Failing retailers

kizkiz

misskool wrote: »

I don't like crowds and my main problem is that shops normally have the heating on too warm. You have to take off your coat and sundries to browse and then put it all on again when leaving the shop.

I've never understood this
Surely the logic should go something like:
1. Customers are outside where it's bloody freezing and are well wrapped up
2. When they come inside it will feel much warmer than it is
3. Lets keep the heat on a sensible temp to make it confortable

Yet every shop has it blasting out at 100 degrees!!
I just leave and don't even look around

wymondham

MrRee wrote: »

Barrets Priceless shoes are utter rubbish ...... people have plenty of money these days, everyone knows that you should never, ever buy a cheap bed or a cheap pair of shoes!!

Shoes should cost you a minimum of £100 - anything less and you are cheating yourself.

Peacocks are in trouble too - again, cheap tat for sale - people want to spend decent money on decent items of clothing.

Blacks - well, they are just sitting without a customer base ..... Go Outdoors and Millets do what they do, for cheaper.

wow, £100 for a pair of shoes... I've never spent more than about £30/£40 and never had any issues.....

MrRee_2

Try a £100 pair and you will never go back .... I used to spend about £50 a pair and then, just in a mad fit, I bought a £100 pair.

They lasted 3 times as long and were supremely comfortable - exceeding good value for money.

lostinrates

misskool wrote: »

I don't like crowds and my main problem is that shops normally have the heating on too warm. You have to take off your coat and sundries to browse and then put it all on again when leaving the shop.

this is so simple, so basic I can't understand hy its not fixed overnight. Intead of haing people at tills in t shirts have them in jumpers and make it worth a quick pop in for shoppers. Its crazy to have people not ''popping in'' as they go past because it rquires too much undressing and dresing atthe door. I think of this everytime I shop in the winter.

lostinrates

MrRee wrote: »

Try a £100 pair and you will never go back .... I used to spend about £50 a pair and then, just in a mad fit, I bought a £100 pair.

They lasted 3 times as long and were supremely comfortable - exceeding good value for money.

Only a hundred? Don't decent men's shoes start at a bout £150/250 these days?

edit: I did thnk when I saw the prices of brands like Loakes and churches and barkers in Milan I should export them.....


I have shoes ranging from £5 to bout £500. my most commented on shoes were bought at Asda in Watford...everyone says ''are they manolo's?''. They are supercomfortable and I've never seen anyone else wearng them. My most comfortable heels are also ffrom asda and haave had more spent on reheels and repair than they cost to buy, but ten yars on they look beautiful on.

for flats to trash on driving/shopping etc I find the cheaper rtainers to hve good ones and my LK bennet £150 ballet flats (bought at a discount place, so cost me very much less) ar less comfortble than the many cheapies I buy for mundane things like padding about th house and garden in.

I'd ooner shoot my foot than dress it in £xxxpound Uggs, but for schlepping out to fed my horses, supermarket fakes have done me proud.

I'll always love designer shoes, and the ''better'' high street ones(I love dune) but honestly, in many cases cheaper does make more sense.

crash123

wymondham wrote: »

Whenever I get asked (which is annoying) I always leave a bad review - often you will be contacted and sometimes compensated... makes online even cheaper!

On Ebay it is an automatic email from them(Ebay) and not the seller that is asking for feedback. very annoying not just for the buyer but especially for the seller

crash123

misskool wrote: »

Many shops have free delivery and free returns which means you can try clothes in the comfort of your own home. Shoes are not a problem, just buy 2 sizes and return one.

Or do like some do "wear them for a day and then return them"
Ebay boards are full of stories like this

DaddyBear

HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »

There will always be a place for some types of retailer on the high street, not everything is suitable to being sold through an online business model, but I wouldn't be surprised if there were half the number of shops around in 10 years that there are today.

It's no coincidence that most of the new businesses opening are coffee shops and restaurants.... Essentially things you can't buy online. Here in Bath retail remans pretty strong, but we get a lot of trade from Tourists. I suspect some northern cities are starting to look like ghost towns.

crash123

Joe_Bloggs wrote: »

It might help the prospects of online retailers if there was a better way of collecting stuff when you are not in. Letter box sized cans/packages are a thought.

More secure places to pick up stuff in your local area are worth some investment.

Why not pick up online stuff from local shops, for a fee. It's not original but it's not really taking off as a national system.

J_B.

This is already happening. Try reading the boards on Ebay

lostinrates

DaddyBear wrote: »

It's no coincidence that most of the new businesses opening are coffee shops and restaurants.... Essentially things you can't buy online. Here in Bath retail remans pretty strong, but we get a lot of trade from Tourists. I suspect some northern cities are starting to look like ghost towns.

And quality/individuality. Bath's antiques and seond hand shops alays seem to do well...even when they don't look as if they are doing great, they stay in business.

daddy bear, what is the Christmas market like there? I was up the day all the halets were going up and am tying to decide whether it worth a trip up now they are open...