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TK Maxx coming to Brixton

gabi said:
Genuinely surprised by the good reaction here to this 'development'

Perhaps Im mistaken, but don't they peddle sweatshop stuff that wasn't even high enough quality for primark to flog?
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Don't think so. They do 'last season' clothing and cheap homewares. Labels for less basically.

I think it is very good news.

In some ways it might help the existing shops by making Brixton more of a shopping destination.
 
It was inevitable it was going to be TK Maxx or Primark. Good news, I think.
 
I go to the TK Maxx in Wood Green Shopping City but that is a lovely building I would be miffed if it was my area.
 
spanglechick said:
peckham?
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I used to go to the one in Tooting years ago, but once the Marble Arch one opened, have been going there ever since. Prefer it as I can then go walk to Oxford Circus.

Primark in Brixton would have been good for convenience.
 
Minnie_the_Minx said:
erm, what business is that? Don't think I've ever been up there
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I meant to type plural, "businesses". I used to work up there in a small software company... who are still there. At least 2 dozen small companies were based up there.

I wonder how they are getting pushed out.
 
Life would be better if all clothes shops were organised like TK Maxx.

I want a shirt - go to rail marked "shirts" - find appropriate size section on rail - check all shirts of relevant size - is there one I want yes/no - pay for shirt if yes - exit shop - job done.

No messing around.
 
teuchter said:
Life would be better if all clothes shops were organised like TK Maxx.

I want a shirt - go to rail marked "shirts" - find appropriate size section on rail - check all shirts of relevant size - is there one I want yes/no - pay for shirt if yes - exit shop - job done.

No messing around.
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Yes :cool:
 
Life would be even easier if we just all wore those boiler suits the chinese wore during the cultural revolution.

Good old Chairman Mao.
 
thriller said:
I used to go to the one in Tooting years ago, but once the Marble Arch one opened, have been going there ever since. Prefer it as I can then go walk to Oxford Circus.

Primark in Brixton would have been good for convenience.
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The Marble Arch branch of Primark is hell on earth, but it does have the best range. The Peckham one is shit. A good compromise is Bromley - a pretty big store but much more civilised, with no queues for the changing rooms, and 15 minutes from Brixton on the train.
 
miss minnie said:
Its going to hit the small business upstairs in the Bon Marche hard I imagine.
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what's up there these days? I don't think I've been in the building since Kingshield moved to above the chemist, but before that there were all sorts of odd little ventures in the cavernous upstairs of Bon Marche. Is it all empty currently?
 
Ms T said:
The Marble Arch branch of Primark is hell on earth, but it does have the best range. The Peckham one is shit. A good compromise is Bromley - a pretty big store but much more civilised, with no queues for the changing rooms, and 15 minutes from Brixton on the train.
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It can be very hectic, but I'm fine with it. The size of the store and range of items available does it for me. And I always take my own carrier bags with me. HATE the stupid paper bags they offer.
 
you lot are much better at being consumers than I am. I think I went in a Primark once, looking for (and failing to find) a toilet. I wouldn't know a TKmax if it got up and bit me. I suppose I look forward to finding out what one it.
 
thriller said:
It can be very hectic, but I'm fine with it. The size of the store and range of items available does it for me. And I always take my own carrier bags with me. HATE the stupid paper bags they offer.
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I hate it and feel very sorry for the poor buggers who have to work there. It's a total scrum. You should try the Bromley one - the store is nearly as big and has the vast majority of the range. Agree about the paper bags - plus they disintegrate in the rain!
 
I once found a pair of 40" Diesel jeans in the tkmaxx in croydon. They don't even sell them in Diesel shops and they were only 35 quid.

For that I salute tkmaxx

My Mrs has got some decent cheap kitchen stuff too, although I think she may have visited just after it all got put on the shelves.
 
newbie said:
what's up there these days? I don't think I've been in the building since Kingshield moved to above the chemist, but before that there were all sorts of odd little ventures in the cavernous upstairs of Bon Marche. Is it all empty currently?
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I haven't been up there in ages but my old company is still there. I worked there about 1989-93 and the place was a warren of small businesses including the Variety Club and the Association of Black Lawyers. Most of the offices were the size of a medium sized living room and shared facilities. Will have to see if I can find out what's happening from an old colleague (who I last saw about 4 months ago and he didn't mention anything about moving).
 
Ok, word back from colleague is that TKMax is taking on...

the ground floor front right (where the pub used to be)
the basement
the first and second floors (full length of the building at the front)

Some of the existing businesses are being asked to move to a different part of the building.
 
miss minnie said:
Ok, word back from colleague is that TKMax is taking on...

the ground floor front right (where the pub used to be)
the basement
the first and second floors (full length of the building at the front)

Some of the existing businesses are being asked to move to a different part of the building.
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So they're not being forced/turfed out then? That's good
 
I can never get the jeans I want as I'm not skinny, short, or obese I wish I new when they put new stock out actually. Hope you get air con though the Wood Green branch is nasty when the weathers hot I think its the only shop in the centre with no a/c literally a sweat shop.
 
Ms T said:
I hate it and feel very sorry for the poor buggers who have to work there. It's a total scrum. You should try the Bromley one - the store is nearly as big and has the vast majority of the range. Agree about the paper bags - plus they disintegrate in the rain!
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they are probably mostly college students. But agree, I could never work in that atmosphere.
 
This is good news - I get loads of stuff from the Clapham Junction one. You have to sort through loads to find the good stuff in there, but its easy with the huge rails that they hang everything on.

It will be weird shopping in a place where I had some great drinking nights.

If they could open up a small bar where part of the old one was I could spend all day in there
 
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