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New Deadpool game - high street stores
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waylandsmithy
offlineMemberGordon's Second-hand Monkey Faeces Imporium.
Them, or Max Spielman.
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beau-jolly
offlineMemberEdinburgh Wool Mills. Who buys that shite?
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waylandsmithy
offlineMemberWHSmiths are a bit rubbish. And one day, people will realise that pizzas aren't posh or sophisticated, and that'll be the end of Pizza Express.
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dvo4fun
offlineMember@Tripod:
I'm with you on this but having said that, I did I fail GCE 'O' level economics, along with all the rest.
Individuals: Stop borrowing so much but keep spending.
Or, if you're a bank: Don't take so many risks but increase both your cash holdings and loans to businesses.
Piece of piss - I could do that Osborne's job no problem.
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Carter
offlineMemberAgree with WH Smiths. According to the business pages they'll probably ditch their high street shops which make no money and keep the travel shops at stations and airports which make a huge profit and get to charge a lot more for stuff.
Thorntons looks a cert as well. too much diversifying - cards, jewllery - and too much expansion.
It's probably insanely profitable but I once ate an appalling meal in Nandos and therefore want them gone.
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godly1966
offlineMemberI think Mothercare will be next. This man sums up our economy better than most http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOaZdSCAzaw
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The All New Jeni B
offlineMemberI've never been to Nandos, but hate them on principle. Any restaurant chain that pretends to be better than it is deserves it.
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The All New Jeni B
offlineMemberI thought they just rubbed themselves down with a lump of garlic-infused horse meat and then sprayed a gallon of scent over themselves.
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waylandsmithy
offlineMemberThat sounds absolutely delicious, Jeni. Why oh why is the average british consumer so averse to consuming the French?
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waylandsmithy
offlineMemberDon't say that, Carter. The warning signs are there: stocked up with toys and tat instead of books. We normally buy a couple of children's books each time we visit the city centre. Although that's not as often as it used to be.
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Ironduke
offlineMemberI have a huge aversion to perfumeries; its a 'hold your breath and charge' on entry to any department stores to get through the entry barricade of Eau de Girl.
Perviously I have been safe upon the high street, until the arrival of Lush, who seem to blast out torrents of vile parfum, making a huge song and dance about having massive roughly carved chunks of wax for sale at an extortionate price.
Boycott them. Smash their windows. Torch the places. They are making my shopping experience rather less fun, and therefore they should be expunged with extreme prejudice.
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sigmund
offlineMemberAccessorize is the only bit that I see people going in.
That’s only newsbiscuit contributors going in to complain about the spelling.I took a dildo back the other day because it was too small....wanted to swap it for something in my size but the bastards said they didn't do returns.
That wasn’t a dildo; dildos have been extinct for over 300 years, the last one eaten by Dutch sailors in 1693. Hence, the ‘Dutch’ cap.Posted 4 months ago # -
charlies_hat
offlineMemberHow on earth is The Body Shop still trading ?
I think the first high street victim of the internet was the humble "Private Shop". No one made a fuss about that like they did about pick n mix.
Blockbuster wise, there is still a small independent DVD rental shop near my house in Norwich that is trading, long may it last.
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Clintons. How can a shop survive selling cards for £2 when Card Factory keeps opening up next door and selling them for 29p? They've already been in administration once, can see it happening again.
I’d like to produce a range of generic cards that you can keep in for any occasion with a single word and then a selection of tick boxes.
So you’d have “Happy” and then:
[x] Birthday
[ ] Christmas
[ ] Anniversary
[ ] Valentine’s Day
[ ] Other, please state .........................................Another one with “Congratulations on”
[ ] Your new job
[ ] Your engagement
[ ] Your wedding
[x] Your divorce"Sorry you're"
[ ] Leaving
[ ] Ill
[x] Pregnant
[ ] A widow(er)You get the idea I’m sure. If I could be bothered to look I’d probably discover that something similar already exists.
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