First retail ‘name’ to pop off 2018
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Dark85 said:
Joey Deacon said:
Even my local curry house is a joke, two cokes, 6 poppadoms, two curries with rice and the cost was £51. This was £30 a couple of years ago, again won't be going back.
That's completly crazy, you must be in London?bazza white said:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/uk...
seems a few chains may go this year.
The market is saturated though, the last few years a new restaurant opening in Cardiff every few weeks being reported by the local paper.
The amazing thing to me is there's a top 100 restaurant chain list. Just how many restaurant chains are there?seems a few chains may go this year.
The market is saturated though, the last few years a new restaurant opening in Cardiff every few weeks being reported by the local paper.
Joey Deacon said:
Dark85 said:
Joey Deacon said:
Even my local curry house is a joke, two cokes, 6 poppadoms, two curries with rice and the cost was £51. This was £30 a couple of years ago, again won't be going back.
That's completly crazy, you must be in London?B'stard Child said:
Joey Deacon said:
Dark85 said:
Joey Deacon said:
Even my local curry house is a joke, two cokes, 6 poppadoms, two curries with rice and the cost was £51. This was £30 a couple of years ago, again won't be going back.
That's completly crazy, you must be in London?2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:
B'stard Child said:
Joey Deacon said:
Dark85 said:
Joey Deacon said:
Even my local curry house is a joke, two cokes, 6 poppadoms, two curries with rice and the cost was £51. This was £30 a couple of years ago, again won't be going back.
That's completly crazy, you must be in London?Joey Deacon said:
2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:
B'stard Child said:
Joey Deacon said:
Dark85 said:
Joey Deacon said:
Even my local curry house is a joke, two cokes, 6 poppadoms, two curries with rice and the cost was £51. This was £30 a couple of years ago, again won't be going back.
That's completly crazy, you must be in London?
Guessing it is very upmarket decor and has the word contemporary in there with Valet parking also thrown in? rather than a standard curry place. Six Popadoms though? 2 mains indicate 2 people so a bit much.
"I think Bunnings underestimated the competition here in the UK and thought they could just turn up and it would be the same as Australia. On a weekend Bunnings tend to have a suasage sizzle (BBQ sausage in a piece of bread) and that is literally all they have to do for people to turn up."
"Bunnings came here thinking it would be easy to establish themselves, failed badly and are going to pull out and go home"
Bunnings website is a joke. You can't buy online, check stock or reserve goods. All they have on there is a token selection of items to view.
"Bunnings came here thinking it would be easy to establish themselves, failed badly and are going to pull out and go home"
Bunnings website is a joke. You can't buy online, check stock or reserve goods. All they have on there is a token selection of items to view.
Edited by Twig62 on Wednesday 14th March 20:48
Not so much competition, they did it to themselves:
Scott MD of parent company said:
its performance had been below expectations, which was “obviously disappointing”. He said the problems were “through our own doing” as the company had ditched popular ranges such as kitchens and bathrooms and ousted concessions such as Laura Ashley, Habitat and Argos without having alternatives in place.
Scott said the “pace and nature of change had not been well received by Homebase customers”. Getting rid of the existing British management team also led to a loss of insight that had affected performance, he added"
an ex-b&Q exec was put in charge of Homebase last month though.Scott said the “pace and nature of change had not been well received by Homebase customers”. Getting rid of the existing British management team also led to a loss of insight that had affected performance, he added"
Edited by hyphen on Wednesday 14th March 20:48
Twig62 said:
Bunnings website is a joke. You can't buy online, check stock or reserve goods. All they have on there is a token selection of items to view.
Because Bunnings don't believe in internet sales or click and collect. That might work down under where there is no choice so you have to go to their stores to see what is available and buy it, but in the UK it is a one way street to failure.
te Australia did. It has backfired massively.2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:
B'stard Child said:
Joey Deacon said:
Dark85 said:
Joey Deacon said:
Even my local curry house is a joke, two cokes, 6 poppadoms, two curries with rice and the cost was £51. This was £30 a couple of years ago, again won't be going back.
That's completly crazy, you must be in London?Up until a couple of years ago, Homebase used to be part of Home Retail Group alongside Argos, Habitat and Argos for Business.
As a precursor to making themselves attractive for a buyout from Sainsburys, Home Retail Group sold Homebase to Wesfarmers, owners of Bunnings in Australia. Brands and product lines such as Schreiber and Habitat were not included as part of the sale and remained with Home Retail Group. These along with the Argos digital concessions remained within the Homebase stores for part of the transition period but obviously had to be withdrawn eventually.
Bunnings were looking to pursue a strategy of going back to basics with a store-first focus, concentrating on DIY and dropping lucrative high ticket lines such as kitchens, bathrooms and soft furnishings. This explains why they weren't rushing to replace the loss of the Habitat and Schreiber lines within the store estate. Ecommerce and online delivery for small items (power tools etc) doesn't feature in their Australian business due to the distances involved in trying to deliver said items to remote locations. The big idea was to drop eCommerce entirely in the UK and drive customers into stores instead whilst slowly rebranding stores to Bunnings UK.
As a precursor to making themselves attractive for a buyout from Sainsburys, Home Retail Group sold Homebase to Wesfarmers, owners of Bunnings in Australia. Brands and product lines such as Schreiber and Habitat were not included as part of the sale and remained with Home Retail Group. These along with the Argos digital concessions remained within the Homebase stores for part of the transition period but obviously had to be withdrawn eventually.
Bunnings were looking to pursue a strategy of going back to basics with a store-first focus, concentrating on DIY and dropping lucrative high ticket lines such as kitchens, bathrooms and soft furnishings. This explains why they weren't rushing to replace the loss of the Habitat and Schreiber lines within the store estate. Ecommerce and online delivery for small items (power tools etc) doesn't feature in their Australian business due to the distances involved in trying to deliver said items to remote locations. The big idea was to drop eCommerce entirely in the UK and drive customers into stores instead whilst slowly rebranding stores to Bunnings UK.
Robertj21a said:
^^^^^
Quite agree. People are getting wise to rip off Burger, Pasta and Chicken 'restaurants'. High time a good many gave up.
At least Wetherspoons and McD etc don't claim to be anything they're not.
I avoid chain restaurants like the plague. Much rather find a privately owned establishment where the owner has pride in their food and service.Quite agree. People are getting wise to rip off Burger, Pasta and Chicken 'restaurants'. High time a good many gave up.
At least Wetherspoons and McD etc don't claim to be anything they're not.
PF62 said:
Because Bunnings don't believe in internet sales or click and collect. That might work down under where there is no choice so you have to go to their stores to see what is available and buy it, but in the UK it is a one way street to failure.
I heard the Aussie MD interviewed a few months ago on radio and I thought the same. My conclusion was they had no clue as to how different the market is in the UK and they will see their arse. Shares suspended in Conviviality (wine Rack, Bargain Booze) because they accidentally forgot they had a £30 million tax bill due on March 29th.
http://www.decanter.com/wine-news/wine-rack-owner-...
Have to say I have never heard of Bargain Booze although having seen the logo it looks like the sort of place you would go to on a sink estate to buy your Special Brew.
http://www.decanter.com/wine-news/wine-rack-owner-...
Have to say I have never heard of Bargain Booze although having seen the logo it looks like the sort of place you would go to on a sink estate to buy your Special Brew.
Edited by anonymous-user on Thursday 15th March 10:10
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