to pick and mix and screw and fix.
-
to pick and mix and screw and fix.
-
I always wondered how Woolies survived previously, it never seemed to know what kind of shop it was supposed to be, other than some kind of corner-shop-on-steroids.Originally posted by PRC1964 View Post to pick and mix and screw and fix. -
So farewell then woolworths,
You were rubbish,
And sold tat that no-one wanted,
except for poor people,
and perhaps the elderly.
Normal people won't notice.
Shoes, aged 4 3/5Comment
-
Do they sell good sofas in MFI? I might need one soon for the office...
Comment
-
But it reminds me of childhood!Originally posted by Tensai View Post
Its a shame that the high street is dead and everyone drives out of town....Comment
-
No.Originally posted by AtW View PostDo they sell good sofas in MFI? I might need one soon for the office...Comment
-
Could always get cheap art supplies for the kids. And cheap DVDs and mobile phones..rest was rubbish yes. Wonder what they'll do with all the xmas toys they have now?Originally posted by shoes View PostMcCoy: "Medical men are trained in logic."
Spock: "Trained? Judging from you, I would have guessed it was trial and error."Comment
-
Before the exodus from the High Street to Out of Town Superstores, WW served a useful purpose.
It was a Jack of All Trades store, essentially a giant Hardware Store, on the high st. You could get pretty much anything in there.
Then, with the Out of Town shopping centres, and supermarkets selling the same tosh as WW, they became obsolete.
Want a CD / DVD / Books ? Go to Amazon Online for a wide selection, or your local out of town supermarket for chart stuff or bestsellers.
Want home furnishings ? Go to the out of town business park, where there is an MFI, Furniture Village, Tesco Home, etc all in one place.
WW were clearly not agile enough to respond the the changing demographic of customer-led shopping. To be honest, with the lead weight of all their high street stores around their neck, I'm not sure there is much they could have done without a massive and costly programme of developing a new business model.
But by then, it was too late.
I forsee the next step for the Tesco's and their ilk to offer even more services for their customers. Essentially, everything under one roof.
Doctor's Surgeries (already here and more on the way)
Dental Surgeries (already here and more on theway)
Travel Agents
Funeral Agents (possibly done by the Co-op in their larger stores ?)
Banking (Tesco Bank. They've already got other financial services, so why not ?)
Hairdressing
Health Clubs
Car showrooms
etc etc etc....Last edited by Board Game Geek; 26 November 2008, 21:12.Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.
C.S. LewisComment
-
you forgot cheap legal services, Insurance.Originally posted by Board Game Geek View Post
I think the Co-operative group are already in all of these...McCoy: "Medical men are trained in logic."
Spock: "Trained? Judging from you, I would have guessed it was trial and error."Comment
-
I think Woolies got into trouble with the decline of single and album sales and I think MFI where just never very good. Anyway people go to Poundstretcher/Wilkinsons now for nick-naks and IKEA for their furniture.Comment
Comment