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Whizzo 41,155 posts
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DaM 11,755 posts
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Registered 11 years agoThomas Cook. Another business model hammered by the internet. I don't think the big travel agents have quite got the net yet. -
TVoJ 664 posts
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Registered 5 years agotincanrocket wrote:
Get in! What do I win?
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nickthegun 44,534 posts
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Registered 7 years agoDaM wrote:
Travel is one of the few things I wont do online. I like to go into somewhere and say 'I want to go here please' and them make it happen.
Thomas Cook. Another business model hammered by the internet. I don't think the big travel agents have quite got the net yet.
Its just too much fuckarsing around otherwise.---------------------------------------------------------
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Trowel 15,030 posts
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Registered 10 years agoTVoJ wrote:
Yesterday's newspaper.tincanrocket wrote:
Get in! What do I win?
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Whizzo 41,155 posts
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Registered 11 years agoTVoJ wrote:
Your entry wasn't a meta gag then? Blockbusters going down was announced yesterday afternoon.tincanrocket wrote:
Get in! What do I win?
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Moot_Point 1,071 posts
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Registered 8 months agoTrowel wrote:
Indeed. OLD!TVoJ wrote:
Yesterday's newspaper.tincanrocket wrote:
Get in! What do I win?
And the winner is..... Blockbuster, apparently. I thought they'd already gone out of business, to be honestmowgli wrote: I fucking love willies.
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Trowel 15,030 posts
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Registered 10 years agoboo wrote:
Already been into administration in the last year or so, think they'll be alright for a while - the Clinton near us had a massive face lift not too long ago.
Clinton Cards.
It's not going to be too long before realisation dawns over the populace that they're being charged the best part of a fiver for a piece of folded cardboard.
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Dirtbox 73,708 posts
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Registered 11 years agoIt's got to be WH Smiths now. They can't even afford to light their stores properly any more.+1 / Like / Tweet this post
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Whizzo 41,155 posts
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Registered 11 years agoTrowel wrote:Already been into administration in the last year or so, think they'll be alright for a while - the Clinton near us had a massive face lift not too long ago.
Quite surprised when I went shopping for Christmas cards, they actually had some decently priced ones for a change!
I still bought most of them in Card Warehouse though, they're seriously cheap for stuff that's going to end up in the recycling a couple of weeks later.This space left intentionally blank.
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What about Waterstones, how are they doing at the moment?
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PearOfAnguish 6,575 posts
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Registered 8 years agoThey're being bankrolled by a Russian billionaire, so they're doing fine until he gets fed up with it. -
D_arkTrooper 1,147 posts
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Registered 10 years agoBoots.
What exactly is the point of their continued existence? They don't sell ANYTHING that can't be bought cheaper elsewhere.
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THFourteen 29,060 posts
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Registered 8 years agoDirtbox wrote:
I thought of that, but the Smiths in train stations and airports are always busy.
It's got to be WH Smiths now. They can't even afford to light their stores properly any more.
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TheSaint 11,616 posts
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Registered 7 years agonickthegun wrote:
I spend ages planning holidays online. Reading hotel reviews, planning routes and booking flights. It's become half the fun.DaM wrote:
Travel is one of the few things I wont do online. I like to go into somewhere and say 'I want to go here please' and them make it happen.
Thomas Cook. Another business model hammered by the internet. I don't think the big travel agents have quite got the net yet.
Its just too much fuckarsing around otherwise.
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Waffleaber 188 posts
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Fuck that. Boots along with HMV have been responsible for 85% of all my yearly birthday/christmas gifts. I'd be completely lost for gifts for not especially beloved relatives if they both go down. -
nickthegun 44,534 posts
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Registered 7 years agoiTunes vouchers are the new boots voucher
waaah fuck apple! waah fuck itunes!---------------------------------------------------------
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Mr-Brett 11,493 posts
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Registered 7 years agoOr Amazon voucher.
Waaaah something or other probablyPlease don't use the delete button, think of the children.
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disusedgenius 4,841 posts
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Registered 6 years agoDirtbox wrote:
Aren't a lot of their stores subsidised by having a Post Office in them? Might mean they can cling on for a bit.
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Mr-Brett 11,493 posts
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Registered 7 years agoThere are two Waterstones in my local town and both have Costas in them. True story.Please don't use the delete button, think of the children.
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Lexx87 20,834 posts
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Registered 7 years agoDon't like all of them these days.
/he says living in central London
Edited by Lexx87 at 15:39:09 17-01-2013Speak the truth hussy!
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kinky_mong 7,976 posts
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Registered 5 years agoWhizzo wrote:
I thought Clinton Cards had already gone, the one on Oxford Street disappeared last year which was a pain as they were actually reasonably priced (well as reasonable as it can be paying over £2.50 for an A5 piece of card with a crap joke on the front).Trowel wrote:Already been into administration in the last year or so, think they'll be alright for a while - the Clinton near us had a massive face lift not too long ago.
Quite surprised when I went shopping for Christmas cards, they actually had some decently priced ones for a change!
I still bought most of them in Card Warehouse though, they're seriously cheap for stuff that's going to end up in the recycling a couple of weeks later.
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kalel 76,470 posts
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Registered 10 years agoD_arkTrooper wrote:
Boots are doing really well. They're very agile and adjust quickly, so even things like photography development collapsing (which was a huge thing for them) has been shrugged off because they saw it coming.
Boots.
What exactly is the point of their continued existence? They don't sell ANYTHING that can't be bought cheaper elsewhere.
My prediction anyway.
Bottom line they are a pharmacy, and so still provide an essential service, but they supplement that with very clever targeting and marketing, particularly with things like good quality but cheap own-brand make-up.
They're not going anywhere.
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Chopsen 13,727 posts
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Registered 8 years agoTheSaint wrote:
True story: I have only ever booked holidays online. I am in my late 30s.nickthegun wrote:
I spend ages planning holidays online. Reading hotel reviews, planning routes and booking flights. It's become half the fun.DaM wrote:
Travel is one of the few things I wont do online. I like to go into somewhere and say 'I want to go here please' and them make it happen.
Thomas Cook. Another business model hammered by the internet. I don't think the big travel agents have quite got the net yet.
Its just too much fuckarsing around otherwise.Thanks for expressing interest in my signature!
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kickerconspiracy 495 posts
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Registered 6 years agoX201 wrote:
They're a really shitty newsagent.kickerconspiracy wrote:
Who are they?
Journey's Friend if they haven't already gone under.
Haven't seen them anywhere.
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mowgli 31,901 posts
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Registered 7 years agoThought Thorntons had already gone. Shut all their stores in Edinburgh. But I thought the same about Blockbusters tbf/.Pissy pants.
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DaM 11,755 posts
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Registered 11 years agonickthegun wrote:
And some people still buy CDs in HMV. Or they didDaM wrote:
Travel is one of the few things I wont do online. I like to go into somewhere and say 'I want to go here please' and them make it happen.
Thomas Cook. Another business model hammered by the internet. I don't think the big travel agents have quite got the net yet.
Its just too much fuckarsing around otherwise..gif)
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Deckard1 18,100 posts
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Registered 4 years agoThey shut because you ate all the chocolate mowgli. -
mowgli 31,901 posts
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Registered 7 years agoDidn't stand a chance with their free samples and my bag full of fake moustaches.Pissy pants.
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