Poundland Have Agreed To Take On Leases Of Dozens Of Wilco Stores.

[Thirsty Relic]

15 minutes ago, geared said:

Depends how quickly they're able to turn the stores round.  I doubt they'll want to keep paying staff for weeks/months on end while shops are being re-fitted, and likewise people won't sit around unpaid on the off chance they'll score a job at a new store once it opens.

Fair point, but on the other hand if they don't move quickly, many of the staff will have found other jobs

[crookesey]

As an ex retailer in companies that we’re household names, I considered that I was safe for life, what a mistaka to maka. What it did teach me was to always have a ‘plan 2’.

Edited September 13, 2023 by crookesey

[Jack Grey]

The full list of stores are here...

 

https://news.sky.com/story/full-list-of-wilko-stores-set-to-become-poundland-12960328

 

 

Edited September 13, 2023 by Jack Grey

[ECCOnoob]

1 hour ago, Jack Grey said:

The full list of stores are here...

 

https://news.sky.com/story/full-list-of-wilko-stores-set-to-become-poundland-12960328

 

 

So from a quick skim read of that list, the only one with relevance for this forum is Hillsborough branch which is going to become a poundland now - probably do quite well there 

 

Not totally surprising only one Sheffield branch on the list either given city centre already has several Poundlands, Meadowhall and Parkgate Wilkos are nearby existing Poundlands so unlikely any of those would have been changed anyway. 

Edited September 13, 2023 by ECCOnoob

[Padders]

2 minutes ago, ECCOnoob said:

So from a quick skim read of that list, the only one with relevance for this forum is Hillsborough branch which is going to become a poundland now - probably do quite well there 

 

Not totally surprising only one Sheffield branch on the list either given city centre already has several Poundlands, Meadowhall and Parkgate Wilkos are nearby existing Poundlands so unlikely any of those would have been changed anyway. 

Poundland have a big store in Hillsboro Barracks, about 2/3 hundred yards away....

[Jack Grey]

21 minutes ago, Padders said:

Poundland have a big store in Hillsboro Barracks, about 2/3 hundred yards away....

The one on Haymarket is huge 

 

They'll never put a Poundland in there

 

In fact I doubt anyone will go in there purely because of the location and lack of parking

 

They may need to knock the whole block down and start again 

[Baron99]

2 hours ago, Jack Grey said:

The one on Haymarket is huge 

 

They'll never put a Poundland in there

 

In fact I doubt anyone will go in there purely because of the location and lack of parking

 

They may need to knock the whole block down and start again 

My bold. 

 

No they won't, considering they shut a smaller store up the road on Snig Hill less than 6 months ago & they've got large stores at the bottom of the High St & The Moor, where there's actual customer footfall.   Can't see B&M wanting to take such a large store on either. 

 

Think you're right.   As the intention is to open up the area where the old Castle Market used to stand & create some kind of park / community space,  it's a good opportunity just to knock the entire block down, right up to Commercial St tram stop.