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The arse end of this market fell out a long time ago. Yankee were super quick to open brand stores often with little regard for the independents who'd championed their brands in various cities across the country. Couple that with some of their manufacturing changes and other factors which...

There are some certainties you can always be assured of. It will no doubt have some form of pcmc and they will still be trying to punt left over stock of this set in X months time and overlooking the dates on the stock as per usual. Agree that some of the tone on this thread was a little...

I tend to be the kind of person who avoids Currys PC World because I cannot abide the general sales patter that is mostly unhelpful, but by comparison I simply cannot even watch a Q demo where this guy is on - no matter how good the product is.

To be honest Lakeland was one of those shops i'd walk past in my younger years - maybe I'm just "getting to that age" where my shopping habits and shops change 🤣

Lakeland warranty is so good that you can decide you simply arent happy with it - even at 2.5 years!

Thats why many opt to buy Ninja goods from Lakeland, as they offer their own 3 year guarantee against such goods.

Next are quickly rivalling Mike Ashley for picking the bones of it's competition. Why help out when you can take over majority control: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-63807159

Back on topic - Joules now confirmed as officially being in administration: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-63651838. Next are no doubt one of the interested parties looking to assume control.

I ask the same question when Perricone is on - show me the person who spends £300 on a face cream that smells like "cake batter" :D

Wonder how many regimes Keeley went through in that week!

Next will probably swoop in and pick up whatever meat is left on the bones - some of the Joules stuff Next sell (ties as an example) are only sold at Next, and not through Joules direct. Much like they did with Laura Ashley and made.com they'll take the brand and use it to bolster their ranges...

The only reason it's sold so well is without a doubt the 5 ez pays.

That was the point I was trying to make. Big brands like Joules will increasingly look to all avenues to promote and sell goods and stay afloat, alas after reporting losses earlier this year it's clear things have not got any better for them.

Joules probably do well on Q for that reason, as in their direct supply chain you guarantee people wait for the item of desire to rotate through whatever their weekly sale is (£94 for a Fairisle Jumper isnt going to get the tills ringing until it drops in price). Obviously as a company they've...

I thought she was doing a screen test for some new superhero movie going by the promo photos.

They may well have capital and reserves, and one could argue the only thing working in their favour right now is that as companies own profit margins diminish, they are more likely to want to punt their goods on Q, which at least for the customer means not being subjected to an endless treadmill...

Surely their manta is 'find what you love, love what you find. Have an increasing amount of months to pay it off, and please don't return too many things to us or we'll send you a passive aggressive letter'.

They probably pay EVRI to hold a certain percentage of stock at a bonded warehouse, and when you get the email with the "your order is on its way to us", that's Q sending them the packaging slip as an acknowledgement to process and dispatch.

EZ Pay, much like Klarna, Clearpay and even Paypal Pay in 3 are but some of the many means of lowering the barrier to entry to - companies literally offer these things on anything these days, just to get people's business in their tills in order to survive, which is why particularly in the...

Wouldnt surprise me they've just had a palette or four already at an EVRI distribution centre just to get initial orders out the door quickly.