Great Factory Shops Hunt

babybimbles

Oh and if anyone knows of a Monsoon factory shop that also sells current season stuff please post! See so much stuff on ebay, always wonder where they get it from!!

mummysaver

babybimbles wrote:

Oh and if anyone knows of a Monsoon factory shop that also sells current season stuff please post! See so much stuff on ebay, always wonder where they get it from!!

Clarks Village in Street, Somerset has a Monsoon shop, as with all of these shops sometimes there are loads of bargains, others nothing! Current season stock usually appears right at the end of the season when the normal shops have returned it (well that's what it seems like to me). Every so often they have a good clear out, things are marked down and down, to eventually 75% off, and then they get reduced to silly prices: I bought a load of dresses for my daughters for £5.00 each, some of these had originally been selling for £80+

There are lots of womens clothes, usually quite a lot of girls bits, and a few boys bits, there always seems to be the white/cream wedding/bridesmaids dresses, and there is usually some footwear, jewellery and household bits, like picture frames. Sometimes there are also a few Accessorize bits cheap as well.

Hope this helps.

:)_shopper

Hi Guys. Think this should be of interest to most.

After 7 years of being out of print 'The Official Great British Factory Shop Guide' has just been republished. This was the original book on things like this and has now been completely updated with over 1000 factory shops, outlets and villages in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland offering fantastic savings. It includes everything from clothes and accessories, to home furnishings and DIY, and food.

I have one and there are bargains galore to be had. It is very easy to use being indexed by area and company, and has details of addresses, phone numbers and a description of what shops sell, as well as interesting information on the counties and towns.

It is available direct from the publisher at £9.99 on 01664 481882.

or in the true spirit of things amazon sells them also starting at £6.97

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0955065208/qid=1132148917/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl/202-6129969-9305425


HAPPY SHOPPING

babybimbles

mummysaver wrote:

Clarks Village in Street, Somerset has a Monsoon shop, as with all of these shops sometimes there are loads of bargains, others nothing! Current season stock usually appears right at the end of the season when the normal shops have returned it (well that's what it seems like to me). Every so often they have a good clear out, things are marked down and down, to eventually 75% off, and then they get reduced to silly prices: I bought a load of dresses for my daughters for £5.00 each, some of these had originally been selling for £80+

There are lots of womens clothes, usually quite a lot of girls bits, and a few boys bits, there always seems to be the white/cream wedding/bridesmaids dresses, and there is usually some footwear, jewellery and household bits, like picture frames. Sometimes there are also a few Accessorize bits cheap as well.

Hope this helps.

Thank you for that! It's a bit far from me (Im in London) but it would help knowing the best time to go! How about Xmas sale time?

tia

bargain-lil

There is a Monsoon outlet shop in the outlet village in Bicester nearish to Oxford. Quite a large shop that has childrens stuff, ladies & accessorize as well. There is always tons of stuff in there - really depaends on what you're looking for! Well worth the visit to the outlet village though it is quite a small "village" but they have some nice designer shops as well as high street ones too!

Bargain-lil

Seesaw_2

Argos clearance - Corby - items change daily and very cheap. Although no returns allowed

Gloverall coats - factory shop Wellingborough - each year around now they have a huge sale - last year childrens coats were around £25 but the previous year they were £7 !!!

sooz

tommee tippee baby stuff is made near newcastle. factory shop has just been redone, and it is small but quite full. you can get bottles, sterilisers, nappy bins and wrappers, all much cheaper than in boots etc, also lots of hair accessories - bands, clips etc.

it's not open all the time, i think just a couple of hours per day, 4 days per week, though that might have changed now.

here are the details


Tommee Tippee
Jackal International, Dudley Lane, Cramlington, Northumberland NE23 7RH
(0191) 250 1864/(0500) 979 899

Baby_A

Does anyone know where the closest Clarks factory shop would be for me? I live near Croydon, I know there is one in Somerset but its very far, wasnt sure if there was one closer!?

Secret_Lady

Baby_A wrote:

Does anyone know where the closest Clarks factory shop would be for me? I live near Croydon, I know there is one in Somerset but its very far, wasnt sure if there was one closer!?

There is a big Clarkes Shop at The Outlet Centre in Ashford, Kent, just off Junction 10 of the M20. Hope this helps....

:)_shopper

Baby_A wrote:

Does anyone know where the closest Clarks factory shop would be for me? I live near Croydon, I know there is one in Somerset but its very far, wasnt sure if there was one closer!?

According to 'The Official Great British Factory Shop Guide' the nearest Clarks Factory Shop Outlets to Croydon are:

Elephant & Castle 0207 252 6673
Peckham 0207 732 2530
Woolwich 0208 854 3163
Seven Sisters 0207 281 9364

Hope this helps.

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