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Post by stuhuggett on Nov 26, 2008 16:11:59 GMT 1
Goo Goo Ga Joob.
Word has it Woolworths have seriously considered a buy-out offer of £1.00
I've got about £3.50 in the bank! This could rescue Christmas!
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Post by stuhuggett on Dec 24, 2008 13:13:12 GMT 1
Oh, that's Zavvi gone too... |
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Post by caroline on Dec 24, 2008 16:06:08 GMT 1
None of these are particularly surprising to me, I have to say (Whittards was on the brink yesterday, and The Officer's Club is apparently having problems too...) - obviously it's bad news for the economy in general, and the people that work there in particular, but all of the chains that have gone down so far have either failed to move with the times (ie Gamleys or Woolworths), or are a bit crappy (The Officer's Club, Rosebys, MFI), or completely useless (Whittards). Not quite sure where I'm going with this really, other than...eh. If no-one really notices that, as a business, you're not there anymore, was there a lot of point to you in the first place? But obviously it sucks sweaty goat balls for the people (no longer) working in those places... Apologies if this doesn't make sense - blame the marauding cold germs...  |
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Post by stuhuggett on Dec 24, 2008 16:56:25 GMT 1
Obviously I saw Gamleys go from the inside, but it wasn't actually a victim of the crunch the way Woolies etc are. The reason its closedown was so protracted this year was 'cos they were taking the time to pay off all their creditors & sell all the warehouse's stock before they shut. The crunch & failing to move with the times played its part (with falling profits being one reason for shutting up shop while the company still had some money for its shareholders; and it didn't help them try and sell the company on once their minds had been made up) but it was a voluntary and planned closure.
Arguably, Zavvi had moved with the times too, but still couldn't survive (tied in part to the collapse of its distribution via Woolies, I gather).
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Post by carolyn on Dec 30, 2008 15:58:44 GMT 1
I went in Brighton Woolworths on Saturday - Oh it was grim. There was barely anything left on the shelves but it was still rammed with angry bargain hunting people. They said they were open for a further three days but I bet they weren't.
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Post by carrie on Dec 31, 2008 22:55:15 GMT 1
hastings is still open, although i hear we may may get a spanking new cricket ground sometime in the near future.
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Post by stuhuggett on Jan 1, 2009 14:25:41 GMT 1
Hastings and Bexhill are both due to shut in the 3rd and final wave of closures: Monday 5th Jan is technically their final day, although you'll probably see them go over the weekend.
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Post by mooominmama on Jan 2, 2009 16:31:35 GMT 1
i went in the penzance woolies a couple of weeks ago and it was indeeed very grim... wierdly the st ives woolies has always looked as if its on the verge of closing down... and i suppose it will now... i doubt that one will be bought up by a supermarket tho, probably be another 'smart' cafe and/or gallery cos it hasnt got nearly enough of them yet....
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Post by carrie on Jan 6, 2009 23:00:48 GMT 1
dev road is weird.
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Post by stuhuggett on Jan 6, 2009 23:20:27 GMT 1
So's Dev from Corrie.
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Post by carrie on Jan 6, 2009 23:43:18 GMT 1
say who now?
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Post by stuhuggett on Jan 14, 2009 19:39:44 GMT 1
The big Zavvi in the Churchill Centre in Brighton is in a very sorry state: empty shelves, no decoration, and hand-written NO REFUNDS signs everywhere. Won't be long now then...
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Post by carrie on Jan 16, 2009 22:49:00 GMT 1
likewise with the 'stings, not really actually, we have all the shit stock no-one wants to buy. word on the street is that bexhill woolworths is one of the ones purchased by iceland and there's a rumour that mcdonalds may be moving into what was gamleys in dev road.
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Post by stuhuggett on Jan 17, 2009 17:38:51 GMT 1
Brighton Zavvi also only had leftover stock - I don't think the company's had new stock since they called in the administrators on Christmas Eve, apart from titles pre-ordered before that date.
I think Iceland have confirmed the Bexhill Woolworths purchase too. How much fun were those Biggins & Katona idents before I'm A Celebrity last year, btw? She was all over the place, total world of her own.
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Post by stuhuggett on Feb 18, 2009 13:22:47 GMT 1
Hastings Zavvi sold to HMV - news just in from The Herald paper, up in Scotland. |
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Post by mooominmama on Mar 21, 2009 21:26:25 GMT 1
hi stu, nothing to do with woolies except its about toys and didnt know where else to put this... whats the lego for babies that only has one big dimple thing instead of lots of little ones to connect them together? it says duplo on one of teh bits ive got but it look s different to the duplo on the official website ...
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Post by stuhuggett on Mar 21, 2009 22:11:33 GMT 1
You're right, it's not Duplo (that's for toddlers) - the simplest one for babies may be called Quatro? I'll check...
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Post by stuhuggett on Mar 21, 2009 22:16:34 GMT 1
Ah, no, it's another step down from Quatro: the one-dimple stuff is the Lego Baby range, here's an exampleI don't know if it's still a current Lego range though, but we can look in the Lego shop by Churchill Square tomorrow if that helps? |
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Post by choo choooo on Mar 22, 2009 1:44:16 GMT 1
thats it! ;D thats the train i bought in the charity shop today/ yesterday, its great!
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Post by stuhuggett on May 21, 2009 10:00:56 GMT 1
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Post by caroline on May 21, 2009 10:33:06 GMT 1
I would've said the writing was on the wall when they started closing stores, to be honest. But we'll see, I suppose...
Fingers crossed, eh? x
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Post by stuhuggett on May 21, 2009 10:39:12 GMT 1
There's a branch of The Works almost directly opposite the Sussex Stationers branch I'm in (I'd unsuccessfully applied for a couple of positions there before, ironically) - Not sure how that'll work out!
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Post by stuhuggett on Jun 16, 2009 17:33:55 GMT 1
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Post by stuhuggett on Jul 7, 2009 15:57:00 GMT 1
More exciting bookshop news... |
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Post by stuhuggett on Nov 26, 2009 18:33:22 GMT 1
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