The High Street hangover

Conrad

CRASH_BANG_WALLOP wrote: »

where are these terrific sales figures?

Quite a bit of encouraging news around, and in any event you don;t look at current figures to extrapolate a trend, instead you look at whats going on in the world that could make a difference and there is plenty to suggest a new propserity era for the UK is almost upon us;


Emma Haslett Wednesday, 04 January 2012
Sales at Next rose 3% before Christmas, while John Lewis saw a rise of 6.2%. Surprisingly positive figures, all things considered...

http://www.managementtoday.co.uk/news/1110557/john-lewis-feeling-festive-next-sales-disappoint/

CRASH_BANG_WALLOP

Conrad wrote: »

Quite a bit of encouraging news around, and in any event you don;t look at current figures to extrapolate a trend, instead you look at whats going on in the world that could make a difference and there is plenty to suggest a new propserity era for the UK is almost upon us;


Emma Haslett Wednesday, 04 January 2012
Sales at Next rose 3% before Christmas, while John Lewis saw a rise of 6.2%. Surprisingly positive figures, all things considered...

http://www.managementtoday.co.uk/news/1110557/john-lewis-feeling-festive-next-sales-disappoint/

morrisons man morrsions!

Thrugelmir

Even John Lewis couldn't avoid the high street gloom.

All shops were down year-on-year with the best performances coming from Liverpool, Norwich and Leicester.

Seems as if "on line" is the way to go.

http://www.johnlewispartnership.co.uk/financials/weekly-figures/john-lewis.html

Conrad

CRASH_BANG_WALLOP wrote: »

morrisons man morrsions!

Sigh - looks like Morrisons are confident enough to take on 7000 staff;



Supermarket giant Morrisons is to create more than 7,000 jobs next year as it continues its store expansion programme as well as developing its manufacturing and logistics arms.

The company said it will open 25 new stores in 2012, creating jobs including butchery, bakery and fishmongery posts

http://www.chorley-guardian.co.uk/news/national/morrisons_to_create_7_000_jobs_1_4059107

wotsthat

Thrugelmir wrote: »

Seems as if "on line" is the way to go.

Don't fancy that. How I can I check I like something before I find it cheaper online?

Aberdeenangarse

wotsthat wrote: »

Don't fancy that. How I can I check I like something before I find it cheaper online?

Well that's what a lot of people do. Take Jessops for instance. Well informed staff who know about cameras, go down there, check out the goods, then find the cheapest place to buy online, that's what's killing off the High Street.

Aberdeenangarse

Conrad wrote: »

Sigh - looks like Morrisons are confident enough to take on 7000 staff

They're trying to expand their market share.

..and yet the CEO disagrees with you?

I think it's going to be harder than the year we've just come out of," chief executive Dalton Philips said on Monday.

Obviously you know his business better than he does!

[Deleted User]

Conrad wrote: »

Morrisions are hring 7000 more staff. As I say, find the climate, not the weather. Simples.
Some European nations are struggling but over 75% of the world is in growth. Even America is now putting on c2% growth.

It amazes me so many people like looking in the rear view mirror. Ah well.

7000new jobs maybe,all for new stores,new stores which will put other retailers out of business and no doubt result in the loss of erm 7000 old jobs
there are only so many teans of beans sold each week,regardless of how many morrisons stores there are

moneyinmypocket

I was Once one a Morrison boy - they have a sound business model. Plenty of cash about spend spend spend bring on the boom and good times again

funkyfreddy9k

Thrugelmir wrote: »

Even John Lewis couldn't avoid the high street gloom.



Seems as if "on line" is the way to go.

http://www.johnlewispartnership.co.uk/financials/weekly-figures/john-lewis.html

exactly!! The thread is about the high street!!

so people bragging about John Lewis, Amazon and Morrisions having rising sales when John Lewis and obviously Amazons improvements were purely down to increases online is laughable.