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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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No you might call me a bit of a sceptic but with the government now paying 80% of workers wages laid off due to the virus...john lewis will still trade online.
Do you think the loss making high st will...maybe make use of the 80% rule and this will be the final nail in the coffin for our high street department stores? |
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By *oggoneMan
over a year ago
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"No you might call me a bit of a sceptic but with the government now paying 80% of workers wages laid off due to the virus...john lewis will still trade online.
Do you think the loss making high st will...maybe make use of the 80% rule and this will be the final nail in the coffin for our high street department stores?"
You're right, it is going to shutter a number of high street stores, particularly those with high debts and rents. I would foresee Greggs and Costa having a lean year. M&S will try focusing on their food sales. Nobody will need new outfits in a plague year. Debenhams is likely to go the way of Thomas Cook or try to focus on Internet sales. I don't think WH Smiths are going to have a good year either. |
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By *mmabluTV/TS
over a year ago
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"No you might call me a bit of a sceptic but with the government now paying 80% of workers wages laid off due to the virus...john lewis will still trade online.
Do you think the loss making high st will...maybe make use of the 80% rule and this will be the final nail in the coffin for our high street department stores?"
This is a big worry as I love shopping in the high street,something we must look at when life gets back to normal |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"No you might call me a bit of a sceptic but with the government now paying 80% of workers wages laid off due to the virus...john lewis will still trade online.
Do you think the loss making high st will...maybe make use of the 80% rule and this will be the final nail in the coffin for our high street department stores?This is a big worry as I love shopping in the high street,something we must look at when life gets back to normal"
And at the other end of the scale primark have shut too... |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"You do know that John Lewis is a staff owned partnership and that this is a temporary closure? Staff are being reallocated to Waitrose and still being paid."
Yes I knew they are partners,but no I did not know they were being moved to waitrose. And if that is the case I'll swallow my words   |
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"You do know that John Lewis is a staff owned partnership and that this is a temporary closure? Staff are being reallocated to Waitrose and still being paid.
Yes I knew they are partners,but no I did not know they were being moved to waitrose. And if that is the case I'll swallow my words "
....and not scamming the government for business support money .  |
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By *asyukMan
over a year ago
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"No you might call me a bit of a sceptic but with the government now paying 80% of workers wages laid off due to the virus...john lewis will still trade online.
Do you think the loss making high st will...maybe make use of the 80% rule and this will be the final nail in the coffin for our high street department stores?"
Should they be going to work?
Are John Lewis sacking anyone? |
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