Originally Posted by lindsay ormerod (Post 999427)

Just to clarify I "shop online" for my big shop, once a month because I don't drive ( and because I work 40+ hours a week), if I need anything else I either pick it up on my way through Blackburn( where I work) or from Spar on Burnley Rd.On the rare occasion that I have money to spend on clothes it's usually Peacocks!

Shopping online is sometimes the only option too, as I found out when the last 2 things I wanted from Marks and Spencer weren't stocked in my size,but at least you collect from the store there which I suppose encourages you to have a mooch round.

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 999468)

I can understand your reasons for shopping online...and many others do exactly the same for the very same reasons.
So your advice to use it or lose it isn't that practical anymore......pretty much as shopping in the town, where stuff maybe more expensive isn't practical or sensible.
Many of us have limited budgets and have to buy where the very best value for money can be obtained.

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 999465)

Another problem is that now with the advent of the Accrington Observer campaign to get business to Support Maundy Grange, these traders are actually supporting the people who make Accrington a less than pleasant place to shop.
I suppose they feel that if they support something like this local charity, it will endear them to the shoppers. They don't see that some of these undesirables are impacting on trade.

But this is only one of the facets of the problem.......transport links, and the high cost of transport(public) the pedestrianisation of the roads that brought people into the town, the mess that was made of the market, the very poor shopping experience that the Arndale provides.....loss of individual shops all have had an impact......the internet and online shopping seems to be the final nail in the coffin.

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 999465)

Another problem is that now with the advent of the Accrington Observer campaign to get business to Support Maundy Grange, these traders are actually supporting the people who make Accrington a less than pleasant place to shop.
I suppose they feel that if they support something like this local charity, it will endear them to the shoppers. They don't see that some of these undesirables are impacting on trade.

Originally Posted by lancsdave (Post 999556)

I suspect my views on the issue will not put me among the sheep if that's how the rest of them think.:D

Originally Posted by maxthecollie (Post 1006869)

Heard that M & S is moving into Dorothy Perkins Store selling food only

Originally Posted by cashman (Post 1006811)

Noticed walking through Arndale this morning, Burtons/Dorothy Perkins,is about to close, I mentioned it to someone n they told me New Look is closing in September.:eek: