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mediaman

I heard Jessops where in trouble earlier in 2008. Practically no slrs or lenses on display in the Derry store this afternoon.

JoCJo2

Clintons in trouble? I just got back from Town to see a card shop with 'closing down' signs in the window. It's right next to Woolworths and the otherside of that is a closed down dry cleaners. If Clintons goes too I'd guess there would be at least 10 empty units on our high street.

egyptiangirl

me4bargains wrote: »

I've heard from a good source that Clinton Cards is on it's way out too.

Not sure if it is connected ( and didn't read the details!) however in Clinton cards Bluewater, there was a sign. It was regarding the administration of Zaavi.

Are they connected?!

zenseeker

JoCJo2 wrote: »

If Clintons goes too I'd guess there would be at least 10 empty units on our high street.

We are quite a small town, and if our Clinton's closes that would make 12 empty shops in a town centre that is less than one square mile. We still have a big-ish Morrison's and a Lidl, but we have lost Woolworths and a few Estate Agents, as well as a few independent stores. Of big name stores, we have:

Boots
Superdrug
WH Smiths
Next
Clinton's
Morrison's
Lidl
Tesco
Clarks

All the rest are private shops, and most of those are struggling.

Willeh

I'll have to start looking for a new place to purchase all my cards from if it's likely that Clintons are going down. In my opinion, no other place does cards like Clintons, their 'a la mode' range of cards, although a bit pricey, looks so professional. No offence to Tescos or Asdas, but cards from those places looks so tacky

elle_gee

JoCJo2 wrote: »

Clintons in trouble? I just got back from Town to see a card shop with 'closing down' signs in the window. It's right next to Woolworths and the otherside of that is a closed down dry cleaners. If Clintons goes too I'd guess there would be at least 10 empty units on our high street.

Could it have been a Card Factory or Card Warehouse with the closing down signs? One has just bought out the other (sorry, can't remember which way round it was).

egyptiangirl wrote:

Not sure if it is connected ( and didn't read the details!) however in Clinton cards Bluewater, there was a sign. It was regarding the administration of Zaavi.

Are they connected?!

Don't Clintons have those stands of giftcards for lot of other highstreet shops? Maybe they used to do Zavvi ones and were making a point about not giving refunds on them or something..

DCFC79

Willeh wrote: »

I'll have to start looking for a new place to purchase all my cards from if it's likely that Clintons are going down. In my opinion, no other place does cards like Clintons, their 'a la mode' range of cards, although a bit pricey, looks so professional. No offence to Tescos or Asdas, but cards from those places looks so tacky

Could always make your own

DCFC79

Miss_Marple wrote: »

Are WHSmith actually in trouble ? Last lot of results they published (in November) showed that they were bucking the trend and not doing too bad. Also - they were moving away from CDs / DVD sales and back to the magazine / stationery side of things

I just wondered what evidence there was that they were in trouble ?

Smiths are fine imo,

CocoLoco_3

debsjc wrote: »

I have about £90 of advantage points to spend :eek:

I'm willing to help you spend them! :rotfl:

Halloway

Willeh wrote: »

I'll have to start looking for a new place to purchase all my cards from if it's likely that Clintons are going down.

Clinton? Going down? Sounds familiar...