Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: weetot on May 25, 2011, 09:39:07 pm
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On the news tonight, they,ve gone under, anyone losing big money over em?
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On the news tonight, they,ve gone under, anyone losing big money over em?
Nope we got a B and Q just down the road ;)
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Call the liquidators - you could probably buy the whole chain for a pound :)
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You wont believe me but I was involved in starting that chain
I used to work for WH Smith our Chairman was very keen on gardening and DIY on a whim decided this was the market to be in.
A small project team was formed I spent several months looking for suitable sites
In the end it was decided to buy a small chain and rebrand it Do it All
I returned to the core company But Do it All never became a major profit centre so my shares did not turn me into a millionaire
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We had a Focus near us and it was useless. I'm not suprised they have gone under if that one was typical
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focus are the only place where you can buy a BLUE ettore pro squeegee and Blue pro ettore mop .everywhere else sells the black version
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You wont believe me but I was involved in starting that chain
I used to work for WH Smith our Chairman was very keen on gardening and DIY on a whim decided this was the market to be in.
A small project team was formed I spent several months looking for suitable sites
In the end it was decided to buy a small chain and rebrand it Do it All
I returned to the core company But Do it All never became a major profit centre so my shares did not turn me into a millionaire
I do remember the Do It All stores. Some of them were ports of call when I used to visit stores in the southeast for an ad company. The biggest customer was Safeway then Gateway (this was quite a while ago). I know there were a few Do It Alls on my list. One was in Portsmouth but can't recall where the others were.
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Focus was too expensive compared to B&Q where as hopmebase has a long standing reputation.
I remember Gateway ... god im showing my age now !!
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Bit off topic but has anyone else noticed how expensive Homebase has become lately?
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Bit off topic but has anyone else noticed how expensive Homebase has become lately?
Yes, you need a 2nd mortgage to buy a fence panel.
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The big one!