"Tim Watts" wrote in message
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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

Maybe.

- and more scared because of the perception of more regulations.

I doubt that's true of the most basic DIY like painting etc.

And we've lost the post war "mend and make do" generation.

Largely due to the dramatic improvement in real standard of living since
then.