[Amy Jade]

New Look went so bad I am not surprised. Can't remember the last time I got anything from in there apart from a pair of black flats for halloween so I didn't get blood on my good shoes

[michael21]

Originally Posted by Amy Jade

New Look went so bad I am not surprised. Can't remember the last time I got anything from in there apart from a pair of black flats for halloween so I didn't get blood on my good shoes

There might be closed by this howllweener night

[Kizzy]

Farmfoods

[michael21]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

Farmfoods

What that

[michael21]

Toys r us will close all stores with in the next 6 weeks

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by michael21

What that

it shop

froze food

[michael21]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

it shop

froze food

There could be the next ones to close time will tell

[michael21]

Carpet right might be next

[Morgan.]

Originally Posted by michael21

There might be closed by this howllweener night

I love howllweener

[michael21]

Originally Posted by Blurryface

I love howllweener

Me to

[Beso]

Probably some travel agent.

[Kizzy]

Aw just seen claires accessories has gone bankrupt

[michael21]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

Aw just seen claires accessories has gone bankrupt

Yes to reduce debt but we remain open for now

[MTVN]

Usually get an inkling for this when we are told to remove certain gift cards from sale. We were told last week to remove Claire's Accessories and Mothercare from sale and remember we were told to remove New Look a couple of weeks before they announced closures

[michael21]

New look conform 60 stores to close

[DemolitionRed]

We keep being told its because of online shopping but that doesn't explain why Jamies Italian, Chimichanga Tex-Mex and Prezzo are in trouble.

[michael21]

Originally Posted by DemolitionRed

We keep being told its because of online shopping but that doesn't explain why Jamies Italian, Chimichanga Tex-Mex and Prezzo are in trouble.

Some thing to d with tax I think

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by DemolitionRed

We keep being told its because of online shopping but that doesn't explain why Jamies Italian, Chimichanga Tex-Mex and Prezzo are in trouble.

Because the new going out is staying in and having it delivered..

[michael21]

Originally Posted by Cherie

Because the new going out is staying in and having it delivered..

This is true I have all my shopping delivered and I say in the safety of my big house

[Calderyon]

One of the stores in your local area.

[MTVN]

And the dine in meal deals where you get three courses and a bottle of wine for a tenner

That said I don't know whether the struggle facing those chain restaurants is the same as the one facing high street retailers

[michael21]

Originally Posted by MTVN

And the dine in meal deals where you get three courses and a bottle of wine for a tenner

That said I don't know whether the struggle facing those chain restaurants is the same as the one facing high street retailers

What I don't get is some store are trying to save them from closing by paying cheaper rent why not pay cheaper rent in the first place

[MTVN]

Originally Posted by michael21

What I don't get is some store are trying to save them from closing by paying cheaper rent why not pay cheaper rent in the first place

Probably because there was more competition for the premises originally and more money was being spent on the high street so landlords could charge more rent. They also probably hope that landlords could cut them some slack if they've been renting the property for years and years

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by DemolitionRed

We keep being told its because of online shopping but that doesn't explain why Jamies Italian, Chimichanga Tex-Mex and Prezzo are in trouble.

....I guess if people are shopping online and not so much going to shops...that would be the time they would have something to eat also../...have lunch etc while they shop is what many have tended to do, I think...but not s9 much now..?...


...the only one I’ve been to of those is Jamie’s Italian...and I haven’t been for a long time, a few years...but the first time I went, it was a struggle to get a table it was so popular and busy...the last time I was there, it was very quiet...with chain restaurants..well with many restaurants really...there is just so much competition of new ones opening and becoming ‘the current vogue’...and on and on...so they just don’t seem to sustain their popularity with people trying new places which are constantly opening...anyway, sad though...

[jaxie]

I think the high Street as we know it is very swiftly becoming a thing of the past. Only those stores with a strong online presence are going to survive. But even those may not all survive as fixtures in every town.

I'll never forget you Woolworths!