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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2018 14:47:46 GMT
How awfully shocking. Waitrose are going to have to sell some of their "little" (what a horribly irritating brand name) shops to co-op and -SHOCK HORROR- they are even giving way to a slimy German Aldi shop ! Its a true horror story. Where will one be able to shop? m&s? Planet organic? I mean this is simply awful. I just hope Ocado survives it all. www.theguardian.com/business/2018/jun/27/john-lewis-to-close-five-waitrose-stores-after-warning-on-profitsDreadful. My woman insists on doing all her shopping at LIDL which is even worse than Waitrose. |
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Post by Telemachus on Jun 27, 2018 14:54:28 GMT
How awfully shocking. Waitrose are going to have to sell some of their "little" (what a horribly irritating brand name) shops to co-op and -SHOCK HORROR- they are even giving way to a slimy German Aldi shop ! Its a true horror story. Where will one be able to shop? m&s? Planet organic? I mean this is simply awful. I just hope Ocado survives it all. www.theguardian.com/business/2018/jun/27/john-lewis-to-close-five-waitrose-stores-after-warning-on-profitsDreadful. My woman insists on doing all her shopping at LIDL which is even worse than Waitrose. Waitrose is quite variable. A great one in Chester with a champagne bar. A good one in Lichfield. But some pretty rubbish ones elsewhere. John Lewis is a great shop for some things especially electricals, but eye wateringly expensive for some other stuff. I’d be sorry to see either go down the pan especially JL. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2018 15:01:06 GMT
True.
It looks like the story is about Waitrose attempting to compete on convenience with Tesco Sainsbury and the kraut shops.
I suppose John Lewis must be getting battered by online retail like amazin and ebay but it seems to me they will survive. It would be quite shocking if they were driven out.
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Post by Mr Stabby on Jun 27, 2018 15:13:27 GMT
I see that JL group think that the solution to their problems is a CRT style rebranding. To my mind, the big mistake Waitrose made was expanding into the north when the most basic customer research would have told them that northerners only eat chip barms and mushy peas.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2018 15:24:04 GMT
I see that JL group think that the solution to their problems is a CRT style rebranding. To my mind, the big mistake Waitrose made was expanding into the north when the most basic customer research would have told them that northerners only eat chip barms and mushy peas. You mean they don't buy the duchy originals seeded loaves often? |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2018 15:26:35 GMT
Maybe it's all part of evolution. A company that -apparently- cares about the people who work for it is destined to fail because the competition consists of companies who don't give a shit about anything other than the prophet margin.
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Post by Mr Stabby on Jun 27, 2018 15:34:10 GMT
Maybe it's all part of evolution. A company that -apparently- cares about the people who work for it is destined to fail because the competition consists of companies who don't give a shit about anything other than the prophet margin. I think it's only Muslim shops which do that. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2018 17:50:36 GMT
Maybe it's all part of evolution. A company that -apparently- cares about the people who work for it is destined to fail because the competition consists of companies who don't give a shit about anything other than the prophet margin. I think it's only Muslim shops which do that. Never mind the Bismillah al Rahma al Rahim lot it's the Germans you have to watch. Ze Germans. And of course ze Jews. Money is ze root of all evil and will result in the downfall of ze humans . |
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Post by Mr Stabby on Jun 27, 2018 17:53:03 GMT
I think it's only Muslim shops which do that. Never mind the Bismillah al Rahma al Rahim lot it's the Germans you have to watch. Ze Germans. And of course ze Jews. Money is ze root of all evil and will result in the downfall of ze humans . Don't forget the slimy Indians.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2018 17:55:17 GMT
I quite like Foxy's slimy Indians as they often have cold beer for sale. Like the Turks. Not so for ze Germans or ze jews  Zey do banking and sell clothes and cheap food while ripping of ze taxpayers. |
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Post by Mr Stabby on Jun 27, 2018 18:13:54 GMT
I quite like Foxy's slimy Indians as they often have cold beer for sale. Like the Turks. Not so for ze Germans or ze jews German sausages are the wurst. |
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Post by thebfg on Jun 29, 2018 8:53:56 GMT
True. It looks like the story is about Waitrose attempting to compete on convenience with Tesco Sainsbury and the kraut shops. I suppose John Lewis must be getting battered by online retail like amazin and ebay but it seems to me they will survive. It would be quite shocking if they were driven out. they can do what they like with Tesco and Sainsbury's. the Coop is the UK's No 1 convenience store. convenience is a hard nut to crack with some stiff competition. I see Tesco have stopped rebranding one stops and are leaving them as one stop because people are fed up with Tesco. sneaky. I think the profit margin statement is unfair too. Coop are in effect a non profit organisation. with all profit being reinvested in the group, given back to share holders(members), spent on local communities or used to help communities around the world on various projects. |
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