Factory Outlets!

whitesatin

I went to The Galleria in Hatfield last week. I was told it was good for outlet stores. I was delighted to find Laura Ashley and M&S there but so disappointed to find that the items in these stores were actually more expensive than the prices I had paid for them in ordinary sales in the stores.

I won't be in a hurry to return there.

tina1973

Hi
Does anybody know if the QVC Outlet in Warrington is still open? and if yes, is it any good?
Thanks
Tina

minnietheminx_2

Hi tina1973,

As far as I know, yes, it's still open.

http://www.qvcuk.com/ukqic/qvcapp.aspx/main.html.file.|QVC_outlet,html/left.html.file.|Cor_uk_QVCfacts,html/walk.html.|cor_uk_qvcfacts,html

I've never been there but am planning on going to the Shrewsbury QVC outlet in the near future.

Shrewsbury has been fine in the past when I've been. It's amazing the amount of time you can spend rummaging! Check items carefully as some may have been used before being returned! Other items might be incomplete, so watch out for that too.

(Soz if it seems like I'm teaching my granny how to suck eggs.)

Happy bargain hunting...

minnietheminx_2

Re. Clarks: There used to be a Factory Shop in Elephant & Castle, but I can't see it in the list featured. There is a Factory Shop in Peckham, however:
http://www.clarks.co.uk/storelocator/store-0000003825
(This is according to the Clarks website.)

pipk62

RachelD wrote: »

Somerset may be to far for you to travel but Clarks had their HQ and factories in Street in Somerset. Clarks Village in Street was the first Outlet Centre in the country (I think) - it is built around some of the old Clarks buildings. The centre has a very good Clarks seconds' shop and better still the village is full of discounted shoe shops. Just avoid the period before kids go back to school!
There's a Monsoon too.

One thing I will say if you're shopping for shoes at Clarks village...
Walk into the town centre, its not 100yards to get there, and really consists of one street.

Street has less shoe shops than years ago, but you can still get really good value along the high street, including factory seconds.

There used to be a shop; which may still be there, that had narrow gangways and shoes stacked on high shelves, still in boxes, was almost dickensian, Genuine Clarks, but seconds (My eldest daughters 1st school shoes were bought there, the only problem with them was the embedded clarks logo on the sole had a line in it, looked like someone had dropped something into the press by accident - they were under a third of the price then, but that was nearly 20 years ago)