leanderman
Street Party: July 2
Exactly. It is almost possible to carry out all your Christmas shopping in a TKMax.
TK Maxx coming to Brixton
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Exactly. It is almost possible to carry out all your Christmas shopping in a TKMax.
gaijingirl
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I'm with Quimcunx... on the several occasions I've been to TKMaxx in Clap Junc I have found it to be hell on earth. However, as always, I shall suspend my judgement until I see it. I can't imagine I'll be going a lot - but then I don't go shopping a lot any more anyway. People do always seem to get good bargains there though - I don't know how, whenever I've been there's been literally nothing worth buying - maybe I was just unlucky. Agree with Ms T re: Primark though - much better to go to Bromley than Marble Arch - it's almost like an normal shop rather than some kind of rugby scrum re-enactment. Especially if you can avoid Saturdays. Unfortunately it means going to Bromley which I do have to fairly regularly for my sins.
Went to the Tooting Primark today. They have re-located to where Marks and Sparks used to be.
On a side note, Primark seems to be very popular with my fellow asians. Just like Marble Arch, the store is practically all Asian staffed. Is it the same in the Bromley branch??
On a side note, Primark seems to be very popular with my fellow asians. Just like Marble Arch, the store is practically all Asian staffed. Is it the same in the Bromley branch??
TruXta
tired
Could be that they're mainly taking on stock that was more expensive to start off with? I recently bought a nice pair of boots to go with my suit and it cost me 50 quid, full price was 150.
co-op
But....but cLoWnFiSh....
I don't think that's just it because I'm getting nostalgic about ecco boots that I got for £19.99 that were £100+ - maybe I just got lucky but I remember more cheap stuff and it was posho labels etc. Last time I went in there were loads of pretty ordinary polo shirts and suchlike for £25-£40 - seemed like just another shop but a bit more messy and incoherent.
TruXta
tired
Could be - I've only been gone 2-3 times in the last couple of years.
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But....but cLoWnFiSh....
Me too!
Also I quite like the whole it-ain't-what-it-used-to-be thing. I'm just warming up for the Is Brixton On The Turn thread.
miss minnie
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still plenty of great stuff available from tkmaxx, although it varies wildly over the year: sometimes there's fuck all for ages.
i understand each store has a separate buyer though, so some will be better than others. also, i imagine the good stuff goes in seconds in london - come to the provinces, where people are less fashion conscious and you often find real nice clothes marked down to fuck all in the red label section...
i understand each store has a separate buyer though, so some will be better than others. also, i imagine the good stuff goes in seconds in london - come to the provinces, where people are less fashion conscious and you often find real nice clothes marked down to fuck all in the red label section...
co-op
But....but cLoWnFiSh....
There is an article on this in the SLP this week -
http://www.southlondon-today.co.uk/news.cfm?id=32835&headline=Big name shops may open in town centre
the whole article and the Town Centre Manager (redundant) seem to give the impression that the move is imminent but TK Maxx dont seem so sure -
Ex Town Centre Manager: “TK Maxx is fantastic news for Brixton and getting retail into that space in a prime location will be great for the town centre.”
TK Maxx: “Unfortunately we don’t have any plans for this year to open in Brixton.”
http://www.southlondon-today.co.uk/news.cfm?id=32835&headline=Big name shops may open in town centre
the whole article and the Town Centre Manager (redundant) seem to give the impression that the move is imminent but TK Maxx dont seem so sure -
Ex Town Centre Manager: “TK Maxx is fantastic news for Brixton and getting retail into that space in a prime location will be great for the town centre.”
TK Maxx: “Unfortunately we don’t have any plans for this year to open in Brixton.”
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
i thought it was gonna be a waitrose.
leanderman
Street Party: July 2
Laughing Toad
Turn the volume down please.
What does a Town Centre Manager do exactly? The article says she was credited with bringing popular fashion store H&M to the site of the former Woolworths shop in the high street, but isn't that the job of . . . you know . . . estate agents.
co-op
But....but cLoWnFiSh....
Apparently she also coined the term "Bromley Man and Bromley Woman" as in "we need to make Brixton Market more attractive to BM & BW" - a classic daft town centre manager kind of idea.
co-op
But....but cLoWnFiSh....
They manage Town Centres.
You may find this extraordinary but the (fantasy) Free Market usually is incapable of providing a balanced mix of use that attracts a wide and reliable spread of shoppers and other money-spenders.
Odd. I thought they would make a real killing in Brixton. Can't be hard shops to fit out and stock.
Uh-oh this is bad news I love a TK Maxx, have been known to disappear for hours in the Lewisham one.
I'm glad it's not a Primark, that is a real sweatshop vendor, TK Maxx sells other brands' ends-of-lines etc so it doesn't directly support sweatshops. Or so I like to think. I've found beautiful John Smedley quality made in England sweaters in there for a fraction of their normal price. I really hope it doesn't hurt Morleys tho.
I'm glad it's not a Primark, that is a real sweatshop vendor, TK Maxx sells other brands' ends-of-lines etc so it doesn't directly support sweatshops. Or so I like to think. I've found beautiful John Smedley quality made in England sweaters in there for a fraction of their normal price. I really hope it doesn't hurt Morleys tho.
Lambeth Weekender free paper of 23/9/11 says a deal for TK Maxx to take on about a third of the Bon Marche building is 99% agreed and it's expected to open April/May
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It's always that tricky last 1%....
clicker
nanook rubs it....
The clothes sections have never appealed to me...maybe because being a born cynic i just don't believe the knock down on the prices.....reminds me of the 'offers' in shops having a sale, when the biggest reductions are items with tiny small print after the 'before' price, stating it was on sale for that price on such and such a day with an r in the month....i.e blink and you missed the higher price, so in reality the bargain is not as previously drooled over.....also it usually looks a bit of a tip....having said that i can happily mull over the candle/mirrors/ china sections with wild abandon. A good all rounder for that gift you're not quite decided on yet...
