... http://www.ramarketing.co/products.html

bilky asko · Tue 21 Apr, 2015 12.06

robschneider wrote:These are what I'm talking about... http://www.ramarketing.co/products.html

This is what I'm talking about:

scottishtv · Tue 21 Apr, 2015 17.22

robschneider wrote:do you think I'm completely round the bend?

robschneider wrote:I keep my aftershave in the fridge.

You've kinda answered your own question.

robschneider · Wed 22 Apr, 2015 11.37

http://theshaveden.com/forums/threads/a ... dge.18422/

Alexia · Wed 22 Apr, 2015 11.52

Do you know what? I see shaving as a necessity, a chore. I do it once a week if I can help it, usually in the fug of a Monday morning. My one luxury is a Gillette Mach3 Turbo, but I use Boot's own brand shave foam. Bish bash bosh, smoother than a UKIP supporter's buttocks. That's it. Everything else is meaningless preening bollocks.

bilky asko · Wed 22 Apr, 2015 12.38

robschneider wrote:http://theshaveden.com/forums/threads/a ... dge.18422/

Surely a grooming connoisseur would know the difference between aftershave and perfume? Refrigerating an aftershave will counteract the sensation of your face being on fire; nobody on that thread was advocating it to preserve their precious perfumes.

Martin Phillp · Fri 18 Sep, 2015 10.09

The CMA have approved the sale of 99p Stores Ltd to Poundland with no sale of stores.

This means Poundland will have 800 stores with 99p Stores rebranding as Poundland.

However where 99p Stores and Poundland currently trade close to each other, I'd expect Poundland to sell or not renew the shop lease.

http://news.sky.com/story/1554916/pound ... is-cleared

WillPS · Fri 18 Sep, 2015 10.59

Martin Phillp wrote:The CMA have approved the sale of 99p Stores Ltd to Poundland with no sale of stores.

This means Poundland will have 800 stores with 99p Stores rebranding as Poundland.

However where 99p Stores and Poundland currently trade close to each other, I'd expect Poundland to sell or not renew the shop lease.

http://news.sky.com/story/1554916/pound ... is-cleared

How close? Poundland already have stores within 200m of eachother.

"Consequently, customers would not face a reduction in choice, value or quality of service as a result of the merger."

Poundland confirmed at that time that 99p customers would have to pay an extra 1p for their products.

So from that we can conclude that all pack sizes will be increasing by at least a 99th?

Martin Phillp · Fri 18 Sep, 2015 11.43

WillPS wrote:
"Consequently, customers would not face a reduction in choice, value or quality of service as a result of the merger."
Poundland confirmed at that time that 99p customers would have to pay an extra 1p for their products.

It'll be interesting to see if Poundland take on some of the products that 99p Stores sell in their shops. I pop in the 99p Stores shop to get Neutradol Quick Sprays which aren't sold in the latter.

However, the integration should lead to shops being better stocked and Poundland appear to have more branded products than 99p.