There's both a Co-Op Bank and a Co-Op Travel on my high street, so there.Rob Del Monte wrote: A bit out of date, but what do metropolers make of the standardisation of the various Co-operative movement's ventures' logos (though I suppose the Co-op isn't High Street)?
the manchester based co-op has yes, but whilst many co-operatives used the logo above, it was not adopted universally. many societies used different brand names for different divisions such as pioneer (somewhere down south?), while central/midlands used 'extra' and 'supermarket'.Alexia wrote:There's both a Co-Op Bank and a Co-Op Travel on my high street, so there.Rob Del Monte wrote: A bit out of date, but what do metropolers make of the standardisation of the various Co-operative movement's ventures' logos (though I suppose the Co-op isn't High Street)?
As for standardisation, I'm fairly sure that the Co-Op has had a fairly consistent branding evolution over the years:
They've really cut back in Warrington town centre as Co-Op Bank and Travel now both share the same store, but they are all up to date and what have you outside. And from what I have seen 'The Co-Operative Food' is being rolled out slowly but surely, but considering they've changed looks and names so many times I doubt some people would noitce, ie Co-Op -> Late Shop -> Co-Op Late Shop -> Co-Operative -> The Co-Operative FoodAlexia wrote:There's both a Co-Op Bank and a Co-Op Travel on my high street, so there.Rob Del Monte wrote: A bit out of date, but what do metropolers make of the standardisation of the various Co-operative movement's ventures' logos (though I suppose the Co-op isn't High Street)?
tvmercia wrote:i have no idea of the uptake of the current branding on shop fronts/pos, i'm presuming its wider than the previous attempt? scotmid have retained shop front branding haven't they?
Apparently the whole conversion's going to take up to 2 years according to this.nwtv2003 wrote:Anyone know when Somerfield's due to disappear into the whole Co-Op branding?
Ah that makes sense. Scotmid's "flagship" store, where they shoot their ads, has a Semi Chem concession inside.marksi wrote:While looking for that I learned something I did not know, that Semi-Chem is owned by Scotmid. There are quite a few Semi-Chems over on this side of the North Channel.
Same here with the Woolies in Basingstoke (which co-incidentally is right next to a Poundland)(I notice some of the London branches of Woolworths with old style neon signage outside, still have the signs illuminated. Who's paying the bill for that?)
Woolworth had some pretty impressively large prime city sites, so not a surprise that others can make some money from them.Regarding Woolworths, I've noticed in a lot of places I've visited, the old Woolworths stores have been replaced by new stores such as 'SaverCentre' and 'Bargain World' - and even the famous Wellworths.
Woolworths can't have had that much of a flawed business model, if all these new companies can afford to start up and replicate Woolworths, especially during a recession.
There's also a lot of stores doing really well like poundland and £stretcher and instore - all selling the same tat as Woolworths. In fact £stretcher are showing all Woolworths' old show material! They have signs up all over their stores saying "Woolworths: WORTH IT!".
(I notice some of the London branches of Woolworths with old style neon signage outside, still have the signs illuminated. Who's paying the bill for that?)
It'll be the electricity companies in the long run, which means they'll probably use the bad debt as yet another reason to increase the cost of my units.I notice some of the London branches of Woolworths with old style neon signage outside, still have the signs illuminated. Who's paying the bill for that?
On a vaguely related note, I came across a single 60W bayonet fitting lightbulb in my local Sainsbury's last week - in Woolworths packaging. It was on the lightbulb shelf all on it's own, and didn't even look like was made by the same people who made the others on sale there. You'd have thought the shelf filler would at least have noticed if they were putting out wrongly packaged stock. Puzzling.In fact £stretcher are showing all Woolworths' old show material!
