Bye Bye BHS and Austin Reed?

[anonymous-user]

Isnt this something similar to another store that went think it was Woolworths ?

[Nickbrapp]

Why bother? The reason bhs did badly is because no one shopped there because of the poor stock choice, the home stuff was nice but it was so over priced, John Lewis was cheaper for better quality. It was such a odd market place.

Although I did get a rather lovely concrete lamp from there for £60, which I still think was steep

[Murph7355]

Nickbrapp said:

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Although I did get a rather lovely concrete lamp from there for £60, which I still think was steep

Lighting was the only reason I ever stepped foot in the place. And the last time I did that was 10yrs ago.

[anonymous-user]

Murph7355 said:

Lighting was the only reason I ever stepped foot in the place. And the last time I did that was 10yrs ago.

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That's the beauty of those new fangled low wattage bulbs they last so long

[BlackLabel]

Almost a year on.

A year after the collapse of the department store chain BHS, more than two-thirds of its former stores still lie empty, blighting the UK’s high streets and shopping centres. According to research by the Guardian, just 52 of BHS’s 164 stores have found new tenants or have deals on the table ahead of next week’s anniversary of the biggest high street failure since Woolworths went out of business in 2008.

[bazza white]

No surprise they are large anchor stores, even 10 years ago they would have been hard to fill. Apart from Primark,Matalan and John Lewis not many others could fill the space (and i think JL has scaled back new stores), the others that could already own a large format store.

[Welshbeef]

bazza white said:

No surprise they are large anchor stores, even 10 years ago they would have been hard to fill. Apart from Primark,Matalan and John Lewis not many others could fill the space (and i think JL has scaled back new stores), the others that could already own a large format store.

Who took over he space C&A left when they collapsed in the 90's?

[anonymous-user]

Welshbeef said:

bazza white said:

No surprise they are large anchor stores, even 10 years ago they would have been hard to fill. Apart from Primark,Matalan and John Lewis not many others could fill the space (and i think JL has scaled back new stores), the others that could already own a large format store.

Who took over he space C&A left when they collapsed in the 90's?

Seriously I'm not 100% sure but in Blackpool its been a TK Maxx for a few years,
The BHS Building is totally vast and remains empty there

[Robertj21a]

Welshbeef said:

bazza white said:

No surprise they are large anchor stores, even 10 years ago they would have been hard to fill. Apart from Primark,Matalan and John Lewis not many others could fill the space (and i think JL has scaled back new stores), the others that could already own a large format store.

Who took over he space C&A left when they collapsed in the 90's?

Primark ?

[Welshbeef]

Robertj21a said:

Primark ?

Logical - I was just a bit too young I think and didn't live close to C&A when it ended so personally cannot recall.


Oddly when I was in South Africa we spotted C&A stores plus Woolworths

[Robertj21a]

Welshbeef said:

Robertj21a said:

Primark ?

Logical - I was just a bit too young I think and didn't live close to C&A when it ended so personally cannot recall.


Oddly when I was in South Africa we spotted C&A stores plus Woolworths

C&A only pulled out of the UK. They can be seen quite widely across Europe.

[Welshbeef]

Robertj21a said:

C&A only pulled out of the UK. They can be seen quite widely across Europe.

So you have a potential who could make a UK comeback to take up some of the stores?

[princealbert23]

techiedave said:

That's the beauty of those new fangled low wattage bulbs they last so long

If only they were bright.

[Robertj21a]

Welshbeef said:

Robertj21a said:

C&A only pulled out of the UK. They can be seen quite widely across Europe.

So you have a potential who could make a UK comeback to take up some of the stores?

Highly unlikely, they left the UK for sound financial reasons. In any event, Primark is dominant in that market nowadays.

[98elise]

princealbert23 said:

techiedave said:

That's the beauty of those new fangled low wattage bulbs they last so long

If only they were bright.

Buy one with the lumens you want. We have a 20watt bright white in the kitchen and its like someone is arc welding in there.

[BlackLabel]

"BHS owner Dominic Chappell prosecuted by Pensions Regulator "

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2017/08/22/bhs...

[7795]

BlackLabel said:

"BHS owner Dominic Chappell prosecuted by Pensions Regulator "

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2017/08/22/bhs...

BHS pasty prosocuted.

[Slaav]

7795 said:

BHS pasty prosocuted.

In my view, he is certainly guilty of something.... Bought a pup for a £ and raped it before folding it. This chap seems rather fast and loose but not sure he is technically any sort of criminal; unless non compliance is what gets him obviously??

[avinalarf]

The staff of BHS I feel sorry for and I have no love for PG and IMO Chappell is just a chancer.
That apart this whole saga is a nonsense.
Many other "respectable" companies have large pension deficits.
The big mistake PG made was in "dropping the balls" i.e. He didn't keep his eye on the ball and sold BHS when it was still a credible company.
He left it too late and could only sell it to a patsy,he even lent Chappell money to complete the deal.
The whole thing stinks but there are rarely the regulations in place to hook the big fish.
Governments and large corporations collude to make it so,the darker side of Capitalism.

[BlackLabel]

Wonder how much he’s fined?

Ex-BHS boss guilty over failure to provide pension data

beeb said:

The offences he has been found guilty of carry unlimited fines for each count.

The judge has adjourned to a later date, 19 January in Winchester, to consider the financial aspects.

The highest previous fine in a case such as this was £5,000.