Stafford shops closing - Turning into a ghost town?

[Gareth]

Eh?

 

[Tumble weed]

Well everyone was on about how great the new Riverside area will be, but there's still empty units within the area itself and around the cinema, and the area has already lost my bells, and now sweet is apparently closing , just saying it doesn't seem like the saviour that was planned.

 

[c0tt0nt0p]

Well everyone was on about how great the new Riverside area will be, but there's still empty units within the area itself and around the cinema, and the area has already lost my bells, and now sweet is apparently closing , just saying it doesn't seem like the saviour that was planned.

Lets be honest both MyBelles and Sweet "could" of been a sucuess but their location cost them. I personally thought Sweet's location was far too big for what they needed. In the case of My Belles having it so you couldn;t actually see what was inside the place didn't help them either....

If a coffee outlet moves to the Sweet unit they'll do well out of the place...

 

[Gareth]

Sweet is not part of riverside, although like my belles ( which was replaced) it never looked open with dull lighting and little to no signage.

 

[Tilly]

Sweet is not part of riverside, although like my belles ( which was replaced) it never looked open with dull lighting and little to no signage.

Yes it's actually in Aberdeen

There's a time portal just as you get through the door

 

[tek-monkey]

Wasn't sweet opposite verso lounge? If so it had loads of lights and signage on the windows didn't it?

 

[Tumble weed]

Yeah that's the one , always thought it looked quite attractive.

 

[Tilly]

Lard

Less Lard - Good

More Lard - Bad

 

[Gareth]

Sweet isn`t closing.

 

[proactive]

Sweet isn`t closing.

Correct. Sign on door says it's closed until after Christmas. Yet another odd business decision by owners who obviously have no clue. A town centre speciality, sadly.

 

[c0tt0nt0p]

Lard

Less Lard - Good

More Lard - Bad

What bollocks

 

[Pooryorick]

I hear that Mr S. Claus was disappointed that the igloo and ice axe shop was closed until May.

 

[proactive]

I hear that Mr S. Claus was disappointed that the igloo and ice axe shop was closed until May.

Serves him right for not stocking up.

You can't expect traders to trade at times of high demand, it's just unreasonable.

 

[c0tt0nt0p]

Correct. Sign on door says it's closed until after Christmas. Yet another odd business decision by owners who obviously have no clue. A town centre speciality, sadly.

 

[Tumble weed]

Very odd business decision. Closing at a peak time when no doubt there’d be the most footfall.... should have held off till January.

 

[c0tt0nt0p]

Very odd business decision. Closing at a peak time when no doubt there’d be the most footfall.... should have held off till January.

Or you could say that they realised it wasn't working in the current format and they would rather have things in place for the new year and hit the ground running...

 

[Lucy]

I walked past twice today. Both times a family of 4 were trying to go in.

 

[proactive]

I walked past twice today. Both times a family of 4 were trying to go in.

Did they not realise the first time they tried to get in that it was shut?

Some people...

 

[proactive]

Or you could say that they realised it wasn't working in the current format and they would rather have things in place for the new year and hot the ground running...

Maybe as well turn it into a vape shop that also sells mobile phone cases for all the good that will do.

 

[c0tt0nt0p]

Maybe as well turn it into a vape shop that also sells mobile phone cases for all the good that will do.

You surprise me, I was half expecting a post from youyou tell us it would be a mini/little Waitrose...