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Wonder if she had to risk her redundancy to set up the shop along with the borrowed funds? either way fair play I say!
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Wonder if she had to risk her redundancy to set up the shop along with the borrowed funds? either way fair play I say!
Edited by steve.c on Thursday 12th March 15:51
A friend of mine again ex woolworths manager is just about to open his new shop as well. He is concentrating on toys though. At the end of the day he has good relationships with suppliers already as well as a huge team of people eager to work with him again plus the premises he secured ho got a great deal as the owners dont want empty shop fronts.
Good luck to them.
Plus just cause woolworths went under dosnt mean the particular shop was running at a loss, in fact my friends shop was doing exceedingly well.
Good luck to them.
Plus just cause woolworths went under dosnt mean the particular shop was running at a loss, in fact my friends shop was doing exceedingly well.
FourWheelDrift said:
She says that store was always profitable, don't see any reason for that to change.
Profitable on the back of the Woolworths supply chain, retail infrastructure and centralised support set-up.Whether she can maintain profits without those elements remains to be seen.
Tony*T3 said:
BiggusLaddus said:
.... Woolies is gone for a reason.
Correct. Woolies has gone due to bad management at higher levels and high debt levels. Many of the indevidual shops were profitable. Good luck to her.Most towns need a Woolies.
I went in there a few times, it was so poorly organised that I just couldn't be bothered to hunt around.
If someone can sell the goods in a well thought out store, then I see no reason why they can't do 'okay'
Tony*T3 said:
BiggusLaddus said:
.... Woolies is gone for a reason.
Correct. Woolies has gone due to bad management at higher levels and high debt levels. Many of the indevidual shops were profitable. Good luck to her.Most towns need a Woolies.
Wellworths is relatively local to me, and seemingly everyone involved has worked incredibly hard behind the scenes to get the idea up and running. The place looks good (I had a butcher's hook yesterday) and Dorchester is the type of small-knit place where the local community will probably put all their support behind the new store*.
I wish them the best of luck with it!
I wish them the best of luck with it!
*Yes, by that I mean the town is full of old people
I hated Woolies with a vengeance. The ones I have experience of (Wokingham, Camberley and Fleet, mainly) were dirty, scruffy, poorly laid out, with a hotch-potch of tat bought mainly by chavs, not enough people on the checkout, and just generally all-round soul-destroying.
Case in point were two staff in Wokingham who spent so long dealing with a customer over a 7p curtain rail (yes, seven pence) that I butted in and told them that they'd just lost a £19.99 sale over it and walked out leaving the item on the counter.
Quite why it needed two staff to deal with a problem with a curtain rail I don't know. I felt like giving the bloke the 7p and saying "ok, it's free now, so you can throw it away if it's wrong or doesn't work. Now f
k off and let me get served" 
Case in point were two staff in Wokingham who spent so long dealing with a customer over a 7p curtain rail (yes, seven pence) that I butted in and told them that they'd just lost a £19.99 sale over it and walked out leaving the item on the counter.
Quite why it needed two staff to deal with a problem with a curtain rail I don't know. I felt like giving the bloke the 7p and saying "ok, it's free now, so you can throw it away if it's wrong or doesn't work. Now f
k off and let me get served" Edited by JonRB on Thursday 12th March 16:10
Eric Mc said:
Woolworths pulled out of the Irish Republic in the early 1980s. A chain called Wellworths started up not long after. I don't know if they survived.
If they are still around, they may want to sue
No, they morphed into Supervalu. If they are still around, they may want to sue
However......
The lease for this store was bought from the receivers by a consortium led by an Irish company
"The store has pick and mix but has abandoned CDs, DVDs and children's clothing. Instead it has new lines including a craft and pet section with a stronger focus on products by local firms, including one which makes wooden toys."
So the store does make money, probably by selling CD's etc, so you decide to stop selling them and sell wooden toys?
So the store does make money, probably by selling CD's etc, so you decide to stop selling them and sell wooden toys?
illmonkey said:
"The store has pick and mix but has abandoned CDs, DVDs and children's clothing. Instead it has new lines including a craft and pet section with a stronger focus on products by local firms, including one which makes wooden toys."
So the store does make money, probably by selling CD's etc, so you decide to stop selling them and sell wooden toys?
This venture is obviously a local store and not a national chain - so its product emphasis is going to be different.So the store does make money, probably by selling CD's etc, so you decide to stop selling them and sell wooden toys?
I'd say, give 'em a chance and see how they get on.
Now, if only they'd go back to selling Airfix kits.......
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