In years gone by I used to swear by their wrapping paper but in the last 4 or 5 years the quality has nosedived, it's so thin it tears as you pull it around the contours of a box.GeekyJames wrote: ↑Wed 01 Feb, 2023 21.59 a real shame about Paperchase, will definitely be a gap in the High Street for a more premium card and stationery shop
All stores closing down. Another brand going online only.thegeek wrote: ↑Sun 11 Dec, 2022 21.54 M&Co, again.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-sc ... s-63933835
They've been shrinking for years. A large cluster of stores closed in 2020: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland- ... s-53665048Martin Phillp wrote: ↑Mon 06 Feb, 2023 21.09 M&Co gave up their lease on my local store which is now a Superdrug before the pandemic, which would suggest they were in trouble well before then.
I never saw anyone use the store in the last decade when it was open. I remember another store before it went into administration starting selling non-clothing tat (Primark is also guilty of doing this) by the counters in an attempt to add more revenue per customer.
Well, yeah, there's a reason thegeek said it happened to them again. This isn't their first time in administration. They'll have closed a bunch of stores the first time. Now they're all going.Martin Phillp wrote: ↑Mon 06 Feb, 2023 21.09 M&Co gave up their lease on my local store which is now a Superdrug before the pandemic, which would suggest they were in trouble well before then.
I never saw anyone use the store in the last decade when it was open. I remember another store before it went into administration starting selling non-clothing tat (Primark is also guilty of doing this) by the counters in an attempt to add more revenue per customer.
I guess that branch's footfall probably hasn't recovered since Covid (and the market have gone a lot more food-led, so there's a lot more competition) but you'd expect them to terminate their lease properly rather than do a moonlit flit.
