Another High Street Rebrand

Pete · Fri 28 Jun, 2013 00.29

barcode wrote:I was thinking along the lines of RBS and Natwest, since we have both.

Possibly not for much longer. All Natwests in Scotland were to be flogged to Santander (although its now been called off)

WillPS · Fri 28 Jun, 2013 00.32

barcode wrote:In around a months time the Lloyds brand will disappear from Scotland, BUT could lloyds open up new branches in the coming years to grab new customers? or are there not allowed?

Organic growth of a private company is always acceptable, I'd imagine that they'll commit to not doing so as a courtesy to their buyer though (for a fixed amount of time, obviously).

wells · Fri 28 Jun, 2013 02.30

Well they're hardly going to introduce Lloyds Bank into Scotland if they offer nothing different to Bank of Scotland.

The only way I could see the Lloyds brand reintroduced to Scotland would be if they integrated it with the Bank of Scotland brand to be Lloyds Bank of Scotland.

Gavin Scott · Fri 28 Jun, 2013 08.32

wells wrote:Lloyds Bank of Scotland.

No. Halifax Bank of Scotland was equally unpopular, as names go.

scottishtv · Fri 28 Jun, 2013 09.48

barcode wrote:I was thinking along the lines of RBS and Natwest, since we have both.

..and partly due to multichannel television, we have to suffer both the RBYes TV adverts in addition to the NatYes ones too - the difference being the child star in each. Seems us Scots are less likely to buy a mortgage from an English child with a funkier haircut.

barcode · Fri 28 Jun, 2013 10.11

scottishtv wrote:
barcode wrote:I was thinking along the lines of RBS and Natwest, since we have both.
..and partly due to multichannel television, we have to suffer both the RBYes TV adverts in addition to the NatYes ones too - the difference being the child star in each. Seems us Scots are less likely to buy a mortgage from an English child with a funkier haircut.

Well remember Howard? from Halifax http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZKcbnRvUmA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oURFZPDj1A4 loads of others....

Well He got dumped rather fast in Scotland, and replaced by a young woman. There both comes together to do joint adverts

Gavin Scott · Fri 28 Jun, 2013 10.17

"Someone asked me the other day, are you going to run off and be a popstar now?"

Aye, so they did ya crackpot.

barcode · Fri 28 Jun, 2013 10.31

On a quick side note: Did anyone know Stead & Simpson and Shoe zone are one one company? The first I know was when there opened a new shoe zone in the high street but closed down the Steed with posters in the winders telling people where to go.

WillPS · Fri 28 Jun, 2013 14.43

Stead & Simpson was purchased out of administration in 2008. The same group purchased Shoefayre from The Co-operative Group the previous year.

barcode · Fri 28 Jun, 2013 21.43

WillPS wrote:Stead & Simpson was purchased out of administration in 2008. The same group purchased Shoefayre from The Co-operative Group the previous year.

I remember their rebranded it into a new green frontage a few years ago, but to just close it down and then move to a brand new shop seems strange.

Has all the old wikos disappeared yet?

WillPS · Fri 28 Jun, 2013 22.33

barcode wrote:
WillPS wrote:Stead & Simpson was purchased out of administration in 2008. The same group purchased Shoefayre from The Co-operative Group the previous year.
I remember their rebranded it into a new green frontage a few years ago, but to just close it down and then move to a brand new shop seems strange.

Has all the old wikos disappeared yet?

Newp - at both ends of the spectrum, what I believe was the last to receive the old fascia:
https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=wilkin ... 22,,0,3.33

and, what must be one of the oldest stores in the chain:
https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en_uk ... yNiXFchwCQ