[Livia]

High Streets all look the same now, lined with big chains... Superdrug, Primark, Starbucks... It's hard to see any regional difference. Bad planning hinders independent shops too. In my local town there's a really nice independent pizza shop. Right next door, a Pizza Hut has just opened. Of course, as it's a big chain, it could afford to buy land at the rear of the store for customer parking. Guess which one's going to fold?

Trumpet's right when he mentions having to pay to park. Big supermarkets have free parking, that's where people shop. And they wonder why High Streets are dying.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Livia

High Streets all look the same now, lined with big chains... Superdrug, Primark, Starbucks... It's hard to see any regional difference. Bad planning hinders independent shops too. In my local town there's a really nice independent pizza shop. Right next door, a Pizza Hut has just opened. Of course, as it's a big chain, it could afford to buy land at the rear of the store for customer parking. Guess which one's going to fold?

Trumpet's right when he mentions having to pay to park. Big supermarkets have free parking, that's where people shop. And they wonder why High Streets are dying.

£4 to shop in town

f off

[Dogeatdog]

I’ve always felt that WH Smith’s was a bit of a rip off. The prices for stuff in there are a bit mad especially the ones in hospitals.

[MTVN]

They have been bought for the paltry price of £76m and are rebranding as TJ Jones a name they've just made up thinking it sounds like a historic brand

Very naff, wonder how much they paid someone to come up with that

[arista]

Yes TG Jones

What will they sell?


Also,
can they keep the Post Offices
in them?

[bots]

they have retained the post office and Toys R Us in the stores going forward. WH Smiths have kept the stores at stations and airports where the money was being made