High Street chain collapse sweepstake

Alexia · Thu 15 Mar, 2018 12.07

For the council, putting up wires.

thegeek · Thu 15 Mar, 2018 12.30

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:

El Reg reports: Maplin shutdown sale prices still HIGHER than rivals

barcode · Wed 21 Mar, 2018 18.07

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?

WillPS · Wed 21 Mar, 2018 20.21

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

barcode · Wed 21 Mar, 2018 23.31

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.

Finn · Thu 22 Mar, 2018 11.21

A rundown of chains having problems:
https://www.theguardian.com/business/20 ... kingfisher

Martin Phillp · Wed 28 Mar, 2018 16.32

Bargain Booze is certain to go into administration after not being able to acquire additional funding.

http://pandaradio.co.uk/2600-jobs-at-ri ... tration-2/

Philip · Fri 30 Mar, 2018 16.38

‘Homebase is the most disastrous retail acquisition in the UK ever’ - The Guardian

Adders · 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.

Dr Lobster* · Sun 01 Apr, 2018 11.41

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.

Pete · Sun 01 Apr, 2018 15.33

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.