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…as a 2025 Christmas thread has already been made and the shopping season is on its way…what’s your favourite shop that you like to browse or buy in…/…either in the high street in person or online is fine too…and what is your ‘weakness’ in terms of buying/that item(s) the you just can’t resist …?…another hat/another blazer/another hole punch or stapler etc…?…and what shop(s) do you least like to go in, that make you want to scream…?…
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I avoid Primark at all costs. It’s like a cattle market and it stresses me out.
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I avoid Primark at all costs. It’s like a cattle market and it stresses me out.
Especially around Christmas time
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Shops I love. Primark, Superdrug, Asda for clothing.

Shops I dislike. None.
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I like primark, but not the bigger ones. The one in my area is smaller, so not too crowded.
Also love Poundlad and shops similar for browsing. You can find some interesting stuff there.
For food shop I go to the Coop as it's local and good quality.
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I can’t stand Primark, it’s just chaos I don’t know how people can spend more than 15 mins in there.

I did like House Of Fraser but the Bluewater one closed down, TK Maxx can sometimes be ok and I quite like Zara as well.
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I did like House Of Fraser but the Bluewater one closed down, TK Maxx can sometimes be ok and I quite like Zara as well.
…yeah, House of Fraser here is just Frasers now and it just isn’t somewhere that I tend to go anymore…TK Maxx for me has always just been a hellhole of confusion……Zara is ok, it’s pretty good tbh but again it can be a hellhole at sale times…
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…unless I’m buying online I love small boutique/type shops for clothing…I’m not much a fan of any of the bigger chain clothing shops…
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I’ve always had a bit of time for Blue Inc. It’s just that it’s sparse these days. Rare to find a store that’s not been closed.
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…Sports Direct or actually any/many sport clothing shops are awful…why do they build their shelving 750 feet high so you can’t reach anything and then just leave you there without anyone to help get something down…and I would never ask for anything to be handed down anyway and risk the life of an employee and then say…oh no, I don’t like it actually, now that it’s close up….it can go back up there…
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…unless I’m buying online I love small boutique/type shops for clothing…I’m not much a fan of any of the bigger chain clothing shops…
Love boutique shops. Also love book shops (not WH smith style, proper book shops), boutique home stores and cute little cafes to have a coffee during shopping.
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Love boutique shops. Also love book shops (not WH smith style, proper book shops), boutique home stores and cute little cafes to have a coffee during shopping.
…oh yeah, book shops is one I love also…not just to browse the books but as you say, to have a coffee in there and browse the people who are browsing the books……
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Shops I dislike.

Any clothing shop really.

Even Sports Direct isn't a fun place to shop imo.

The best was Gamestation back in the day, but now it's probably A Supermarket like Asda or Morrison's imo.
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Shops I dislike.

Any clothing shop really.

Even Sports Direct isn't a fun place to shop imo.

The best was Gamestation back in the day, but now it's probably A Supermarket like Asda or Morrison's imo.
Sports-Direct was a good place to shop in, like, 2003.
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Sports-Direct was a good place to shop in, like, 2003.
I like some of the clothes there.

But I find clothes shopping just to be an incredibly boring idea.
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I don’t mind Tesco but it’s a bit generic/overly common for my fuller liking.
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…it’s quite something that IKEA hasn’t even had a toe-in as probably the most nightmare shop ever to walk around/browse…
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