High street braced for Christmas sales carnage

GracieP

I bought an M&S dress to wear for xmas. I got it on ebay though and paid less than £8.:D

slummymummyof3

Have M&S undies on (bought yesterday) and Per Una Jeans and jumper on. M&S shouldn't be going anywhere. Next I find is a peculiar fit - only their age 16 stuff fits me; their size 10 stuff is nowhere near a size 10 - unless you have a very bizarre shape!!!!!

hethmar

LOL, I have a M and S Cashmere sweater on at the moment, got it on the 20% off day

hethmar

Has Courts gone under. Ive never been in one of their furniture shops, but the one in the city here has a permanent sale on for at least the last 10 years.

Do we reckon DFS will go under?

richardlionheart

I do hope M&S don't go down , there is a Food Factory not far from where i live.
and around 80% of what they make is for M&S. ( plus the factory sells discounted products to the local pensioners ) a major employer around here.

also a mile further on is a Jacobs buscuit factory , i can hear it now " let them eat [strike]cake[/strike] crackers "

welcoming in this new year , 2009 somehow will not have the same feel to it ?

Rich

a11waysindebt

hethmar wrote: »

Do we reckon DFS will go under?

I could never understand that shop.

I havent seen so many sales adverts on the tv lately come to think of it.

bo_drinker

slummymummyof3 wrote: »

Have M&S undies on (bought yesterday) and Per Una Jeans and jumper on. M&S shouldn't be going anywhere. Next I find is a peculiar fit - only their age 16 stuff fits me; their size 10 stuff is nowhere near a size 10 - unless you have a very bizarre shape!!!!!

My O H had problems with NEXT jeans the waist band was lowered so all fittings changed and all needed to be altered for some reason. They use a woman to do this and you can't tell except when one leg is slightly longer than the other. Never mind I don't have such hassle as Primark jeans at 6 quid I think do the job well enough for me.:T

emay

amcluesent wrote: »

UP to 15 national retail chains are predicted to go bust before the middle of January, forcing thousands more shopworkers onto the dole.
while the specialist tea retailer, Whittards remained on the critical list.

Oh no :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: will have to go and stock up on my fruit teas...anyone know how long the date is on them?

neverdespairgirl

slummymummyof3 wrote: »

Have M&S undies on (bought yesterday) and Per Una Jeans and jumper on. M&S shouldn't be going anywhere. Next I find is a peculiar fit - only their age 16 stuff fits me; their size 10 stuff is nowhere near a size 10 - unless you have a very bizarre shape!!!!!

I like quite a lot of M & S stuff, because it fits me well - my waist is narrow in proportion to my hips (I prefer to think of it that way round, rather than having hips too big for my waist) and the clothes are made that way.

slummymummyof3

M&S is a good fit all over whereas 'Next' seems to make clothes for non human individuals with enormous waists which do not require you to undo the buttons/zips/fastenings in order to take on or off, yet strangely the thighs on trousers are somewhat snug and wrinkle accordingly. Next's childrenswear however (in age 15-16 years, is a good alternative to size 8-10 'normal people' and does fit perfectly around the waist and thighs) and also accomodates my 34" inside leg (which the adult clothing does not!