GroovyMama
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Reged: 08/03/2008
Posts: 106
Loc: Corsham, Wilts
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Sad about M&S; I guess we won't be getting a store here now (they were said to be interested) I will be sad if Laura Ashley goes, their winter collection was much improved - I spent money there for the first time in 20 years! Infact I bought more clothes in Laura Ashley in the last few months than i have in M&S!
I wonder what the high streets of the future will look like - charity shops and poundlands?
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Poppy99
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Reged: 31/03/2008
Posts: 15
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I hope we are not going to be left with just cheap shops in the High St - Primark, New Look, Poundland etc. They are okay to have a look in occasionally but I don't want them to be all that's left.....M&S clothes have gone down recently - but I think they are trying to compete with Primark et al. They have tailored trousers for £15 - awful quality. Their food has also declined in quality. I am a lazy mare who works long hours and I often bought their ready meals, but the only ones I buy from there now are the Gastropub ones and they are pricy. I soemtimes used to buy one of their freshly made baguetters with off the bone ham and mature cheddar which used to be nice, but both I and OH had one recently and agreed that they are just using ordinary ham which was a bit fatty - price still the same though. Fingers Xed that this downturn does not last long. (Think we have all been a bit profligate and have had a spend spend spend mentality so a bit of a cutback was overdue, but all these jobs going is very worrying and distressing for those who are affected.)
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oopsidaisy
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Reged: 08/10/2008
Posts: 211
Loc: Belfast
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Hi All. So glad your OH seems to be ok Plasmo.But what a shame for all the other jobs.And it is only the start of the year,what else could go? It is a bit scary. I have to say that I do feel the quality has gone from much of the clothing. Personally, I would rather pay a bit more and have good quality.I love the food hall.I'm probably keeping the local Simply Food open alone,hee hee.If M&S closed completely I don't know where I would shop! Oopsi.
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Mayday
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Reged: 19/01/2008
Posts: 2046
Loc: Gloucestershire/cotswolds
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I will be very sorry to lose the Tewkesbury branch of S.Food
It has helped Tewkesbury to lift itself up since it opened a few years ago when Iceland closed. Tewkesbury will sink back into a third rate market town again sadly. Too many charity shops and not enough quality shops. I have enjoyed the two for £10.00 suppers the S.Food has been doing lately and do drop in for other things from time to time......not enough obviously!!!
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BEL
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Reged: 21/02/2008
Posts: 2480
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M/S have really lost the plot,their bras are cheap,and nasty
clothes the same.Was surprised that Next is doing well,as
their clothes are very boring,and poor quality..but someone
likes them!!!
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Glitterqueen
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Reged: 11/01/2008
Posts: 3202
Loc: Essex
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Bel why does your writing only go across 2/3rds of the page?
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Foxie
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Reged: 09/08/2007
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sorry to hear about M&S branches closing. Fingers crossed for everyone who has family and friends working there.
Miss F does a lot of shopping in the Cambridge branch and it always seems busy when we go there, but obviously not busy enough!
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I've learnt that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. Maya Angelou.
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Mollymandy
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Reged: 01/08/2008
Posts: 1512
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Have to say I was surprised at the Grafton Centre closing as it always seemed to do a good trade. Newmarket, on the other hand, never seemed that great... and in close proximity to Waitrose.
We work next to a big Laura Ashley superstore which in all fairness had some really nice accessories and some of the best clothes they have had for a while. They do, however, have a lot of problems with their delivery timelines and were very heavily discounting their furniture. Its no good cutting your margin to such a level that you are no longer achieving a decent profit margin.
Would be sorry to see them go, but they have been close to failure before and times are even harder now... keeping all crossed as they are a really nice bunch of girls inspite of sending in their customers to use our loo!
Bel - I think that Next do particularly well with their children's clothing as agree their clothes are a shadow of what they used to be when the shop first opened (again George Davies) in the 1970/1980s.
Edited by Mollymandy (07/01/2009 19:16)
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BEL
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Reged: 21/02/2008
Posts: 2480
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Hi Glitterqueen,have not got a clue,laptop has always presented this way......any suggestions how to alter this on my laptop?
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BEL
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Reged: 21/02/2008
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Ha,ha,got it OH sorted it out!!!!Mind you rather liked my personal style GT.
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Verite
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Reged: 19/08/2008
Posts: 651
Loc: HONG KONG
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It's really strange as the M&S here in Hong Kong is fantastic. When they opened the store is was full of yuky stuff but now they seem to have got it right. My friends parents came over and the Mum did a huge shop here because we have better colours and styles over here.... I get the odd bits from there but its not all that cheap and the underwear department drives me wild will 90% of bras padded. I hate padded bras....
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Mollymandy
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Reged: 01/08/2008
Posts: 1512
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Down with padded bras - hate them too. Got quite enough padding of my own! 
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