If you increase the prices and dont bother putting price tags on, what do you expect?

honey!oh sugar sugar. wrote:
If you increase the prices and dont bother putting price tags on, what do you expect?

www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-44446576

It's the much smaller Poundworld that is going bust,not Poundland.

honey!oh sugar sugar. wrote:
If you increase the prices and dont bother putting price tags on, what do you expect?

Really, I thought that everything was a £1? It has been going since 1974, who knew? I thought it was about 10 years old at the most.

It's PoundWORLD that has gone bust. Careful guys, PoundLAND are very litigious.

Silent Minority wrote:
honey!oh sugar sugar. wrote:
If you increase the prices and dont bother putting price tags on, what do you expect?

www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-44446576

It's the much smaller Poundworld that is going bust,not Poundland.

Of course. That is what I meant. The names are interchangeable in my befuddled mind.

Robbie, both versions have been selling higher price things for a long time now, and nobody I know can be bothered with the confusion. (It could be just in a couple of places though, but it certainly seems deliberate.)

Even when things are a pound, you have to do mathematical gymnastics to work out the comparative cost because they sell smaller sizes. (Diane Abbot.. Don't bother!)

It’s Poundworld that’s in difficulty not Poundland. They’re totally unconnected.

Surely to not be absorbed into or rebranded House of Fraser?

honey!oh sugar sugar. wrote:
If you increase the prices and dont bother putting price tags on, what do you expect?

The real reason is that most of the junk they sell is sourced overseas, and the exchange rate has collapsed - mainly due to thick PoundWORLD customers voting Brexit ! (but they are too stupid to understand that !)

The rapid growth in sales (at little profit margin) encouraged massive store expansion (on borrowed money)

In The Know wrote:
honey!oh sugar sugar. wrote:
If you increase the prices and dont bother putting price tags on, what do you expect?

The real reason is that most of the junk they sell is sourced overseas, and the exchange rate has collapsed - mainly due to thick PoundWORLD customers voting Brexit ! (but they are too stupid to understand that !)

The rapid growth in sales (at little profit margin) encouraged massive store expansion (on borrowed money)

If that was the case, wouldn't all of them go under? The same applies to them all.

How do you know Poundworld customers voted to leave?
And wouldn't stuff from China be unaffected?

In The Know wrote:
honey!oh sugar sugar. wrote:
If you increase the prices and dont bother putting price tags on, what do you expect?

The real reason is that most of the junk they sell is sourced overseas, and the exchange rate has collapsed - mainly due to thick PoundWORLD customers voting Brexit ! (but they are too stupid to understand that !)

The rapid growth in sales (at little profit margin) encouraged massive store expansion (on borrowed money)

Never stepped inside a PoundWorld or Pound Land. I'm sure you can get a lot of things cheaper in the supermarkets.

I get my pet supplies in Wilko.

honey!oh sugar sugar. wrote:


If that was the case, wouldn't all of them go under? The same applies to them all.

Not entirely ... the rapid expansion (on borrowed money) tipped them off the cliff.

Others will probably follow shortly ....

Ged D. wrote:
It’s Poundworld that’s in difficulty not Poundland. They’re totally unconnected.

Well, they're not 'totally' unconnected. They've both got 'pound' in their names.


Poundland seem a bit confused about their brand these days, because they include stuff for £2, £5 and even £10 along with the £1 items. It doesn't really work.

Poundland bought out their rival 99p Stores. So they can do what they want.

andrew wrote:
Poundland bought out their rival 99p Stores. So they can do what they want.

Yes, they seem to have made 99p stores almost as crap as poundland is.

I shall miss poundworld because its just about the only place to get decent soap now, and its always handy for emergency butties.

honey!oh sugar sugar. wrote:
I shall miss poundworld - its just about the only place to get decent soap now

May I enquire as to what planet do you currently live on?

Sarah Myers wrote:
honey!oh sugar sugar. wrote:
I shall miss poundworld - its just about the only place to get decent soap now

May I enquire as to what planet do you currently live on?

One in which I dont like or cant use the over perfumed or detergent based soaps which are currently all that is stocked in supermarkets (and with limited choice) and a world in which I prefer plain old Knights Castile and lux, which Poundworld tend to stock.

Like thousands of other outlets.