Is the High Street doomed

[Bahnhof Strasse]

^^^ was just reading that. Never a fan myself but very sorry for the staff. Im not convined it was down to the virus though ^^^

More that they didn’t have products for sale that anyone would want to buy.

 

[hash tag]

There was me thinking Laura Ashley was the perfect fit for Guildford and surrounds.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

There was me thinking Laura Ashley was the perfect fit for Guildford and surrounds.

There is a store in Guildford, but it’s a bit of a grubby town, attracts a lot of Clapham people who can no longer afford Clapham...

 

[hash tag]

Funny you should say that. Just down from Ashley's there was a bread stall that sold Mrs Ts favourite bread for less than half the price here

 

[UrbaneFox]

^^^ was just reading that. Never a fan myself but very sorry for the staff. Im not convined it was down to the virus though ^^^

It has been crap for years. Never recovered from LAs death,

 

[cupid_stunt]

Bright House is going into administration!

Coronavirus: Collapse of rent-to-own giant BrightHouse puts 2,400 jobs at risk

Britain’s biggest rent-to-own chain will file for administration on Monday, putting 2400 jobs at risk, Sky News learns.

news.sky.com

Half sorry for the staff, but they chose to work for the cunts.

 

[hash tag]

Just heard Carluccio's has gone into administration. I am guessing that in these troubled times if anyone is in difficulties,
the current crisis will push them over the edge.
I am guessing this will mean the staff won't get a penny and will now be waiting for benefits

 

[skyscraper101]

Please let Wagamama survive. And Wasabi.

 

[jeff_leigh]

Bright House is going into administration!
Half sorry for the staff, but they chose to work for the cunts.

Yeah, Like being a Concentration camp Guard innit ?

 

[cupid_stunt]

Yeah, Like being a Concentration camp Guard innit ?

I wouldn't go that far.

Anyway, going, going, gone...

BrightHouse enters administration - with 2,400 jobs at risk

The store, which offers loans to customers to purchase electrical items such as TVs and washing machines, has been struggling financially for years

www.mirror.co.uk

 

[Artaxerxes]

Please let Wagamama survive. And Wasabi.

Ive not had a decent meal at wagamamas since 2010.

And never at wasabi.

 

[skyscraper101]

Ive not had a decent meal at wagamamas since 2010.

And never at wasabi.

Sorry to hear that. I can honestly say Wagamama has been consistently good for me since the first time.

Wasabi is more fast food obvs but I do love their Katsu Chicken Curry boxes.

 

[Artaxerxes]

Sorry to hear that. I can honestly say Wagamama has been consistently good for me since the first time.

Wasabi is more fast food obvs but I do love their Katsu Chicken Curry boxes.

The menus changed a lot and it’s now just random heavily trendy western food with an Asian name so.

Wasabi the last time I risked a katsu (and I’ve eaten a good portion of the katsu for sale in square mile) i could shave with the chicken and this was at lunchtime not scrag-end o’clock.

 

[clicker]

Ive not had a decent meal at wagamamas since 2010.

And never at wasabi.

All I can hear now is prince Andrew's voice.

 

[skyscraper101]

Debenhams in administration for second time.

Coronavirus: Struggling Debenhams to put administrators on standby

Debenhams, which employs 22,000 people, could signal a plan to appoint administrators next week, Sky News learns.

news.sky.com

 

[hash tag]

WHSmith to follow

 

[Teaboy]

WHSmith to follow

Really? I thought they had been doing well recently. They make massive margin in their rip off shops.

 

[ska invita]

WHSmith to follow

Too many post offices to fail ?
May eventually have to be nationalised on those grounds?

 

[hash tag]

The last few times I have been to Smiths they have appeared to be on their last legs; untidy, poorly lit, smelling cold and damp,
only ground floor kept going in some of them; the writing has been there for a while methinks.

 

[ska invita]

The last few times I have been to Smiths they have appeared to be on their last legs; untidy, poorly lit, smelling cold and damp,
only ground floor kept going in some of them; the writing has been there for a while methinks.

yes...but where would post offices go next?

 

[hash tag]

pubs, house of fraser, wetherspoons....

 

[hash tag]

I'm sure there won't be the last...another 2000+ jobs

 

[8115]

Oasis and Warehouse in big trouble.

 

[Artaxerxes]

Oasis and Warehouse in big trouble.

Left a support role with them last year (voluntarily) surprised they lasted this long. Very disorganised lot.

Plus horrible clothes.

 

[8115]

Left a support role with them last year (voluntarily) surprised they lasted this long. Very disorganised lot.

Plus horrible clothes.

I quite like Warehouse clothes. Oasis clothes are all nasty material and small sizes. Having said that I haven't shopped at either for a while.

 

[Proper Tidy]

Gonna be loads of cheap commercial rentals available soon aren't there, and with low/no business rates for at least the first year. Might get a shop and just whack a sofa and a kettle in it so people wander in and then we'll see what happens from there

 

[not-bono-ever]

utterly shit for anyone working in retail ATM.

 

[Proper Tidy]

utterly shit for anyone working in retail ATM.

Will get shitter for retail, hospitality etc when govt interventions dry up and the recession means everybody is skint and not spending

 

[mx wcfc]

Will get shitter for retail, hospitality etc when govt interventions dry up and the recession means everybody is skint and not spending

Even the online clothes retailers seem to be struggling judging buy the adverts for sales on my social media. I guess even the lucky ones still on full pay are avoiding unnecessary spending, in case they are furloughed, and because there's no point in buying new clothes to sit in the house in.

 

[Callum91]

Even the online clothes retailers seem to be struggling judging buy the adverts for sales on my social media. I guess even the lucky ones still on full pay are avoiding unnecessary spending, in case they are furloughed, and because there's no point in buying new clothes to sit in the house in.

I'm on furlough, chef in the pub industry. The only spending I've done on none essentials is buying supplies to paint to keep myself distracted.

The CEO of Stonegate keeps telling us all he's optimistic and that ALL the pubs will re-open again but... I live in fucking Blackpool, the loss of a summer like this is going to wipe the town off the map. The high street here was already past terminal and I really don't see how the thousands of small hotels and B&B's can possibly continue when the notion of a customer base isn't going to become a reality until perhaps next year (both cos nobody is allowed out of the fucking house and even if they do they have no cash).