On 22/10/14 13:38, Chris J Dixon wrote:
Theo Markettos wrote:
http://news.sky.com/story/1357846/ho...s-to-be-closed
"a large estate with low sales densities that result in a challenged
financial model."
"We have large stores full of rubbish that nobody wants to buy,
so we can make no money."
It is a shame that they have gone this way, but it is quite some
time since I even considered looking there, whereas I was once a
regular shopper.
Can't say I will miss their passing.
There was a suggestion that younger householders are less keen on
DIY. Is this because they can afford not to, or a reflection of
increasing bureaucratic control?
People I think are busier - and more scared because of the perception of
more regulations.
And we've lost the post war "mend and make do" generation.