Retail Sector in Trouble??
26 June 2005, 03:20 PM
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Retail Sector in Trouble??
Been down town and a sports shop is closing down .... got lots of loverly UMBRO stuff for TESCO money 
Anyway, it was packed with shoppers ... the queues at the tills were HUGE!
So, no lack of buyers then .............
INDEX is closing down ..... ARGOS are offering 50% OFF items to counter ....
JESSOPS reduced the price of an expensive Lens for me, actually matching the cheapest internet price!!
Most of the other shops have 50% OFF SALES ..... plenty of shops seem to be very worried indeed ............
Is it simply that people are very price aware these days?
Pete
Anyway, it was packed with shoppers ... the queues at the tills were HUGE!
So, no lack of buyers then .............
INDEX is closing down ..... ARGOS are offering 50% OFF items to counter ....
JESSOPS reduced the price of an expensive Lens for me, actually matching the cheapest internet price!!
Most of the other shops have 50% OFF SALES ..... plenty of shops seem to be very worried indeed ............
Is it simply that people are very price aware these days?
Pete
26 June 2005, 04:29 PM
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Originally Posted by djuk
Same story in Reading this morning, about 4 shops in the Oracle shopping centre all in the process of closing down.
the oracle is a nice place IMO
cant rember the name of the "spicy place" near the water, but it was nice enough food
chilli`s or sumthing?
26 June 2005, 04:40 PM
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Originally Posted by StickyMicky
which ones?
the oracle is a nice place IMO
cant rember the name of the "spicy place" near the water, but it was nice enough food
chilli`s or sumthing?
the oracle is a nice place IMO
cant rember the name of the "spicy place" near the water, but it was nice enough food
chilli`s or sumthing?
It is indeed chillis down by the river
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26 June 2005, 05:11 PM
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But has the wierdest shopping centre layout ever if I remember correctly
Like one of those weird pictures ......
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26 June 2005, 06:01 PM
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Stocking up on your pikey kit then? You can nip to Argos afterwards for a 50% off fake gold chain.
I assume you are referring to the art of MC Escher?
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Like one of those weird pictures ......
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26 June 2005, 08:07 PM
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Retail sector is in the vanguard of the economic woes that will affect this country, the Eurozone and the USA in the coming years as the balance of economic power and then political power shifts to the fast emerging economies of the Far East.
What do you think ID cards are primarily for?
Not to fight crime or terrorism but to try to ensure control of the masses when that becomes essential.
Likewise roadpricing and the extension of State control into so many areas.
Just do some research into the economic fundamentals of this country's and the USA's debt.
Look up how the USA debt is funded. By China.
Examine the state of most of the countries in the Eurozone. Dire.
What do you think ID cards are primarily for?
Not to fight crime or terrorism but to try to ensure control of the masses when that becomes essential.
Likewise roadpricing and the extension of State control into so many areas.
Just do some research into the economic fundamentals of this country's and the USA's debt.
Look up how the USA debt is funded. By China.
Examine the state of most of the countries in the Eurozone. Dire.
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