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Re: Another High Street Rebrand
Posted: Thu 30 Sep, 2010 23.33
by Chie
It would be Currys' - a shop belonging to the Currys (plural).
Boots also began life as a family business according to
this page.
The Boot family began trading in 1849, selling herbal remedies from a small store in Goose Gate, Nottingham.
So Boots' is punctually correct, but I think Boots is more aesthetically pleasing.
Re: Another High Street Rebrand
Posted: Fri 01 Oct, 2010 07.30
by James L H
There is a version of the PC World / Currys advert that only features the currys logo at the end and the circle orb. Could the PC World name be dropped then?
Re: Another High Street Rebrand
Posted: Sat 02 Oct, 2010 22.33
by Chris
Could be? But I do like the new PC World / Currys orb though.
Re: Another High Street Rebrand
Posted: Sun 03 Oct, 2010 19.35
by Alexia
Chie wrote:Chie wrote:So Boots' is punctually correct, but I think Boots is more aesthetically pleasing.
Actually, "Boots" is correct - the s is a plural. It refers to 'Boots the chemists' (more than once chemist called Boot), as opposed to 'the pharmacy belong to Boot'.
You're quite right!
But the first ever shop was John Boot's chemist. Who were the other Boots?
Re: Another High Street Rebrand
Posted: Sun 03 Oct, 2010 20.31
by WillPS
I'm pretty sure it originally traded as John Boot something-or-other, only becoming Boots when Jesse Boot expanded - by then it was of course the Boot family's.
Re: Another High Street Rebrand
Posted: Mon 04 Oct, 2010 19.19
by Critique
Poundland have taken the old shell of Woolworths as their new home near me, although I fail to see what they're going to fill a shop as big as Woolies was with the amount of things they sold in their old one here. And actually, they seem to have just stocked the same stuff in a bigger space, with less tills and wider isles.
Re: Another High Street Rebrand
Posted: Mon 04 Oct, 2010 22.59
by Alexia
Critique wrote:Poundland have taken the old shell of Woolworths as their new home near me, although I fail to see what they're going to fill a shop as big as Woolies was with the amount of things they sold in their old one here. And actually, they seem to have just stocked the same stuff in a bigger space, with less tills and wider isles.
Poundland have taken a floorspace similar in size to a Woolies in Newport - they just have more tat. And food too (sandwiches, milk, cheese etc). Right next door? A B&M Bargains.
Re: Another High Street Rebrand
Posted: Thu 07 Oct, 2010 04.27
by Chie
Gap's got a new logo.
Thankfully it's only a stopgap according to an update on their
Facebook page.
Gap Thanks for everyone’s input on the new logo! We’ve had the same logo for 20+ years, and this is just one of the things we’re changing. We know this logo created a lot of buzz and we’re thrilled to see passionate debates unfolding! So much so we’re asking you to share your designs. We love our version, but we’d like to see other ideas. Stay tuned for details in the next few days on this crowd sourcing project.
Re: Another High Street Rebrand
Posted: Thu 07 Oct, 2010 10.41
by Finn
Chie wrote:Gap's got a new logo.
I'm not sure how a (fairly conventional) choice of font and a small square counts a s a logo. *sigh*
Re: Another High Street Rebrand
Posted: Thu 07 Oct, 2010 11.24
by Nick Harvey
I thought the same, but was slightly more amused by it being described as a 'stopgap'.
Re: Another High Street Rebrand
Posted: Thu 07 Oct, 2010 19.35
by Finn
Nick Harvey wrote:I thought the same, but was slightly more amused by it being described as a 'stopgap'.
Oh, I missed that witticism.
*grimaces*