Retail in Greater Manchester - Page 3

Bim · November 26th, 2005, 09:37 PM

Yeah...it's vintage clothes brought in from different places.
Well not all of it, but i presumed it was second hand or faulty like the items in Pop Boutique or Rags To Bitches.

I may be wrong on this occasion though...i don't know.

dgnr8 · November 26th, 2005, 11:49 PM

Eh? We've got a Fopp? When did that open?

I really have been away for too long now.

kids · November 26th, 2005, 11:53 PM

/\ hahaha, yeh, it opened ages ago on brown street.

Bim · November 26th, 2005, 11:58 PM

It's on Brown Street off Market Street next to the post office.
It opened about four months ago now it think.
I'd recommend it instead of badly stocked, overpriced shops like HMV and Music Zone.
Just to think, Music Zone was like the leader of cheaper priced music just a few years ago...sparse stock now with the prices of new cd's creeping up too.

Anyway miserable, negative comments done and dusted!

andysimo123 · November 27th, 2005, 12:05 AM

I went in the Apple store in the Trafford Centre today and I am glad I didnt get a job there because I wasnt very impressed. I was looking foward to going in there as I havent been in their before and when I got in the place was tiny. Also the staff are ment to be the best staff around were they fuck! There were about 5 staff for the whole store , with about 60 or 70 people in. Also they had these security guards who looked like they where about to start a riot.

kids · November 27th, 2005, 12:14 AM

I'm going there tommorow to get my ipod fixed, do you know if they have a repairing section in the shop. I'm trying to find out whether they'll send it off or not, or fix it in the store.

andysimo123 · November 27th, 2005, 12:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Kids in the riot

I'm going there tommorow to get my ipod fixed, do you know if they have a repairing section in the shop. I'm trying to find out whether they'll send it off or not, or fix it in the store.

Dont bother going in the store its gets way too busy. I'd go one night when its not mad. I didnt see a repair place your'll have to ask.

kids · November 27th, 2005, 12:21 AM

cheers andy, i've gotta send it off before my warranty ends. SO im trying to find the quickest method, in store or via the internet.

andysimo123 · November 27th, 2005, 12:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kids in the riot

cheers andy, i've gotta send it off before my warranty ends. SO im trying to find the quickest method, in store or via the internet.

Ye i'd go the store then as quick as possible. With NO warranty its like £70 to have it fixed!!

Northbeach · November 27th, 2005, 01:23 AM

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It's on Brown Street off Market Street next to the post office.
It opened about four months ago now...

Christ, this place has been open over a year - at least.
Cracking little store, with a top little coffee shop in the basement.

caw123 · November 27th, 2005, 11:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bim

It's on Brown Street off Market Street next to the post office.
It opened about four months ago now it think.
I'd recommend it instead of badly stocked, overpriced shops like HMV and Music Zone.
Just to think, Music Zone was like the leader of cheaper priced music just a few years ago...sparse stock now with the prices of new cd's creeping up too.

It's been open at least 18 months I reckon. Great place. Louder than Bombs for a fiver and you're laughing.

bobthebuilder · November 27th, 2005, 02:56 PM

manchester is behind nottingham for retail, so it begs the question what does it have to do to get ahead of a city that is top of the food chain in retail right now...

doka..dan · November 27th, 2005, 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by bobthebuilder

manchester is behind nottingham for retail, so it begs the question what does it have to do to get ahead of a city that is top of the food chain in retail right now...

What!!!!!!!!!...... you could fit nottingham city centre inside the trafford centre tenfold!!!!!!!!!

In 2 Years time...WESTFIELD(an Australian retail development company are going to build your city a £200mill retail centre......once they are finished in Derby*/Bradford...)

PS the best shop at the trafford centre must be the trafford tavern..they serve a lovely pint of guinness!!!!

*MPB got the R.C package.....40,000 metre cube of concrete....LOVELY!!!!!!!!!!

highriser · November 27th, 2005, 04:06 PM

The ground floor unit at the 1 Portland St is being fitted out it say's Dainese is opening soon .

Bim · November 27th, 2005, 05:36 PM

Yeah i thought i might have been predicting the opening of Fopp wrong.
I was trying my best...

kids · November 27th, 2005, 05:59 PM

Result! Went to the Apple store today, they gave me a new ipod instead of going through all the hassel of getting in fixed.

andysimo123 · November 28th, 2005, 01:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kids in the riot

Result! Went to the Apple store today, they gave me a new ipod instead of going through all the hassel of getting in fixed.

Thats Mint!!! Was it dead busy and what did you think of the store?

kids · November 28th, 2005, 10:54 AM

/\ loved it, full of gagets and gizmos. I just don't like the fact that it's in the Trafford centre, they should've opened on King Street where Next moved out.

andysimo123 · November 28th, 2005, 04:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kids in the riot

/\ loved it, full of gagets and gizmos. I just don't like the fact that it's in the Trafford centre, they should've opened on King Street where Next moved out.

Ye theres also afew spots along market street where stores have closed. Next being one, littlewoods is finally closing and so has Allsports. Has anything replaced that next store yet or is it just sitting empty. Hopefully Apple will open a larger store in the centre of town!! I recon it will happen at the end of next year.

Manc Guy · November 28th, 2005, 06:11 PM

Allsports are selling up to miles better JD i think...

There all shutting down...TC is in the process, altricham has been gone for about a month...Best mate lost his part time job din he

November 26th, 2005, 11:53 PM	#43
kids Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 9,760 Likes (Received): 73	/\ hahaha, yeh, it opened ages ago on brown street. __________________ “the city is redundant: it repeats itself so that something will stick in the mind... memory is redundant: it repeats itself so that the city can begin to exist.”.

November 27th, 2005, 12:14 AM	#46
kids Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 9,760 Likes (Received): 73	I'm going there tommorow to get my ipod fixed, do you know if they have a repairing section in the shop. I'm trying to find out whether they'll send it off or not, or fix it in the store. __________________ “the city is redundant: it repeats itself so that something will stick in the mind... memory is redundant: it repeats itself so that the city can begin to exist.”.

November 27th, 2005, 12:21 AM	#48
kids Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 9,760 Likes (Received): 73	cheers andy, i've gotta send it off before my warranty ends. SO im trying to find the quickest method, in store or via the internet. __________________ “the city is redundant: it repeats itself so that something will stick in the mind... memory is redundant: it repeats itself so that the city can begin to exist.”.

November 27th, 2005, 05:59 PM	#56
kids Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 9,760 Likes (Received): 73	Result! Went to the Apple store today, they gave me a new ipod instead of going through all the hassel of getting in fixed. __________________ “the city is redundant: it repeats itself so that something will stick in the mind... memory is redundant: it repeats itself so that the city can begin to exist.”.

November 28th, 2005, 10:54 AM	#58
kids Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 9,760 Likes (Received): 73	/\ loved it, full of gagets and gizmos. I just don't like the fact that it's in the Trafford centre, they should've opened on King Street where Next moved out. __________________ “the city is redundant: it repeats itself so that something will stick in the mind... memory is redundant: it repeats itself so that the city can begin to exist.”.

November 26th, 2005, 09:37 PM	#41
Bim Music is my lover. Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Manchester Posts: 440 Likes (Received): 0	Yeah...it's vintage clothes brought in from different places. Well not all of it, but i presumed it was second hand or faulty like the items in Pop Boutique or Rags To Bitches. I may be wrong on this occasion though...i don't know.

November 26th, 2005, 11:49 PM	#42
dgnr8 Mmm, Danone Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Manchester Posts: 1,778 Likes (Received): 5	Eh? We've got a Fopp? When did that open? I really have been away for too long now.

November 26th, 2005, 11:58 PM	#44
Bim Music is my lover. Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Manchester Posts: 440 Likes (Received): 0	It's on Brown Street off Market Street next to the post office. It opened about four months ago now it think. I'd recommend it instead of badly stocked, overpriced shops like HMV and Music Zone. Just to think, Music Zone was like the leader of cheaper priced music just a few years ago...sparse stock now with the prices of new cd's creeping up too. Anyway miserable, negative comments done and dusted!

November 27th, 2005, 12:05 AM	#45
andysimo123 wind-up merchant Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,877 Likes (Received): 8	I went in the Apple store in the Trafford Centre today and I am glad I didnt get a job there because I wasnt very impressed. I was looking foward to going in there as I havent been in their before and when I got in the place was tiny. Also the staff are ment to be the best staff around were they fuck! There were about 5 staff for the whole store , with about 60 or 70 people in. Also they had these security guards who looked like they where about to start a riot.

November 27th, 2005, 02:56 PM	#52
bobthebuilder BANNED Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: nottingham the worlds best city Posts: 135 Likes (Received): 0	manchester is behind nottingham for retail, so it begs the question what does it have to do to get ahead of a city that is top of the food chain in retail right now...

November 27th, 2005, 04:06 PM	#54
highriser Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 4,235 Likes (Received): 3	The ground floor unit at the 1 Portland St is being fitted out it say's Dainese is opening soon .

November 27th, 2005, 05:36 PM	#55
Bim Music is my lover. Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Manchester Posts: 440 Likes (Received): 0	Yeah i thought i might have been predicting the opening of Fopp wrong. I was trying my best...

November 28th, 2005, 06:11 PM	#60
Manc Guy I'm sure ting 'blad'! Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 3,749 Likes (Received): 2	Allsports are selling up to miles better JD i think... There all shutting down...TC is in the process, altricham has been gone for about a month...Best mate lost his part time job din he

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