-pops- Posted April 28, 2004 Report Share Posted April 28, 2004 Dixons Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moon Posted April 28, 2004 Report Share Posted April 28, 2004 Good. I've shopped there. Rude scoundrels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted April 28, 2004 Report Share Posted April 28, 2004 Serves them right for their pushiness amongst other things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nellie2 Posted April 28, 2004 Report Share Posted April 28, 2004 I just feel sorry for everyone who is going to lose their job! :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted April 28, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2004 Apparently they (DSG) will try to absorb employees into other stores in the group. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Radfordin Posted April 28, 2004 Report Share Posted April 28, 2004 Going to leave a big whole on many high streets (106 one would assume!) around the country.Dixons seems to be one of those places I wander into from time to time yet don't remember ever buying anything from them. They must've been getting something fundamentally wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christmascracker Posted April 28, 2004 Report Share Posted April 28, 2004 I've shopped in Dixons on a couple of occasions in the past and have always found their staff helpful and polite.Their prices, though, I've found to be higher than others on the high street.I usually shop online now for electrical and computer things Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankus Posted April 28, 2004 Report Share Posted April 28, 2004 Margins getting tighter , rates going up , competition has diversified (Tesco's extra ,ASDA (Walmart) Internet ....Its getting harder... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djohn Posted April 28, 2004 Report Share Posted April 28, 2004 Saw a bit on this in the business section of Sky News. Seems they are concentrating on closing down on the high street mainly where they have Curry's outlets as well, also because of the high rates and poor parking facilities.It seems as though their out of town retail parks are dong very well especially PC World. :unsure: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest northamuk Posted April 28, 2004 Report Share Posted April 28, 2004 Towns all over the country are complaining about 'out of town' retail parks killing the town centres yet they continue to pedestrianise these same town centres thus cutting off trade to shops whose rates continue to rise.So who's doing the killing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lester1 Posted April 28, 2004 Report Share Posted April 28, 2004 They are going to have clear out sales in the branches that are closing :D None near me thou :blink: Lets hope they do find jobs for the unfortunate one's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankus Posted April 28, 2004 Report Share Posted April 28, 2004 Towns all over the country are complaining about 'out of town' retail parks killing the town centres yet they continue to pedestrianise these same town centres thus cutting off trade to shops whose rates continue to rise.Very good point .....plus red routing ...A lot of branches now expect to get a parking ticket as part and parcel of their trade deliveries.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandalph Posted April 28, 2004 Report Share Posted April 28, 2004 Our local Town, Berwick on Tweed had Dixon's, Curry's and Comet within a half mile of each other. I went down to our usual grocery store about four week's ago and all was well, however, the following week Comet had closed down and there wasn't a trace they had ever been there and that was in six day's.The manager of the Dixon's store is obnoxious. I went in a couple of months ago and asked him if he had a mini six pin to nine pin female converter (PS/2 to Comm 1) and he said "Now why would you want one of those" in a Sergeant-major sort of way. I just spun round and walked out. I've just heard tonight that the Berwick branch is in line for closure which will be good news in a small place as it will give the other PC and mobile phone shops a bigger slice of the cake where I must admit the staff are very much knowledgeable than that thick-head in Dixon's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted April 29, 2004 Report Share Posted April 29, 2004 I must admit that from time to time I wander into Dixon's in Lichfield, and have a look round. Invariably an assistant approaches me, and I do get a sought of sadistic pleasure in asking him or her questions that they almost certainly cannot answer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanHo Posted April 29, 2004 Report Share Posted April 29, 2004 sought of sadistic pleasureSeek and ye shall find.It takes all "sorts" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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