Changes on the High Street
05-08-2020, 09:32
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Re: Changes on the High Street
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
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05-08-2020, 09:49
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Re: Changes on the High Street
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Originally Posted by mrmistoffelees
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
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The above totally sums up the High Street situation.
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05-08-2020, 09:55
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Re: Changes on the High Street
It’s self reinforcing. Less stores, less stock, less sales, same overheads, higher costs to end users.
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05-08-2020, 09:58
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Re: Changes on the High Street
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It’s self reinforcing. Less stores, less stock, less sales, same overheads, higher costs to end users.
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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?
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05-08-2020, 10:05
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Re: Changes on the High Street
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.
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05-08-2020, 10:08
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Re: Changes on the High Street
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William Hill also closing 119 stores, 300 staff were affected, all but 20 have been redeployed
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05-08-2020, 10:20
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Re: Changes on the High Street
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William Hill also closing 119 stores, 300 staff were affected, all but 20 have been redeployed
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Not surprised at that as that follows on from their previous closures which have happened since the FOBT ruling.
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05-08-2020, 10:23
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Re: Changes on the High Street
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Originally Posted by Carth
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
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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.
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05-08-2020, 11:46
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Re: Changes on the High Street
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
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. . no matter how many times I try to explain the many variables regarding colours on a PC/Phone/Tablet
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15-08-2020, 13:21
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Re: Changes on the High Street
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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.
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Pretty inevitable.
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15-08-2020, 13:26
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Re: Changes on the High Street
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Pretty inevitable.
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Sadly yes..
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15-08-2020, 13:46
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Re: Changes on the High Street
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.
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18-08-2020, 07:32
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Re: Changes on the High Street
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".
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18-08-2020, 16:23
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Re: Changes on the High Street
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Originally Posted by Carth
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.
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I expect they do that in order to justify paying higher salaries to those who deserve it - otherwise they'd leave.
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18-08-2020, 18:20
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Re: Changes on the High Street
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I expect they do that in order to justify paying higher salaries to those who deserve it - otherwise they'd leave.
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As always with the "leave their job" argument, the question remains, "where to?".
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