There used to be Texas Homestores. (became Homebase)
I remember going there with my dad when I was small and cute, and all I had to do was say 'Daaaaaaddy' and his hand automatically went for his wallet.
(this technique does not work with husbands - not that I call them 'Daddy )
First time he said he was taking me to 'Texas', I thought I was going to America. I was expecting big hats and horses, not Magnolia emulsion and sanding paper.
A thought is harmless unless we believe it.
Wickes could be on it's way out. It's owned by the Travis Perkins Group. Their latest developments revolve around a single site with variuos outlets, Travis Perkins, Benchmarx, Tool Station, City Plumbing/PTS which pretty much covers all that Wickes does. With B&Q being in the same group as Screwfix, things aren't looking too bright for Wickes.
The psychology of shopping.
Women have a much wider area of vision and can process multiple levels in the near distance, hence women's cloths shops have racks and tables with assorted items spread all over them. Men are more tuned to a long narrow field of vision, DIY stores have long narrow isles that are straight lines this plays into the male brain processing ability.
I like B&Q. Hubs doesn't because it usually means him getting his tools out.
Is what I say to Hubs while I am holding the key.Just step into a shed for a minute
Plot twist: I actually locked myself in our shed earlier this year. It was an experiment. I was in there for 45 minutes before he came looking for me!
A thought is harmless unless we believe it.
Looks like we can add Debenhams to the list. It's a shame (much more for those losing their jobs) as it's a nice store to look around but it's not cheap and fell victim to changed in shopper habits.
I can see John Lewis going this way. Even more over priced. They did make a lot of reduncies recently citing the high street downward trend.
I bet councils are worried as these stories must pay a lot of ground rent.
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Sorry Terry, this thread is about brands that died several years back that have been known to be revived again some years later, rather than those that are currently on the way out.
Though I agree it's a shame about Debenhams and others going under right now.
Way of the world ATM I suppose.
A thought is harmless unless we believe it.
I totally agree with you Pain.
I think a lot of the time it's certain companies simply appealing to nostalgia by bringing certain 'historical' brand names back from the dead in order to 'sell out', even if there's no obvious public yearning for them.
And then many are often vastly disappointed with the 'new' generation of the revived brands' products believing they're not a patch on the originals.
I mean, some things are just better off left in the past, no matter how good or bad they were back in their original respective heydays, and reviving them can sometimes even taint people's original memories of them.
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