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mrmistoffelees 05-08-2020 10:32
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Needed a new Makita LXT charger as the old one went kaput (beyond repair)

Wickes,Screwfix,B&Q,Toolstation all about the £70-80 mark with a collection or home delivery time of three to five days.

Amazon ? £38 delivered tomorrow

Sephiroth 05-08-2020 10:49
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Originally Posted by mrmistoffelees (Post 36045690)
Needed a new Makita LXT charger as the old one went kaput (beyond repair)

Wickes,Screwfix,B&Q,Toolstation all about the £70-80 mark with a collection or home delivery time of three to five days.

Amazon ? £38 delivered tomorrow
The above totally sums up the High Street situation.

jfman 05-08-2020 10:55
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It’s self reinforcing. Less stores, less stock, less sales, same overheads, higher costs to end users.

mrmistoffelees 05-08-2020 10:58
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Originally Posted by jfman (Post 36045698)
It’s self reinforcing. Less stores, less stock, less sales, same overheads, higher costs to end users.
There are three screwfixes, three toolstations, two B&Q's (both warehouse), two machinemart & one wickes within a ten minute drive of my house

And not one of them has a battery charger?

denphone 05-08-2020 11:05
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Up to 1,500 jobs threatened at WH Smith.

https://news.sky.com/story/up-to-1-5...omers-12042804

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The retailer said group revenues were down 57% in July compared with the same month last year, after its travel business was particularly badly hit by the COVID-19 crisis.

It said it now expected to make a loss of between £70m and £75m for the year to August.

mrmistoffelees 05-08-2020 11:08
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Originally Posted by denphone (Post 36045700)
Up to 1,500 jobs threatened at WH Smith.

https://news.sky.com/story/up-to-1-5...omers-12042804
William Hill also closing 119 stores, 300 staff were affected, all but 20 have been redeployed

denphone 05-08-2020 11:20
Re: Changes on the High Street
 
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Originally Posted by mrmistoffelees (Post 36045701)
William Hill also closing 119 stores, 300 staff were affected, all but 20 have been redeployed
Not surprised at that as that follows on from their previous closures which have happened since the FOBT ruling.

tweetiepooh 05-08-2020 11:23
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Originally Posted by Carth (Post 36045072)
High St Shopping:
You can see, feel, check for size/colour, consider quality, browse easily, and items are normally in stock.
You can take purchases home that day, or arrange delivery to suit for larger items.
You can socialise/meet & greet with other shoppers.
Downside is you have to leave the comfort of your home.

Online Shopping:
Pick what you want from who/where you want, at the price you want.
Arrange (and pay) for delivery, and hope it gets delivered correctly and undamaged.
Be prepared for disappointment if the item(s) ordered are wrong, crap quality or damaged, and consider the hassle and possible costs of returning the item(s) . . then wait another week for replacements/refunds (did you read the T&C? )
All done from the comfort of the home/car/garden shed/office/train/airport etc, secure in the knowledge that those nasty internet scammers have no way to steal any info.

Bet you can't guess my preference ;)
On high street you can sometimes sample and you can also talk to the retailer who may have expertise in the product.
You can see new products in line with existing.
EOL stuff can be reduced.

Carth 05-08-2020 12:46
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Daughter had three items of clothing delivered this morning, two of which will be going back.

One item doesn't fit, and one
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isn't the same colour as the picture showed
. . no matter how many times I try to explain the many variables regarding colours on a PC/Phone/Tablet :rolleyes:

heero_yuy 15-08-2020 14:21
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Quote:
Quote from Sky News: Debenhams's owners have begun drawing up plans for the liquidation of the 242-year-old department store chain in a move that could trigger the single-biggest jobs cull of the coronavirus pandemic.

Sky News has learnt that Debenhams has appointed Hilco Capital, which specialises in helping to wind down distressed retail businesses, to work with it in the event that a sale process for one of Britain's best-known retailers ends in failure.

Hilco's role was described this weekend as "contingency planning" by people close to the company as it seeks to secure its future ahead of the crucial pre-Christmas trading period.

Debenhams employs roughly 14,000 people, having announced this week that it was shedding a further 2500 members of its workforce.
Pretty inevitable.

denphone 15-08-2020 14:26
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Originally Posted by heero_yuy (Post 36046724)
Pretty inevitable.
Sadly yes..

Carth 15-08-2020 14:46
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I seem to recall seeing/reading somewhere that many of the job losses were to be in management roles, maybe companies are now conceding that many management roles are 'assistants to assistants' and don't offer much in the way of productivity/profit?

example: 10 years ago we had a warehouse manager and his assistant manager. Today we have a warehouse manager and his two assistants, both who have a junior assistant beneath them. :rolleyes:

denphone 18-08-2020 08:32
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Marks & Spencer is to cut 7,000 jobs over the next three months across its whole business.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-53817598

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The retailer said it expected a "significant proportion" of the jobs to go through voluntary redundancy and early retirement.

It said the coronavirus pandemic had made it clear there had a been a "material shift in trade".

OLD BOY 18-08-2020 17:23
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Originally Posted by Carth (Post 36046727)
I seem to recall seeing/reading somewhere that many of the job losses were to be in management roles, maybe companies are now conceding that many management roles are 'assistants to assistants' and don't offer much in the way of productivity/profit?

example: 10 years ago we had a warehouse manager and his assistant manager. Today we have a warehouse manager and his two assistants, both who have a junior assistant beneath them. :rolleyes:
I expect they do that in order to justify paying higher salaries to those who deserve it - otherwise they'd leave.

nomadking 18-08-2020 19:20
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Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 36046969)
I expect they do that in order to justify paying higher salaries to those who deserve it - otherwise they'd leave.
As always with the "leave their job" argument, the question remains, "where to?".


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