Hull City Centre - Retail - Page 16

legolamb · May 1st, 2010, 10:48 PM

Why are you all for it?

Jhull10 · May 2nd, 2010, 11:12 PM

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Originally Posted by acwalby

Seriously? £25-35 just for a cheaply made t-shirt is very expensive.

What!!!! £25-£35 is not expensive! I understand some fail to justify paying that sort of money, when you can get similar in places such as primark. But you cant compare primark to cult in quality, primark is aiming at the cheap disposable fashion market whereas Cult is aiming at a totally different market. But just from all of your comments on here, the majority think £25-£35 is expensive and would prefer going to primark!? This again proves my point of high quality retailers will fail to come to Hull. The people in Hull would fail to pay such prices which you would expect to pay in high quaility retailers which are common place in leeds. Imagine a retailer such as ted baker opening here with t-shirts costing £40-£50 the shop would close in a month!

Cult will do very well here i think, i would fail to see it as a chavy brand which is a great selling point for the normal non chavs out there! Henleys on the other hand is the chav must have at the mo, now that is overpriced branded clothing!

bighead · May 2nd, 2010, 11:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Jhull10

This again proves my point of high quality retailers will fail to come to Hull. The people in Hull would fail to pay such prices which you would expect to pay in high quaility retailers which are common place in leeds. Imagine a retailer such as ted baker opening here with t-shirts costing £40-£50 the shop would close in a month!

Cult will do very well here i think, i would fail to see it as a chavy brand which is a great selling point for the normal non chavs out there!

i dont think this board is representitive of the people of hull. i'd guess that by its nature it attracts old men/ less confident type/ don't really care about image types. no offence intended

Pippin0490 · May 3rd, 2010, 12:02 AM

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Originally Posted by bighead

i dont think this board is representitive of the people of hull. i'd guess that by its nature it attracts old men/ less confident type/ don't really care about image types. no offence intended

No offence taken. I actually tick two of the three boxes!

LackofColour · May 3rd, 2010, 12:35 AM

Judging by the amounts of views threads get i'm sure there's a whole bunch of people lurking them, it'd be nice for a few of them to join up to give a better representation of the people of Hull.

livin' hull · May 3rd, 2010, 11:38 AM

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Originally Posted by bighead

i dont think this board is representitive of the people of hull. i'd guess that by its nature it attracts old men/ less confident type/ don't really care about image types. no offence intended

Lol. What's your idea of old??

As for not typical of Hull, I'd agree.... The people on this forum are on the whole positive about new developments and seem relatively educated!

As for clothing it's all personal choice.. As I pointed out earlier it's the branding your buying at £25+ but at v.low prices you're offsetting quality for cost... Personally I'll always go for quality over cost...

But let's get back to the point... A new retail offering is good news.

By the way, has anyone got any opinion on how the "fashion week" has been going? Works got in the way of visits to the city centre... Bar the weekly visit to Tescos...

Dazzar86 · May 3rd, 2010, 09:55 PM

Girl, 15, has emergency operation after tongue piercing

Reece-Marie Hall, 15, had emergency surgery after having her tongue pierced at Classic in Savile Street
A teenage girl needed emergency surgery after having her tongue pierced.

Reece-Marie Hall was taken by ambulance to Hull Royal Infirmary after a vein apparently ruptured.

The girl paid £15 for a silver bar piercing at Classic, in Saville Street, Hull city centre to celebrate her birthday.

But the 15-year-old, of north Hull, was left with blood dripping from her mouth.

She told the Mail "At first my tongue didn't bleed, but after I left the shop was tongue started pouring with blood. I kept choking."

Reece-Marie returned to the piercing shop, where staff gave her some gauze.

She later called into Body Art in Princes Quay Shopping Centre, where she was earlier refused a piercing because she did not have parental consent.

Staff instructed her to go to hospital.

Reece-Marie, of north Hull, said: "I went home to my mum who called an ambulance. I was really scared."

On reaching hospital, Reece-Marie was immediately sent for surgery to remove the piercing stuck in her tongue.

She said: "The doctors put me to sleep using an oxygen mask, which kept filling up with blood, and they surgically removed the bar."

Her mother Leeanne Hall, 35, said: "I called an ambulance and Reece-Marie was taken to hospital while I tried to find someone to look after my two young boys.

"I had a phone call off the surgeon saying I would have to come down straightaway and sign a consent form for surgery.

"When I got there I nearly passed out there was so much blood.

"Reece-Marie now has a lisp and I can't always understand what she's saying. I hope it isn't a permanent thing."

Reece-Marie, who also has trouble eating following her ordeal, is on three types of medication.

She said: "I am taking iron because I lost too much blood and I am also on antibiotics and paracetamol.

"My tongue is not as swollen as it was, but it has stitches in it and it's very painful."

The Mail contacted Steve Rowe, of Classic, who confirmed he carried out the piercing.

But he blames the teenager for her ordeal, insisting she must have "interfered" with the piercing after leaving the shop.

He said: "She was on our premises for at least 10 minutes after she had the tongue pierced, she paid me and she left happy.

"She didn't come back for about half an hour, and when she did I applied minimal pressure for about one minute and the bleeding did stop.

"But she wouldn't leave it alone and kept making it worse. I think she took the bar out herself and put another bar in. She didn't like the size of it."

Mr Rowe said he was adamant he had not caused Reece-Marie's injury.

He said: "I have been doing this for 30 years and before I puncture the tongue I check for veins and turn away two to three people a day because their veins are in the way.

"It's a mystery, because she stayed on the premises for 10 minutes after with no ill effects."

A spokesman for Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust confirmed Reece-Marie was admitted into hospital and underwent emergency surgery.

A spokesman for Hull City Council said its Environmental Health department had been informed about the incident.

Tattooing and piercing parlours are covered by the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provision) Act 1982.

Under the act, people offering tattooing and piercing need to be registered with the local authority, as do the premises.

The act covers sterilisation procedures on the premises and looks at the cleanliness of operations.

However, unlike tattoos, legal guidelines do not impose a minimum age for body piercings.

Tracy Harsley, head of Citysafe at Hull City Council, said: "There is no lower age limit for skin piercing, but when we register operators who provide piercing services we recommend they don't pierce young people under the age of 16 without consent from a parent or carer."

Reece-Marie's mother said she was surprised her daughter was able to get her tongue pierced.

She said: "I didn't think she would be able to get it done because she's under 16, but I understand she told the guy in Classic she was 16 years old and he believed her."

East Hull solicitor Neil Hudgell confirmed his legal firm had been instructed by the family and they are considering a legal claim against Classic.

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Could be one less shop on Savile Street soon. I saw a group on Facebook demanding 'Classic' be shut down, about a week or so ago. Lots of messages on the wall saying they'd had piercings and tattoos go wrong there and said the guy never asks for age of consent and pervs on all the girls and acts real seedy towards women etc

bighead · May 3rd, 2010, 10:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Dazzar86

East Hull solicitor Neil Hudgell confirmed his legal firm had been instructed by the family and they are considering a legal claim against Classic.

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Could be one less shop on Savile Street soon. I saw a group on Facebook demanding 'Classic' be shut down, about a week or so ago. Lots of messages on the wall saying they'd had piercings and tattoos go wrong there and said the guy never asks for age of consent and pervs on all the girls and acts real seedy towards women etc

to continue my rant from another thread... the final line of that story instantly removes any credibility they had, which incidentally was already minimal given that its a 15 year old from north hull getting a pearcing without parental consent. still this is the kind of shithouse "journalism" that will result in this business having to close

Digital09 · May 3rd, 2010, 11:56 PM

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Originally Posted by bighead

to continue my rant from another thread... the final line of that story instantly removes any credibility they had, which incidentally was already minimal given that its a 15 year old from north hull getting a pearcing without parental consent. still this is the kind of shithouse "journalism" that will result in this business having to close

its yet another example of the "its everyone else's fault but mine" culture we now live in.

the whole article is a joke: "she now has a lisp" was she having the tongue pierced to improve her diction then?? and she now has to shock horror take an over the counter paracetamol and an iron tablet in the short-term...hardly like she's in a critical condition is it.

The Hull Daily Mail shouldn't be allowed to wreck someones business reputation so quickly like that without investigating the facts.

quite why everyone in Hull wishes to go round pierced and tatooed all over like they're in some jungle tribe remains a mystery to me!

Bushy_Badger · May 4th, 2010, 12:57 AM

There is only one reason girls get there tounges pierced, her mother wants to be ashamed of herself.

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She told the Mail "At first my tongue didn't bleed, but after I left the shop was tongue started pouring with blood. I kept choking."

Cue punchline.

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East Hull solicitor Neil Hudgell confirmed his legal firm had been instructed by the family and they are considering a legal claim against Classic.

Maybe if he concentrated more on his rugby team they wouldn't get thumped most weeks.

up the tigers · May 4th, 2010, 10:42 PM

The discount bookshop in Prospect Centre is closing down. Strange really as it always seems fairly busy but i suppose at £2 a book takings cant be that high.

ChrisG (Hull) · May 5th, 2010, 11:17 AM

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Originally Posted by up the tigers

The discount bookshop in Prospect Centre is closing down. Strange really as it always seems fairly busy but i suppose at £2 a book takings cant be that high.

I'd take that with a pinch of salt - they're the type that are always having 'closing down sales'

LackofColour · May 5th, 2010, 10:21 PM

http://www.humberbusiness.com/news/C...l/article.html

'Cult will put Hull on retailers' radar'

MORE retailers could be attracted to Hull by the opening of fashion store Cult, according to the chief executive of the group behind the chain.

Speaking exclusively to the Mail, Julian Dunkerton, who is also the founding partner of SuperGroup plc, says he is keen to highlight any success the fashion store has in Hull, with other shops certain to "pick up on it".

Cult opened last week at St Stephen's shopping centre on Ferensway.

The shop, stocking the hugely successful and popular brand Superdry, occupies a prominent 7,800sqft unit at the front of the centre.

Mr Dunkerton told the Mail he believed Cult would lure both shoppers and other retailers to Hull.

He said: "We are offering a real point of difference for Hull.

"Cult is a destination store and I am absolutely convinced people will divert to Hull as a result.

"Generally where we go other retailers follow – it starts a whole chain reaction.

"As long as it goes well in Hull, I will be putting that message out in the press and other retailers will pick up on it.

"It will put Hull on their radar."

acwalby · May 6th, 2010, 07:44 PM

Regarding Cult again...

I'm 24-years old. As a sensible human being I could simply not justify spending £35 on a t-shirt or £175 on a jacket I could get for much less from another retailer.

There is nothing to suggest that a £175 jacket from Cult is any better than a £60 jacket from another high street retailer. In most cases you are paying a lot more money for the popular label and nothing else.

I think I dress quite well and don't look like a tramp but at the same time am not bothered whether or not my clothes are 'in' or whether my t-shirt has a little crocodile on it.

I do support high quality retailers coming to Hull.

legolamb · May 6th, 2010, 07:51 PM

I'm getting into Langers chic. Do they do hi-viz jackets at Cult?

Digital09 · May 9th, 2010, 07:47 PM

Just as StStephens has finally filled its most prominent unit...they go and undo all the good work by allowing a market stall selling pick and mix outside the centre!

what is with all the tat stalls? surely they can't be bringing in that much revenue?...not compared to how much they cheapen the centre's image.

bighead · May 9th, 2010, 08:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Digital09

Just as StStephens has finally filled its most prominent unit...they go and undo all the good work by allowing a market stall selling pick and mix outside the centre!

what is with all the tat stalls? surely they can't be bringing in that much revenue?...not compared to how much they cheapen the centre's image.

i blame the new centre manager, the one who decided its now a shopping centre. walking through st stephens is a bloody nightmare at the minute

acwalby · May 9th, 2010, 09:46 PM

I agree. The stalls sell nothing but rubbush and must go.

Riki9 · May 9th, 2010, 10:39 PM

Perhaps these concerns should be voiced to the manager of the centre. Seems like a legitimate enough complaint to me. Even a justification for the presence of the stalls would be nice.

Also, the St Stephens website seems to have been redesigned since I was last on there, though I don't doubt I'm a bit behind on that one.

Hapsburg · May 11th, 2010, 03:01 PM

More opinions from the people of Hull ? Ok here's mine

Cult will be a great addition to the city and will do very well . Personally I won't be shopping there but at the wrong side of 40 I don't really do fashion and have no interest in looking like everybody else .

You might be surprised how many people in the city are into 'labels' and how many go to Leeds or Manchester for things that aren't available in Hull . £25 for a T-shirt is not a problem , nor £175 for a jacket .

As for the person talking about sweatshops in India and China regarding Tesco and Primark , where do you think every other retailer gets their clothes made ?

Is the gym open yet ?

May 6th, 2010, 07:44 PM	#314
acwalby Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Kingston upon Hull Posts: 316 Likes (Received): 1	Regarding Cult again... I'm 24-years old. As a sensible human being I could simply not justify spending £35 on a t-shirt or £175 on a jacket I could get for much less from another retailer. There is nothing to suggest that a £175 jacket from Cult is any better than a £60 jacket from another high street retailer. In most cases you are paying a lot more money for the popular label and nothing else. I think I dress quite well and don't look like a tramp but at the same time am not bothered whether or not my clothes are 'in' or whether my t-shirt has a little crocodile on it. I do support high quality retailers coming to Hull. __________________ View my City of Kingston upon Hull set on flickr

May 9th, 2010, 09:46 PM	#318
acwalby Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Kingston upon Hull Posts: 316 Likes (Received): 1	I agree. The stalls sell nothing but rubbush and must go. __________________ View my City of Kingston upon Hull set on flickr

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May 1st, 2010, 10:48 PM	#301
legolamb Advance Kingstonia! Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 5,771 Likes (Received): 9	Why are you all for it?

May 3rd, 2010, 12:35 AM	#305
LackofColour Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Cottingham Posts: 406 Likes (Received): 0	Judging by the amounts of views threads get i'm sure there's a whole bunch of people lurking them, it'd be nice for a few of them to join up to give a better representation of the people of Hull.

May 3rd, 2010, 09:55 PM	#307
Dazzar86 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Hull Posts: 2,427 Likes (Received): 0	Girl, 15, has emergency operation after tongue piercing Reece-Marie Hall, 15, had emergency surgery after having her tongue pierced at Classic in Savile Street A teenage girl needed emergency surgery after having her tongue pierced. Reece-Marie Hall was taken by ambulance to Hull Royal Infirmary after a vein apparently ruptured. The girl paid £15 for a silver bar piercing at Classic, in Saville Street, Hull city centre to celebrate her birthday. But the 15-year-old, of north Hull, was left with blood dripping from her mouth. She told the Mail "At first my tongue didn't bleed, but after I left the shop was tongue started pouring with blood. I kept choking." Reece-Marie returned to the piercing shop, where staff gave her some gauze. She later called into Body Art in Princes Quay Shopping Centre, where she was earlier refused a piercing because she did not have parental consent. Staff instructed her to go to hospital. Reece-Marie, of north Hull, said: "I went home to my mum who called an ambulance. I was really scared." On reaching hospital, Reece-Marie was immediately sent for surgery to remove the piercing stuck in her tongue. She said: "The doctors put me to sleep using an oxygen mask, which kept filling up with blood, and they surgically removed the bar." Her mother Leeanne Hall, 35, said: "I called an ambulance and Reece-Marie was taken to hospital while I tried to find someone to look after my two young boys. "I had a phone call off the surgeon saying I would have to come down straightaway and sign a consent form for surgery. "When I got there I nearly passed out there was so much blood. "Reece-Marie now has a lisp and I can't always understand what she's saying. I hope it isn't a permanent thing." Reece-Marie, who also has trouble eating following her ordeal, is on three types of medication. She said: "I am taking iron because I lost too much blood and I am also on antibiotics and paracetamol. "My tongue is not as swollen as it was, but it has stitches in it and it's very painful." The Mail contacted Steve Rowe, of Classic, who confirmed he carried out the piercing. But he blames the teenager for her ordeal, insisting she must have "interfered" with the piercing after leaving the shop. He said: "She was on our premises for at least 10 minutes after she had the tongue pierced, she paid me and she left happy. "She didn't come back for about half an hour, and when she did I applied minimal pressure for about one minute and the bleeding did stop. "But she wouldn't leave it alone and kept making it worse. I think she took the bar out herself and put another bar in. She didn't like the size of it." Mr Rowe said he was adamant he had not caused Reece-Marie's injury. He said: "I have been doing this for 30 years and before I puncture the tongue I check for veins and turn away two to three people a day because their veins are in the way. "It's a mystery, because she stayed on the premises for 10 minutes after with no ill effects." A spokesman for Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust confirmed Reece-Marie was admitted into hospital and underwent emergency surgery. A spokesman for Hull City Council said its Environmental Health department had been informed about the incident. Tattooing and piercing parlours are covered by the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provision) Act 1982. Under the act, people offering tattooing and piercing need to be registered with the local authority, as do the premises. The act covers sterilisation procedures on the premises and looks at the cleanliness of operations. However, unlike tattoos, legal guidelines do not impose a minimum age for body piercings. Tracy Harsley, head of Citysafe at Hull City Council, said: "There is no lower age limit for skin piercing, but when we register operators who provide piercing services we recommend they don't pierce young people under the age of 16 without consent from a parent or carer." Reece-Marie's mother said she was surprised her daughter was able to get her tongue pierced. She said: "I didn't think she would be able to get it done because she's under 16, but I understand she told the guy in Classic she was 16 years old and he believed her." East Hull solicitor Neil Hudgell confirmed his legal firm had been instructed by the family and they are considering a legal claim against Classic. --------------------------------------------------------------- Could be one less shop on Savile Street soon. I saw a group on Facebook demanding 'Classic' be shut down, about a week or so ago. Lots of messages on the wall saying they'd had piercings and tattoos go wrong there and said the guy never asks for age of consent and pervs on all the girls and acts real seedy towards women etc

May 4th, 2010, 10:42 PM	#311
up the tigers Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Kingston Upon Hull Posts: 3,295 Likes (Received): 0	The discount bookshop in Prospect Centre is closing down. Strange really as it always seems fairly busy but i suppose at £2 a book takings cant be that high.

May 5th, 2010, 10:21 PM	#313
LackofColour Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Cottingham Posts: 406 Likes (Received): 0	http://www.humberbusiness.com/news/C...l/article.html 'Cult will put Hull on retailers' radar' MORE retailers could be attracted to Hull by the opening of fashion store Cult, according to the chief executive of the group behind the chain. Speaking exclusively to the Mail, Julian Dunkerton, who is also the founding partner of SuperGroup plc, says he is keen to highlight any success the fashion store has in Hull, with other shops certain to "pick up on it". Cult opened last week at St Stephen's shopping centre on Ferensway. The shop, stocking the hugely successful and popular brand Superdry, occupies a prominent 7,800sqft unit at the front of the centre. Mr Dunkerton told the Mail he believed Cult would lure both shoppers and other retailers to Hull. He said: "We are offering a real point of difference for Hull. "Cult is a destination store and I am absolutely convinced people will divert to Hull as a result. "Generally where we go other retailers follow – it starts a whole chain reaction. "As long as it goes well in Hull, I will be putting that message out in the press and other retailers will pick up on it. "It will put Hull on their radar."

May 6th, 2010, 07:51 PM	#315
legolamb Advance Kingstonia! Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 5,771 Likes (Received): 9	I'm getting into Langers chic. Do they do hi-viz jackets at Cult?

May 9th, 2010, 07:47 PM	#316
Digital09 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 144 Likes (Received): 0	Just as StStephens has finally filled its most prominent unit...they go and undo all the good work by allowing a market stall selling pick and mix outside the centre! what is with all the tat stalls? surely they can't be bringing in that much revenue?...not compared to how much they cheapen the centre's image.

May 9th, 2010, 10:39 PM	#319
Riki9 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Hull Posts: 387 Likes (Received): 0	Perhaps these concerns should be voiced to the manager of the centre. Seems like a legitimate enough complaint to me. Even a justification for the presence of the stalls would be nice. Also, the St Stephens website seems to have been redesigned since I was last on there, though I don't doubt I'm a bit behind on that one.

May 11th, 2010, 03:01 PM	#320
Hapsburg Registered User Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 3 Likes (Received): 0	More opinions from the people of Hull ? Ok here's mine Cult will be a great addition to the city and will do very well . Personally I won't be shopping there but at the wrong side of 40 I don't really do fashion and have no interest in looking like everybody else . You might be surprised how many people in the city are into 'labels' and how many go to Leeds or Manchester for things that aren't available in Hull . £25 for a T-shirt is not a problem , nor £175 for a jacket . As for the person talking about sweatshops in India and China regarding Tesco and Primark , where do you think every other retailer gets their clothes made ? Is the gym open yet ?