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Shops You Want to See in Stafford
- Thread starter That-Crazy-Rat-Lady
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There are arguements for for or against targeting a certain age group or social grouping. On the whole we want a varied town centre that caters for everyone but we have to recognise that certain towns attracts particular clients. With Stafford having excellent rail links to Birmingham, Liverpool etc, many young people travel to buy their clothes because there is so much choice( I couldn't believe how many large fashion brands were so close togeather on our last visit to the Bull Ring) and smaller towns like Stafford are going to struggle to compete.
Stafford needs to build on it's strengths which are it's many fine and historic buildings, it's Victorian Park and it's many eating and drinking venues. On the whole the town centre is pleasant but there are areas that could be smartened up and more flowerbeds need to be planted.
As for stores a Joules shop would be a good and although I can't see it happening, a Jack Wills store would be great
Gramaisc
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Withnail
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Not At All Black Country Museum?
tek-monkey
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If I were a true size 18 I'd be worried!
Anicent and Modern and all that I suppose but thankfully enough buildings survived the planners 'improvements' over the last 40 years for Stafford to be considered to be an attractive town centre and that should be the selling point to attract people in from surrounding areas.
Withnail
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Visit Stafford, sort of thing?
Ecker
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You might like to have a look at "Daly's Deals" on Foregate opposite The Falcon as was, only recently opened but showing a hell
of a lot of promise. I was staggered to see the cost of this sofa, apparently came out of a hotel and they have 3 of them.
Gramaisc
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Oooh, I hadn't spotted that. I'll have a look in - I was distracted by the lure of Screwfix...
Moby Dick
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Ah Mr Pendleton used to run that place. Used to spend ages in there. Great shop.....
Gramaisc
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Like a museum - but you could buy the exhibits...
Got some colourful examples hanging up in that cheap and cheerful clothes shop that used to be Mothercare
I'd like an Amazon store (i.e an Argos style store with Amazon's pricing), we already have the warehouse in Rugeley, and the only downsides I see to shopping online are the delay and the hassle of delivery, when you're a work during normal delivery hours.
Amazon already offers next day delivery, if you could order your stuff online then collect it same/next day from a physical store with easy parking, I'd certainly use it.
Argos is one of the few high-street shops that still gets my money, if it's something I want that day and the price isn't much higher than online.
Amazon already offers next day delivery, if you could order your stuff online then collect it same/next day from a physical store with easy parking, I'd certainly use it.
Argos is one of the few high-street shops that still gets my money, if it's something I want that day and the price isn't much higher than online.
Isn't it the fact that online only retailers haven't the massive costs of running shops/high rents/high rates etc give them the edge over traditional retailers. Although I do agree with you, I like to see what I'm buying before I purchase.
Yes, online is cheaper to run, and I bet a lot of apple stores run at a loss, but the physical presence provides support and improves the brand awareness, therefore company appeal and therefore sales increase overall. Same with the 'Sony' shops that only sell one brand and at full price, the only way they can survive is by being subsidised by the brand in exchange for increased brand appeal.
I think the future of the high street is physical 'experience' stores, supporting and promoting the brand by allowing customers to interact with the products (which is how consumers have already been using the Comets and Currys of this age) in a controlled branded environment (i.e. Canon just opened a new high-street 'experience' store in Canada)
Amazon has it's own brand, Argos is currently surviving and taking sales from Amazon, so Amazon seems ideally placed with it's warehouses and delivery network to undermine Argos completely and take those extra sales of convenience/non-tech savvy customers, while also providing a better delivery experience for people who already shop exclusively online.
The physical stores wouldn't be massively profitable, but they'd improve Amazon's brand appeal and reach, which would improve profits overall.
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The main problem is can see is that the local warehouse doesn't stock everything amazon sell, I still get purchases from amazon themselves delivered from all over the country and once in a while from the EU.