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BHS is to go into liquidation.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-36437445

An item on Calendar interviewing shoppers about the BHS downfall intercut with shots of the Leeds and Sheffield branches where they did the interviews.

The Leeds branch has the logo that was in use just before the current one, the Sheffield one has the logo in use the one before that. The graphics on the news report itself used the current logo.

God knows why Retail Acquisitions rebranded it again. A waste of time and resources and they didn't even have the decency to do it well, their logo was appallingly executed.

The local BHS in the news yesterday.

http://www.itv.com/news/update/2016-06- ... bhs-store/

One whose signage clearly hasn't been updated since the early 90s!

I'm slightly surprised that no buyer was found for the chain or a significant chunk of it. Clearly the administrators thought there was a decent chance or all their head office staff would have been laid off straight away - it's unusual for a company to continue to generate bespoke marketing material like the "#SaveBHS" campaign while its in administration.

But yeah, I think the reality is that there isn't really any love among the public for the brand. I think I miss Allders, for example, considerably more than I'll ever miss BHS.

Can't remember last time I bought anything in it outside of Christmas gift tat.

Don't think I've ever set foot in one my entire life.

The big problem of course is Arcadia still have several concessions inside BHS sites, so they're going to have to lose a huge amount of staff themselves with nowhere for them to go.

robschneider wrote:The big problem of course is Arcadia still have several concessions inside BHS sites, so they're going to have to lose a huge amount of staff themselves with nowhere for them to go.

I don't think they had separate staff. Certainly they don't have their own tills and stuff.

Who do you think puts the stock out, eh? Concession employees, that's who.