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Re: Beatties in trouble?
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Sun, 23 Apr 2000 09:19:00 GMT
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On Thu, 20 Apr 2000 23:08:41 GMT, Col uttered the following profundities...
> Beatties in Winchester has closed too - I don't remember seeing any 'closing
> down' notices, they just seem to have packed up and left. I had noticed a
> general drop in stock levels (of everything, not just Lego) but I had
> assumed they were making space for new lines or summer toys. This closure
> means there is now only one shop that I can think of that sells Lego in
> Winchester - a 'local' toy shop that is always a bit overpriced - plus
> Argos, which means a trip to TRU in Southampton if I want to buy any Lego.
> tsk.
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> --
> Colin
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> Ian Bishop <ian@goodlife.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:fYy+IKA9mx$4Ewzu@goodlife.demon.co.uk...
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> > I heard from a Beatties employee yesterday that all the Beatties shops
> > in Scotland have been sold off. I heard from someone else that this was
> > to Hamleys?? Seems unlikely, but who knows.
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> > The Beatties guy also said that the English shops were not yet sold, but
> > were heading for closure unless profits / sales improved. Anyone else
> > heard anything?
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> > Ian Bishop, Ayrshire, UK
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There was an article in Metro (Paper for commuters) last week.
Heavy losses, and as such some closures were to occur. Don't
remember if it was shutting down completely, but....
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