Colocho Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 Nice to see the anti-Ashley boycott of his retail outlets has finally cost some folk their jobs . . . sorry, started to take effect. Congrats to all those involved. It would be Ashley's decision to shut the store. Funny that there's a Sports Direct store in the Mall selling NUFC shirts £20 cheaper. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarrenBartonCentrePartin Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 late to the party, but Dixy Chicken > KFC Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 So it's just because Sports Direct is upstairs, and nothing to do with the fact that we have another two stores (one of which is a megastore) in Newcastle, and two in the Metro Centre as well? It's extra money that needn't be spent. The staff will probably be moved to another store. Any excuse to have a go Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 late to the party, but Dixy Chicken > KFC Agreed, loved the one on Chilly road when i lived near there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 It's probably closing because not enough people buy stuff there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colocho Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 So it's just because Sports Direct is upstairs, and nothing to do with the fact that we have another two stores (one of which is a megastore) in Newcastle, and two in the Metro Centre as well? It's extra money that needn't be spent. The staff will probably be moved to another store. Any excuse to have a go Yeah, we all know how much you love Sports Direct. Give it a rest. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 So it's just because Sports Direct is upstairs, and nothing to do with the fact that we have another two stores (one of which is a megastore) in Newcastle, and two in the Metro Centre as well? It's extra money that needn't be spent. The staff will probably be moved to another store. Any excuse to have a go Yeah, we all know how much you love Sports Direct. Give it a rest. People aren't spending money there, we have another four stores in and around the city - I really don't see what the big problem is. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarrenBartonCentrePartin Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 late to the party, but Dixy Chicken > KFC Agreed, loved the one on Chilly road when i lived near there. Oh yes! Megamix meal (chuck drink in bin) + 2 litre of irn-bru from the Spar further up = perfect hangover cure. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jill Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Oh well, Ashley has a Sports Direct on the First Floor. Since when was there a Sports Direct on the first floor? I haven't been since it was JJB - how long ago was that?! I went shopping with the fella before Christmas for some trainers and we went in there, went upstairs, saw the Sports Direct logo and were like 'errr.. when the hell did that happen?!' Had a quick look anyway and it was full of tat as expected, so we moved on somewhere else. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Icke - Son of God Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Oh well, Ashley has a Sports Direct on the First Floor. Since when was there a Sports Direct on the first floor? I haven't been since it was JJB - how long ago was that?! I went shopping with the fella before Christmas for some trainers and we went in there, went upstairs, saw the Sports Direct logo and were like 'errr.. when the hell did that happen?!' Had a quick look anyway and it was full of tat as expected, so we moved on somewhere else. Does it still have that pointless fucking football court in the middle of the store? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jill Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Oh well, Ashley has a Sports Direct on the First Floor. Since when was there a Sports Direct on the first floor? I haven't been since it was JJB - how long ago was that?! I went shopping with the fella before Christmas for some trainers and we went in there, went upstairs, saw the Sports Direct logo and were like 'errr.. when the hell did that happen?!' Had a quick look anyway and it was full of tat as expected, so we moved on somewhere else. Does it still have that pointless fucking football court in the middle of the store? I didn't notice, actually. Used to randomly turn up there sometimes with my mates when we were younger but we were always scared of the charvs who would be hanging around. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wormy Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Football court in the middle of the store? Reminds me of the old half basketball court, half football court that the JJB in Ipswich used to have Was awesome. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobby_solano Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Football court in the middle of the store? Reminds me of the old half basketball court, half football court that the JJB in Ipswich used to have Was awesome. the one at gateshead team valley had both the fitba court and the basketball one. was class like Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarrenBartonCentrePartin Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 the one in the Team Valley had both football and basketball courts. Used to always be kids scrapping as games of 'wembley singles' took place. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colocho Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 Closing down sale in the Club Shop in the Metro Centre? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 I'm not sure if that's your case, but most big clubs don't actually control their club stores directly, they are franchises operated by whoever you have sold your merchandising rights to (Nike in Barça's case for example, and I amusingly work for the company that operates Real Madrid's ones ). Since your owner already controls a sports chain he might have kept control of them, mind, but most big clubs don't. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowlingcrofty Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 Monument Mall is closing as the lease was up and the owners of the Mall seemingly had no interest in keeping NUFC there (plus lease prices were outrageous). The Mall store used to be the biggest earner for NUFC but for various reasons is the one to go. Couple of staff have been moved elsewhere, most are being made redundant. Store in the Metro Centre is closing for refurbishment and will reopen. Btw they are all owned and run by the club, not franchisees as above Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 Monument Mall is closing as the lease was up and the owners of the Mall seemingly had no interest in keeping NUFC there (plus lease prices were outrageous). The Mall store used to be the biggest earner for NUFC but for various reasons is the one to go. Couple of staff have been moved elsewhere, most are being made redundant. Store in the Metro Centre is closing for refurbishment and will reopen. Btw they are all owned and run by the club, not franchisees as above Monument mall's management always surprises at how incapable they are of doing their job. The old Boots store has been empty for years with no one coming to an agreement for the place, the old Virgin Megastore (now Peacocks) took ages for them to get a tenant despite it having a main entrance on Northumberland street, that alone should have seen it snapped up within a month or so. I've recently heard that a few years ago they rejected the idea of turning the whole mall into a massive NEXT because they were "unsure". The NUFC store in the mall has a weird layout, and isn't exactly huge, so I struggle to see anyone willing to snap it up fast, especially when they have a better layout store where Boots used to be thats been available for about 5 years. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
biggs Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 Monument Mall is closing as the lease was up and the owners of the Mall seemingly had no interest in keeping NUFC there (plus lease prices were outrageous). The Mall store used to be the biggest earner for NUFC but for various reasons is the one to go. Couple of staff have been moved elsewhere, most are being made redundant. Store in the Metro Centre is closing for refurbishment and will reopen. Btw they are all owned and run by the club, not franchisees as above So does that mean the Eldon Sq Northumberland st store will be the only one in the city centre apart from the ground . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colocho Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 Nothing to do with the amount of Sports Direct's in the city/Ashley being owner. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 Nothing to do with the amount of Sports Direct's in the city/Ashley being owner. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 Give over man. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colocho Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 I knew that would get a reaction from one of you two! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 Monument Mall is closing as the lease was up and the owners of the Mall seemingly had no interest in keeping NUFC there (plus lease prices were outrageous). The Mall store used to be the biggest earner for NUFC but for various reasons is the one to go. Couple of staff have been moved elsewhere, most are being made redundant. Store in the Metro Centre is closing for refurbishment and will reopen. Btw they are all owned and run by the club, not franchisees as above So does that mean the Eldon Sq Northumberland st store will be the only one in the city centre apart from the ground . Yeah but remember, most clubs only have one store, at the ground, some might have a city centre store. We will still have 3 stores within Tyneside. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colocho Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 Five Sports Direct stores within a 3.3 mile radius of SJP. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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