Re: High Street chain collapse sweepstake
Posted: Thu 20 Aug, 2020 21.12
The Argos in Sheffield city centre remains closed, however I’ve seen that you can do a click and collect at a nearby Sainsburys Local. Is that a recent thing?
There is a concession in the one on The Moor now - perhaps that's why Angel Street is still closed. I think the ability to collect from Sainsbury's Local stores has been a thing for a while.all new Phil wrote: ↑Thu 20 Aug, 2020 21.12 The Argos in Sheffield city centre remains closed, however I’ve seen that you can do a click and collect at a nearby Sainsburys Local. Is that a recent thing?
The fact the catalogue has been scrapped isn't a good sign either. Seems like click and collect is the future of the business. Instead of picking up a catalogue or reading one of the laminated ones in store, you just go online, order, and collect from Sainsbury's.cwathen wrote: ↑Thu 20 Aug, 2020 11.14 Is Argos done for as a standalone operation I wonder? Obviously following the Sainsbury's acquisition rationalisation of the store estate was inevitable (and indeed well underway, with a number of high street locations being closed and 'moved' to a Sainsbury's several miles away) but their actions during the lockdown and indeed now are notable for how much further down the road of turning Argos into a brand within Sainsbury's they seem to be.
They could have kept standalone units open as an essential retailer, instead they closed the entire estate and operated only from within Sainsbury's. But even now, over 2 months after general retail reopened they still seem to have the bulk of their store estate shut (with those stores that have reopened being heavily skewed towards out of town retail parks). It was claimed that they would open a standalone store where there wasn't a Sainsbury's concession nearby but there are numerous cases where this hasn't happened either.
I am beginning to believe that the bulk of these still-closed Argos stores will never reopen and apart from a very small estate of out of town locations, Argos is essentially finished as a standalone store format.
It finally reopened this week after being closed since March.Martin Phillp wrote: ↑Sun 23 Aug, 2020 00.42 I can't see the Peckham Argos reopening when there's two concessions in Sainsbury's which are a short distance away.
I think the most interesting thing to note there is that Tesco will be opening a new supermarket branch... that's been a pretty rare occurrence in the last 5 years!Martin Phillp wrote: ↑Wed 16 Sep, 2020 17.56 Waitrose are closing four stores, with the fifth in Wolverhampton being sold to Tesco with staff moving across.
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