Old Marks and Spencer to become Poundworld?

Jonah

Spouting nonsense since the day I learned to talk
Yippee. If it's true, that's another shop I won't be going in.
 

cj1

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but it will fill an empty unit and increase footfall to that part of town. as there is already one at queen's will they open a second in the town. also isn't it a bit big for poundworld requirements?
 

Gramaisc

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I haven't been in M&S this century.

Wasn't there talk once of knocking it down, to create a pedestrian zone to link Morrisons into the town?
 

cj1

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Believe there was will be such a waste what is needed is a large highstreet retailer to fill it. people can then walk through it during opening hours like at present that retailer will benefit from passing trade. A win win.
 

Wormella

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Believe there was will be such a waste what is needed is a large highstreet retailer to fill it. people can then walk through it during opening hours like at present that retailer will benefit from passing trade. A win win.

Yeah mean like Poundworld? If they take it over I can't imagine they won't keep both entrances.

I haven't been in M&S this century.

Wasn't there talk once of knocking it down, to create a pedestrian zone to link Morrisons into the town?

Yes there was - I remember that...

Same time there were plans to put a roof over Princes street and turn it into a boutique shopping village
 

Gramaisc

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Yeah mean like Poundworld? If they take it over I can't imagine they won't keep both entrances.



Yes there was - I remember that...

Same time there were plans to put a roof over Princes street and turn it into a boutique shopping village
If we joined all the plans together, we might just be able to do it.
 

proactive

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That end if town is going to have to be renamed the Bloxwich Quarter if all there's going to be is tat.
 
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kyoto49

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We're gonna have 2 town centres aren't we :(. The northern one that will be full of charity and pound shops centred on Sports Direct and it's environs, matching the poor and working class demographic of the north end of Stafford, and the south town centre, focused on the new shopping centre which reflects the affluent demographics of the south of town. I'd like this north town to gain independance from the south myself. @littleme might join my new pound oriented fiefdom?
 

littleme

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We're gonna have 2 town centres aren't we :(. The northern one that will be full of charity and pound shops centred on Sports Direct and it's environs, matching the poor and working class demographic of the north end of Stafford, and the south town centre, focused on the new shopping centre which reflects the affluent demographics of the south of town. I'd like this north town to gain independance from the south myself. @littleme might join my new pound oriented fiefdom?
I think you'll find me somewhere in the middle.... ;)

(or, with my hatred of shopping, at home!)
 

Wormella

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We're gonna have 2 town centres aren't we :(. The northern one that will be full of charity and pound shops centred on Sports Direct and it's environs, matching the poor and working class demographic of the north end of Stafford, and the south town centre, focused on the new shopping centre which reflects the affluent demographics of the south of town. I'd like this north town to gain independance from the south myself. @littleme might join my new pound oriented fiefdom?

but doesn't everywhere?
 

Carole

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We're gonna have 2 town centres aren't we :(. The northern one that will be full of charity and pound shops centred on Sports Direct and it's environs, matching the poor and working class demographic of the north end of Stafford, and the south town centre, focused on the new shopping centre which reflects the affluent demographics of the south of town. I'd like this north town to gain independance from the south myself. @littleme might join my new pound oriented fiefdom?

What a load of tosh.

I hardly think that the new town centre matches any affluent demographic. Those who are truly affluent hardly aspire to Primark and will still hot foot it to Birmingham, Cheshire or London.
The new shopping centre will however still appeal to a broad range regardless of social class. But so will the other end of town.

Anyone who frequents pound shops/lidl/aldi etc will see that they are full of middle class types.
Even people with money like a bargain.
And people without money somehow sometimes get the money together for designer gear.

It is just ridiculous to generalise.
 

Sir BoD

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What a load of tosh.

I hardly think that the new town centre matches any affluent demographic. Those who are truly affluent hardly aspire to Primark and will still hot foot it to Birmingham, Cheshire or London.
The new shopping centre will however still appeal to a broad range regardless of social class. But so will the other end of town.

Anyone who frequents pound shops/lidl/aldi etc will see that they are full of middle class types.
Even people with money like a bargain.
And people without money somehow sometimes get the money together for designer gear.

It is just ridiculous to generalise.
It's fine to disagree, but how about not being rude.

From the days of the shoe industry, the north end of town has always attracted the less well off. House prices are, in general, less expensive in the north compared to the south. What Kyoto49 has said is very evident in larger towns and cities across the UK, and once the new shopping complex is built, I see no reason for this not to be noticeable, but on a smaller scale here.

I agree that there are many people with money who shop at discount shops, but the majority of those who frequent them are those with less money to spend - and they tend to also rely on them rather than see them as an option to grab a bargain.That's not generalising, that's simple economics.
 
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