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Sports Direct aside, have the Frasers Group had ANY successes this last decade?
 
There used to be a discount Flannels in Salford which was well worth a look. To be fair if it was less than 75% off in there I doubt I’d be seriously considering it
 
VoR said:
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Harvey Nichols stores in Leeds and Bristol to become Flannels, say reports

Frasers Group, the owners of the brands, has been contacted by the BBC for comment on the reports.
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This is quite big local news, the Harvey Nics in Leeds is a huge feature of our main shopping district.

That said, I’m far too poor to have ever shopped there myself.
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I could've sworn that closed years ago but that was House of Fraser. Oh well, at least Uniqlo is opening "soon". :eyes:
 
House of Fraser in Manchester has felt like the end times for about 5 years now - it has a real post-apocolypse quality about it that doesn't really work for what should be a lux-y department store.
 
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I don’t understand these commercial rents. If it’s doubled, what respectable business would take its place and agree to pay it? Not that I’ve even felt the need to go in to that HMV since it re-opened… but is the rent doubling for the Disney Store opposite, or longstanding nearby retailers like Boots?
 
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I’m sure I’ve read something like that if there’s no tenant in the building then the landlord isn’t liable for payments themselves.
 
Ellie said:
I don’t understand these commercial rents. If it’s doubled, what respectable business would take its place and agree to pay it? Not that I’ve even felt the need to go in to that V since it re-opened… but is the rent doubling for the Disney Store opposite, or longstanding nearby retailers like Boots?
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Decisions made entirely by spreadsheet.
 
High rents are a boon for big money launderers, so Westminster council can expect more vape shops, tacky souvenirs shops, giant pick n mix sweet shops and iPhone menders. They’ll look lovely opposite Selfridges.
 
Aside from a few years ago when I was there the last Saturday before Christmas and it was utter hell, the last few times I've been on Oxford St, I've always been surprised how relatively unbusy it has been. Then I look at the choice of shops compared to years ago and I understand it.
 
Westminster Council have spent the past few years utterly fixated on pedestrianisation debates.

In the meantime they've failed to address the real problem killing Oxford Street. All of the lovely wide walkways won't matter a jot if all you've got left is The American Candy Company and mobile repair shops.
 
Shoat said:
Westminster Council have spent the past few years utterly fixated on pedestrianisation debates.

In the meantime they've failed to address the real problem killing Oxford Street. All of the lovely wide walkways won't matter a jot if all you've got left is The American Candy Company and mobile repair shops.
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Quite. There's no point making it more pleasant for pedestrians unless those pedestrians have a reason to want to go there.
 
Walking around B&M just makes me realise that if Woolies had stopped relying on entertainment and pick n mix sooner, they might have stayed in business

They’re the same thing without any of the warm and welcoming branding that Woolies built up over the years
 
There's something about how they pile things high and cram everything in that gives me sensory overload in B&M, as useful as they are.
 
There's a very nicely laid out, almost spacious one in the east end of Glasgow but it entails going to the east end of Glasgow. You see the problem.
 
octophone said:
B&M is underrated. Where else can you get patio furniture, weird flavours of soft drinks and an electric screwdriver?
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WOOLIES!

I use B&M a lot for convenience but it's not the same.

We also have Home Bargains on every corner in Liverpool, but they're a regional business - not sure how far they stretch around the country.
 
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