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I really liked the sign they put up redirecting people to the next nearest store... which is in Nottingham!

That store was always quite busy as a Somerfield and Co-op, never even saw a line after it switched to Budgens.

That happens quite often in Cardiff when a store closes, directing customers to their nearest store in Bristol!

My local Staples has now been rebranded as "Office Outlet" with new red signage covering the old signs

Laser Quest is closing down in Hull. The franchisee has announced it only one week prior to closing, blaming lack of footfall in it's location - but it's funny how the news came only a day before Laser Station launched! The owner probably thought his older venue couldn't compete with the new one.

thegeek wrote: Wed 25 Feb, 2015 18.29 Westfield Stratford's Phones4u is becoming an O2 store. There's currently a hoarding across the front directing would-be customers to their nearest store, which is two floors below.

... And I guess the lease is up, because it's closing soon. It did seem a bit of overkill having two stores so close.

Brantano have gone into administration.

And now Jaeger have joined them.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39557933

Charlie Wells wrote: Thu 16 Feb, 2017 11.01In short the stores affected are the ones which were originally Somerfields stores before the Co-Operative brought them out, and then sold them on to Budgens.

I wonder how many of those were originally Kwik Save stores. I can think of a few that made the conversion to Somerfield and then Co-Operative but didn't make it go Budgens.

Whataday wrote: Wed 12 Apr, 2017 16.45

Charlie Wells wrote: Thu 16 Feb, 2017 11.01In short the stores affected are the ones which were originally Somerfields stores before the Co-Operative brought them out, and then sold them on to Budgens.

I wonder how many of those were originally Kwik Save stores. I can think of a few that made the conversion to Somerfield and then Co-Operative but didn't make it go Budgens.

Of the 3 I know about (Watton, Sherwood and Sheffield) only Sherwood was previously a Kwik Save - it was completely demolished and rebuilt as a Somerfield around the time they sold Kwik Save off.

During the brief period that one in Nottingham was a co-op, there was already another co-op down the road a matter of a few shops away, no wonder it didn't last long.

Whataday wrote: Wed 12 Apr, 2017 16.45

Charlie Wells wrote: Thu 16 Feb, 2017 11.01In short the stores affected are the ones which were originally Somerfields stores before the Co-Operative brought them out, and then sold them on to Budgens.

I wonder how many of those were originally Kwik Save stores. I can think of a few that made the conversion to Somerfield and then Co-Operative but didn't make it go Budgens.

From memory ours was a Gateways store when I was very young.