 Matalan Coming to Newbury |
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  Jul 13 2010, 12:14 PM
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http://www.newburytoday.co.uk/News/Article...articleID=13948
Great news for jobs in the area but I was told it was going to be a Primark so a bit disappointed... 
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Jul 13 2010, 12:20 PM
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QUOTE (pinkfluffyclouds @ Jul 13 2010, 01:14 PM)  http://www.newburytoday.co.uk/News/Article...articleID=13948 Great news for jobs in the area but I was told it was going to be a Primark so a bit disappointed... I thought we were getting a Primark too, but thought that was in the town centre? |
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Jul 13 2010, 12:22 PM
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QUOTE (pinkfluffyclouds @ Jul 13 2010, 01:14 PM) http://www.newburytoday.co.uk/News/Article...articleID=13948 Great news for jobs in the area but I was told it was going to be a Primark so a bit disappointed... I have only been in Matalan once yonks ago so I can't compare but I would of loved Primark to come to Newbury. 
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Jul 13 2010, 12:22 PM
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Town Centre people!!!
-------------------- "Quick, Hide something that looks like fun!"
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Jul 13 2010, 12:23 PM
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Also, I don't know where my mum got her info from but she told me M + S were taking over that sport shop..... Unless they are going somewhere else in the retail park?
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Jul 13 2010, 01:39 PM
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QUOTE (Good Boy Racer @ Jul 13 2010, 01:22 PM) Town Centre people!!! Is that "Tut, tut, you people who want shops in the town centre!!" or "People, we need shops to be in the town centre." (I shall probably be told off by Iommi for not being sure which way to read that  )
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Jul 13 2010, 02:25 PM
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QUOTE (JeffG @ Jul 13 2010, 02:39 PM) Is that "Tut, tut, you people who want shops in the town centre!!" or "People, we need shops to be in the town centre." (I shall probably be told off by Iommi for not being sure which way to read that )I would have done; only I wasn't sure either! 
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Jul 13 2010, 02:32 PM
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QUOTE (Rosewinelover @ Jul 13 2010, 01:23 PM) Also, I don't know where my mum got her info from but she told me M + S were taking over that sport shop..... Unless they are going somewhere else in the retail park? A Tesco worker told me that M & S were going to the Retail Park, but into Borders old place. |
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Jul 13 2010, 03:25 PM
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QUOTE (Iommi @ Jul 13 2010, 03:25 PM) I would have done; only I wasn't sure either!  Thought I was being thick and so did not ask? So millions of pounds are being spent on Parkway and M&S are putting a store in the old Border shop at the retail park?? How odd...... 
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Jul 13 2010, 03:45 PM
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QUOTE (pinkfluffyclouds @ Jul 13 2010, 04:25 PM) Thought I was being thick and so did not ask? So millions of pounds are being spent on Parkway and M&S are putting a store in the old Border shop at the retail park?? How odd...... Parkway is a joke, it has been from start to finish. Only Debenhams (that I know of) have signed up for it. Waste of money - but apparantly it's what Newbury needed..... 
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Jul 13 2010, 04:47 PM
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From what I have heard so far, Primark are taking over what is Debenhams in the Kennet centre (not confirmed officially), Matalan is going into what was JJB Sports and Marks and Spencer were planning on taking over what was Borders, but needed to change the retail usage code as they wanted to sell a range of food. Also apparently H&M are going into the new Parkway.
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Jul 13 2010, 04:51 PM
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Excellent News. I don't want a Primark in Newbury.... I don't like their clothes. But I am pleased Matalan's is coming.
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Jul 13 2010, 05:00 PM
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QUOTE (HeatherW @ Jul 13 2010, 05:51 PM) Excellent News. I don't want a Primark in Newbury.... I don't like their clothes. But I am pleased Matalan's is coming. There is plenty of room for both. |
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Jul 13 2010, 06:07 PM
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QUOTE (HeatherW @ Jul 13 2010, 05:51 PM) Excellent News. I don't want a Primark in Newbury.... I don't like their clothes. But I am pleased Matalan's is coming. Like it or hate it you can't beat Primark for kids clothes and even my 18 year old will go all the way to Reading just to get some things from there rather than go to any of the places in Newbury like TKMax or Peacocks. Personally I like the TU clothes in Sainsbury's but Primark is good also and cheaper than Matalan. |
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Jul 13 2010, 07:20 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 6,085 Joined: 13-May 09 From: Newbury, Berkshire. Member No.: 33 |
I hope we do get a Primark, still, as we need one. The prices are very good.
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Jul 13 2010, 09:06 PM
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A question (and I don't know the answer to this).
Where is all this cheap clothing made and by who, and how much are they paid. Does anyone care? |
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Jul 13 2010, 09:07 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,138 Joined: 13-May 09 From: Newbury Member No.: 20 |
Good point, one man's cheap is another's slave-like wage.
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Jul 13 2010, 09:11 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 6,085 Joined: 13-May 09 From: Newbury, Berkshire. Member No.: 33 |
QUOTE (Iommi @ Jul 13 2010, 10:07 PM) Good point, one man's cheap is another's slave-like wage. To be honest; no. That is down to the government to deal with. Beyond that the peasants want their cheap goods. If you confront them with the appalling atrocities that helped get such cheap goods they'll say "Oh, my god!... that is terrible... those poor darling..." and then being thinking "I wonder what cheap bargains I can get from that shop." That is life Jim, but not as the moralist know it. |
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Jul 13 2010, 10:29 PM
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QUOTE (GMR @ Jul 13 2010, 10:11 PM) To be honest; no. That is down to the government to deal with. So we can wash our 'conscience' hands of the affair? QUOTE (GMR @ Jul 13 2010, 10:11 PM) Beyond that the peasants want their cheap goods. If you confront them with the appalling atrocities that helped get such cheap goods they'll say "Oh, my god!... that is terrible... those poor darling..." and then being thinking "I wonder what cheap bargains I can get from that shop." That is life Jim, but not as the moralist know it. Exactly, but this isn't the preserve of just the cheap shops. Big business has little conscience. |
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Jul 14 2010, 07:50 AM
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QUOTE (GMR @ Jul 13 2010, 10:11 PM) To be honest; no. That is down to the government to deal with. Beyond that the peasants want their cheap goods. If you confront them with the appalling atrocities that helped get such cheap goods they'll say "Oh, my god!... that is terrible... those poor darling..." and then being thinking "I wonder what cheap bargains I can get from that shop." That is life Jim, but not as the moralist know it. Balderdash !!! Do you know where any of your clothes are made whether from Next, M&S or Primark. I can’t afford £100 for a pair of jeans I have kids to feed. In fact do I recall M&S being named and shamed over using workers in India and paying peanuts?? Where do we stop? What about the tea that you drink do you know how much the people who pick that are paid? Do you care? 
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