High Street chain collapse sweepstake

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Sput
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Dwell is gone. They had nice-looking stuff but upon closer inspection it was all amazingly overpriced MDF and Veneer crap.
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Pete
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Sput wrote:Dwell is gone. They had nice-looking stuff but upon closer inspection it was all amazingly overpriced MDF and Veneer crap.
MDF or chipboard?
"He has to be larger than bacon"
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Sput
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Whichever is worse.
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Most republic clothing shops are to remain open in Scotland.
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I going to nail my sweepstake to PoundStretcher. its going the same way as Woolies but the shops are just more run down.
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barcode wrote:I going to nail my sweepstake to PoundStretcher. its going the same way as Woolies but the shops are just more run down.
PoundStretcher would have died a few years back; they lucked out on the timing of the recession.
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Jessops Cardiff reopened last week. They had graphics in the window a few weeks prior saying 'Back in a Flash' (ho ho ho)

Re: Poundstretcher, it's still a profitable business so I wouldnt be so sure.

I'm going to call out New Look not to last the next 12 months.
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Whataday wrote:I'm going to call out New Look not to last the next 12 months.
Really? It seems to be where lots of she-people get their not-quite-Primark level of shite, and does quite well out of that.
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Whataday wrote:Jessops Cardiff reopened last week. They had graphics in the window a few weeks prior saying 'Back in a Flash' (ho ho ho)
lol, good pun for a photographic supplies shop.
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JAS84 wrote:
Whataday wrote:Jessops Cardiff reopened last week. They had graphics in the window a few weeks prior saying 'Back in a Flash' (ho ho ho)
lol, good pun for a photographic supplies shop.
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I don't get it. What does Captain Janeway have to do with that? :?
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