Re: Maplin stores
It's interesting to note that in the retail-park which once hosted my nearest [an hour's round-trip-drive from here] Maplin store, since Maplin folded the following other businesses have folded:
Laura Ashley
Homebase
Mothercare
Early Learning Centre
Staples
Frankie&Bennys.
And a couple of furniture/bed retailers whose names I forget.
"Big Box" retail is definitely not a good market-sector to be in.
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