New stores in the guildhall

proactive · Feb 20, 2018

BlueSkies49 said:
You said John Lewis was going in Top Man, this is River Island I am talking about they are opposite ends of the mall ???

Yes, definately John Lewis. Because there are no individual units large enough for one of their normal stores, they are moving in to several small units dotted around town. Different sections per unit.

I believe they may also be going into partnership with Morrisons to take over the old M&S.

BlueSkies49 · Feb 20, 2018

proactive said:
Yes, definately John Lewis. Because there are no individual units large enough for one of their normal stores, they are moving in to several small units dotted around town. Different sections per unit.

I believe they may also be going into partnership with Morrisons to take over the old M&S.

Great if that is the case yet it doesn’t seem very cost effective, multiple rents for multiple units?
Hopefully that will be good for the town, I hear Starbucks may be reopening in a few months time but laura Ashley is closing

proactive · Feb 20, 2018

BlueSkies49 said:
Great if that is the case yet it doesn’t seem very cost effective, multiple rents for multiple units?
Hopefully that will be good for the town, I hear Starbucks may be reopening in a few months time but laura Ashley is closing

I know nothing about Starbucks but have it from an impeccable source that The Swan is to become a new drive-thru Burger King.

BlueSkies49 · Feb 20, 2018

proactive said:
I know nothing about Starbucks but have it from an impeccable source that The Swan is to become a new drive-thru Burger King.

Okay so your not being serious now that isn’t helpful

Gramaisc · Feb 20, 2018

proactive said:
I know nothing about Starbucks but have it from an impeccable source that The Swan is to become a new drive-thru Burger King.

The Swan used to be a drive-through, from Greengate Street, in the old days - this could make the planning process a little easier to navigate.

Jonah · Feb 20, 2018

I hope John Lewis have a good electrical department in one of their Stafford stores

Gramaisc · Feb 20, 2018

Jonah said:
I hope John Lewis have a good electrical department in one of their Stafford stores

There may be an opening soon - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-43121649 - Maplin are currently having issues.

proactive · Feb 20, 2018

BlueSkies49 said:
Okay so your not being serious now that isn’t helpful

How very dare you...

Jonah · Feb 20, 2018

Gramaisc said:
There may be an opening soon - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-43121649 - Maplin are currently having issues.

No surprise given how expensive they are for everything.

Cue · Feb 21, 2018

proactive said:
Yes, definately John Lewis. Because there are no individual units large enough for one of their normal stores, they are moving in to several small units dotted around town. Different sections per unit.

I believe they may also be going into partnership with Morrisons to take over the old M&S.

I guess Kingsmead isn’t really their style (and it’s with all the riff-raff like B&M and Aldi).

Frontal · Feb 21, 2018

Jonah said:
No surprise given how expensive they are for everything.

I truly don't understand how they stay open.
They cater towards specialist electronics, but anyone who would be interested is tech savvy enough to know they can get things around 1/3 cheaper anywhere else.

Gareth · Feb 21, 2018

BlueSkies49 said:
Just seen that there are work men in the old river island doing it all up, I wonder what is going inside?

Could be just doing the lighting like the rest of the guildhall

Cue · Feb 21, 2018

Frontal said:
I truly don't understand how they stay open.
They cater towards specialist electronics, but anyone who would be interested is tech savvy enough to know they can get things around 1/3 cheaper anywhere else.

Emergency bits and pieces generally. Sometimes they're cheaper than Amazon - got a digital caliper there and that's all I've purchased from there in quite a long time.

Tumble weed · Feb 21, 2018

I'd imagine it's more a convenience factor, sure you could get it online, but if you're in a fix, and need something fixing then, it's good to have the option of popping somewhere local.

BlueSkies49 · Feb 21, 2018

proactive said:
Yes, definately John Lewis. Because there are no individual units large enough for one of their normal stores, they are moving in to several small units dotted around town. Different sections per unit.

I believe they may also be going into partnership with Morrisons to take over the old M&S.

I have messaged John Lewis and they have said that they aren’t opening a store in Stafford.

basil · Feb 21, 2018

BlueSkies49 said:
I have messaged John Lewis and they have said that they aren’t opening a store in Stafford.

Unlikely that John Lewis will ever open a new store anywhere.......

Feed The Goat · Feb 21, 2018

BlueSkies49 said:
I have messaged John Lewis and they have said that they aren’t opening a store in Stafford.

That's a shame because I was after a left handed screwdriver from there.

proactive · Feb 21, 2018

BlueSkies49 said:
I have messaged John Lewis and they have said that they aren’t opening a store in Stafford.

PMSL.

Tumble weed · Feb 21, 2018

I can't believe you expected them too... There's more chance of them going bust then opening in Stafford. In any case, you have the massive one at the bullring, like twenty mins away.

Jonah · Feb 21, 2018

Twenty minutes to the Bullring... do you fly there?

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