Many many businesses DEAD

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I find that quite surprising. Obviously welcome for those who keep their jobs, though.
 
Pleasing about Paperchase, it's honestly one of my favourite shops :D I don't buy cards from anywhere else, if I think someone is only worth Card Factory standards I just WOULDN'T BOTHER. Have bought loads of non-card items from them over the years too, the stationery stuff is so cute.
 
I've TRIED buying cards from paperchase because they are interesting, but they're often so niche or indeed generic that I can't just find a "HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR WIFE" card.

At least I still have somewhere to go to buy purple paper or designer sellotape.
 
I love Paperchase but I'll wait to see if ours gets reopened. I can't imagine the rent on a large two floor property right where you come out of the underground will be a bargain.
 
What good left wing thing did Paperchase do? It may have been one of the first to withdraw from the right wing press or something, but anyway, I LIKE THEM AS A RESULT.
 
Worth noting TopShop is definitely going, having been bought by Asos.

Bit sad for me as I loved working there as an eager young homosexual.

Also a bit sad that I'll never go into Debenhams again. Actually scratch that I'm really quite mournful for Debenhams. It was just the ticket for so much and for so many years.
 
I genuinely can't remember the last time I bought anything in Debenhams. It just never crossed my mind as the store to go to for anything.

My mother is bereft though. I think she's mentioned it to me every time I've seen her since the announcement.
 
Thinking about it, I think I probably haven't bought anything in Debenhams since House of Fraser opened their new store in the brand new shopping centre here in 2008. When that opened, it immediately made the Debenhams store feel physically tired. I don't buy much in HoF either (seemingly nobody much does shop in department stores any more), but it would be the one I'd automatically think of now.
 
Oh I scarcely used it in recent years. I was just quite fond of our particular branch. It's a total nostalgia trip.
 
Ours was a convenient short cut if nothing else. It took you through the perfume hall so you could have a squirt of something you'd never pay for, then up the escalator and out the other side, instead of having to walking around it and Primark next door. I'll miss that much at least. I doubt the inevitable student accommodation it becomes will allow the same.
 
A friend of mine found out about his redundancy from ASOS' 'the rumours are true...' post on social media :manson:
 
We had two Debenhams. The one in Southsea closed last year- it never made any money but they kept it open as John Lewis was opposite it. When John Lewis decided to leave (the shop made money but the building- apparently one of the oldest John Lewis branches in the country and one of only two which still maintained a franchise name (Knight & Lee)- wasn’t on brand enough and they decided would cost too much to renovate) it left a massive hole, Debenhams followed and now Southsea shopping centre is about to rot. It’s such a shame- already both massive buildings are earmarked for flats.
 
Sheena said:
It’s such a shame- already both massive buildings are earmarked for flats.
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That's what I think will happen to the one in Glasgow. There's no retailer who could move into it, it's too big. It's connected to a shopping centre but that only happened around 88/89 so they could easily disconnect it.
 
What else could these huge stores become now? There are very few stores left big enough to touch them, and in the post covid work from home environment, are they likely to be needed for offices? We had enough of those being built before anyway.
 
Ellie said:
Well maybe it will lead to more affordable housing in some towns.
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That's a nice idea. I'm sure most will end up being student accommodation though. Or the 'affordable housing' will be largely studio flats.
 
lolly said:
What else could these huge stores become now? There are very few stores left big enough to touch them, and in the post covid work from home environment, are they likely to be needed for offices? We had enough of those being built before anyway.
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Glasgow already has a lot of empty office space. There's a hotel being built near my work at the moment which was originally going to be an office block but the lack of demand forced a rethink.
 
Yeah, it’ll be more accommodation here for sure. And the inevitable parking issues that come with jamming that many people into a small space,
 
Sheena said:
Yeah, it’ll be more accommodation here for sure. And the inevitable parking issues that come with jamming that many people into a small space,
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And the fact that these areas which haven't previously been used for residential purposes tend to have poor infrastructure in terms of schools, GP surgeries etc.
 
lolly said:
And the fact that these areas which haven't previously been used for residential purposes tend to have poor infrastructure in terms of schools, GP surgeries etc.
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In a place like Southsea I can just imagine any new flats becoming holiday rentals.
 
I was going to say :D How many VARIATIONS of BEIGE JUMPERS and CORDUROY TROUSERS can you sell to the populace!
 
25 million really doesn't seem like a LOT for three different high street businesses. I had no idea Wallis was even still GOING - what does it even SELL!

Very sad for the retail staff involved however.
 
what they don't mention about Dotty Ps there is that their clothes fit those of us with an ARSE, unlike most other shops. I hope the online shop continues to do so.
 
Almost NONE of these brands fit me on the boob side outside of baggy knitwear, which is why I go for Bravissimo’s Pepperberry range
 
Thorntons have announced that they will not reopen their remaining 61 stores after lockdown restrictions are lifted.
 
Thorntons is one of those ones that hits my childhood in the feels. If we (my siblings and I) behaved on a family excursion to The Plaza shopping centre in East Kilbride, the reward was a fondant mouse from Thorntons. This would be the early '80s - about the latest would be 1984. I can taste that chocolate covered fondant now.
 
They sell their products in most supermarkets now, don’t they? I assume that will carry on for now, not that they are really up to much. I used to be a sucker for their toffee selection years ago, but haven’t been in one for many moons unless for an ice cream on a warm day.
 
I felt like they sort of stayed the same while other modern-looking and much more marked-up “chocolatiers” (said with all due :eyes: ) like Hotel Chocolat stole all the buzz.
 
As a provincial queen with little experience of big city department stores, I wonder if the model they have in Japan might work in the UK. Basically the department stores are very plush but are (I think) filled with concessions - is that the word? So a bit like Debenhams there were different areas for different brands, but those were individual shops.

the food floor in the Japanese ones are just counter after counter of speciality shops, only a few staff needed, and presumably they just rent the space. It FEELS very expensive anyway. I think smaller brands like Thornton’s would fit right in to that model
 
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