Re: High Street chain collapse sweepstake
Posted: Mon 15 Aug, 2016 06.37
Pictures: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/1611219/o ... eet-chain/Martin Phillp wrote:BHS's flagship Oxford Street store closes today.
Page 86 of 205
Re: High Street chain collapse sweepstake
Posted: Mon 15 Aug, 2016 20.26
Probably not, because I can read it! But at least I got full marks on spelling!Nick Harvey wrote:But is your handwriting really bad enought to be a doctor?
Re: High Street chain collapse sweepstake
Posted: Tue 16 Aug, 2016 16.33
57 BHS stores will stay open until August 28.
http://www.aol.co.uk/news/2016/08/16/wo ... execution/
http://www.aol.co.uk/news/2016/08/16/wo ... execution/
Re: High Street chain collapse sweepstake
Posted: Sun 21 Aug, 2016 01.58
In case you were wondering, it's not changed in 10 years. It's a very depressing shop.scottishtv wrote:I'm sure I read in the business pages one day that it's pretty much the high-price rail station/airport/service station small convenience stores that are keeping the company doing well - places where basically you have little to no choice of using them. Presumably the Post Office deal was to try and keep footfall up in the other main stores.woah wrote:I wonder why anyone does bother really - there are better places to go for almost everything they do, but they do seem to do decent business.
I know there are normal WHS stores in Edinburgh at Cameron Toll and the Gyle, but it'll be at least 10 years since I've been in either.
Re: High Street chain collapse sweepstake
Posted: Sat 27 Aug, 2016 23.16
An interesting article (and video) featuring the remnants of Edinburgh's BHS store from BBC News: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-37177993
Sad set of circumstances but great opportunity to flatten another awful 60s-design building in Edinburgh city centre.
Sad set of circumstances but great opportunity to flatten another awful 60s-design building in Edinburgh city centre.
Re: High Street chain collapse sweepstake
Posted: Sun 28 Aug, 2016 00.24
So much tidier than what I'd expect!
Re: High Street chain collapse sweepstake
Posted: Tue 30 Aug, 2016 17.30
Re: High Street chain collapse sweepstake
Posted: Thu 01 Sep, 2016 02.01
New website? Someone bought the brand name then, like Woolworths?
Re: High Street chain collapse sweepstake
Posted: Thu 01 Sep, 2016 15.29
The website was sold to Al Mana, a Qatari based group.JAS84 wrote:New website? Someone bought the brand name then, like Woolworths?
Re: High Street chain collapse sweepstake
Posted: Thu 01 Sep, 2016 23.36
It's category b listed - only the rose street building will be demolished.Ant wrote:An interesting article (and video) featuring the remnants of Edinburgh's BHS store from BBC News: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-37177993
Sad set of circumstances but great opportunity to flatten another awful 60s-design building in Edinburgh city centre.
Re: High Street chain collapse sweepstake
Posted: Sun 11 Sep, 2016 10.24
Regarding WHSmith, it seems to me another phase of transferring Post Offices into the stores is currently ongoing with numerous near me having just opened or planned to do so soon.
The main issue to me is that there doesn't seem to be any rule on how big the WHSmith store chosen is in the first place. Some stores are vast so can accommodate a Post Office with ease, but I've seen some small stores accommodate a Post Office meaning the part of the store still available ends up with a very limited range resulting in no more mags/books/stationery than a supermarket and therefore no point in going in at all.
The main issue to me is that there doesn't seem to be any rule on how big the WHSmith store chosen is in the first place. Some stores are vast so can accommodate a Post Office with ease, but I've seen some small stores accommodate a Post Office meaning the part of the store still available ends up with a very limited range resulting in no more mags/books/stationery than a supermarket and therefore no point in going in at all.