Page 1 of Instead of predicting whose going to die this year, how about retailers to fold....

To start it off, i will give my 5 predictions...

1. Argos
2. WH Smiths
3. Pets at Home 
4. Staples
5. Iceland (despite Chav mums shopping in there!)
     

Hmm I think Argos are evolving to survive. WH Smith will last another year.

There must be a semi-specialist chain like Jessops which is in trouble?


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WHS was dodgy a few years ago & none of the stores I have been into since 2009 & on odd trips back are any different with well trodden carpet that hasn`t been changed in years certainly true of Exeter.  They are useful for stocking up on lots of galaxy chocolate at the airport quite cheaply.

Staples I think is fairly safe as a worldwide brand.

OK fingers not exactly on the pulse here but based on what I saw while I was there last:

WHS
Currys (Despite Comet).



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Never has so little had to be explained by me to so many so often.

I thought HMV was going down in 2012. I guess I can carry that one on.

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1) Wickes - Only because every time I go in one they have feck all I need!
2) Argos
3) HMV
4) Halfrauds
5) Clintons (or have they gone already)


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ummmmmmm.... Halfrauds, really hadnt thought about them!  Used them for the first time in years recentyl as needed a rear brake bulb, lady in there needed a front headlight bulb for her Focus... the spotty oik behind the counter told her they needed to be replaced in pairs as it could cause an electrical issue... and that they would only charge her £5 to fit them if she had two...

I had a word in her ear, told her to buy one, i then fitted it for her in under two minutes... she wanted to give me some money for saving her money which i declined, i told her i hate to see people being taken advantage of buy retailers like this... they dont offer a service!

On my soap box now, when i was a Retail Manager for both Woolworths, and Superdrug, i would regularly deliver shopping to peoples home addresses on my way home... especially for the old dears, we formed an important part of their social life, somewhere to come and talk to people... its the one thing about retail i miss, is the people (well most of them!).   

I had the same kind of thing happen in Comet. Was walking through the store & heard a salesman telling an oap she had to buy a moster scart cable costing £50 if she wanted to buy a £30 dvd player. Went over to her & had a word. Was then told I wasn`t welcome in that store anymore.

Can I change my mind and go with any retailer that has bad sales assistant oiks who try and flog things the customer doesn't want or need?

Though that seems often to be a significant trait of most of the stores that have gone under the last few years.


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badboybez says...
1) WickeUnlikely. They`re owned by travis perkins, and TP won`t let an entire arm go under forsaking the rest. They`ll close branches and curtail staff, but TP are the market leaders. Losing an entire brand will be devastating to their image and stakeholder`s faith in the company

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Halfrauds, really hadnt thought about them! Used them for the first time in years recentyl as needed a rear brake bulbHeadlampbulb from said retailer, just short of a tenner.
Same bulb from a motor factors in the next main road, £4.50

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