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Primark to open first store in the US
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Re: Primark to open first store in the US
Love Primark, cheap and cheerful.:thumbup:
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Re: Primark to open first store in the US
Originally Posted by Montfan72
(Post 11230867)
Love Primark, cheap and cheerful.:thumbup:
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Re: Primark to open first store in the US
Bloody horrible shop.
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Re: Primark to open first store in the US
Originally Posted by Sally Redux
(Post 11230978)
Bloody horrible shop.
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Re: Primark to open first store in the US
It's all a bit odd. When they opened in the UK, there was an obvious niche for a chain of cheap clothing stores. In the US, however, the same niche is oversaturated: Walmart, Target, Macy's, JC Penney and others.
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Re: Primark to open first store in the US
Originally Posted by Owen778
(Post 11231086)
It's all a bit odd. When they opened in the UK, there was an obvious niche for a chain of cheap clothing stores. In the US, however, the same niche is oversaturated: Walmart, Target, Macy's, JC Penney and others.
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Re: Primark to open first store in the US
I find the name a bit odd for a clothing store....
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Re: Primark to open first store in the US
Originally Posted by Owen778
(Post 11231086)
It's all a bit odd. When they opened in the UK, there was an obvious niche for a chain of cheap clothing stores. In the US, however, the same niche is oversaturated: Walmart, Target, Macy's, JC Penney and others.
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Re: Primark to open first store in the US
Originally Posted by Sally Redux
(Post 11231095)
There are also loads of places like 'Forever 21' which have cheap stuff for teens which is more stylish than Primark.
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Re: Primark to open first store in the US
Originally Posted by Owen778
(Post 11231281)
Forever21 are also in the UK. Not sure where they started out.
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Re: Primark to open first store in the US
Originally Posted by Sally Redux
(Post 11231283)
Oh I didn't know that.
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Re: Primark to open first store in the US
Originally Posted by Bluegrass Lass
(Post 11231317)
Haven't really shopped there all that much. Are they like a TK/TJ Maxx?
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Re: Primark to open first store in the US
Originally Posted by lizzyq
(Post 11231131)
Primark is even cheaper than the above list :thumbdown:
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Re: Primark to open first store in the US
Originally Posted by Pulaski
(Post 11231326)
They'll be going head to head with Old Navy. Good luck with that! :rolleyes:
In case my recollection was wrong I just looked on the Old Navy website, but basic things like t-shirts or vest tops that would be £2 in Primark are $15-25 in Old Navy. |
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Originally Posted by christmasoompa
(Post 11231412)
Primark's far cheaper than Old Navy!
In case my recollection was wrong I just looked on the Old Navy website, but basic things like t-shirts or vest tops that would be £2 in Primark are $15-25 in Old Navy. |
Re: Primark to open first store in the US
When I take a trip back home, usually in the summer, I always stock up on pj's for the kids.
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Re: Primark to open first store in the US
Originally Posted by christmasoompa
(Post 11231412)
Primark's far cheaper than Old Navy!
In case my recollection was wrong I just looked on the Old Navy website, but basic things like t-shirts or vest tops that would be £2 in Primark are $15-25 in Old Navy.
Originally Posted by Sally Redux
(Post 11231421)
Old Navy usually has some kind of deal going on.
Thinking about it, the competition for Primark is going to be the dollar stores, and places like Magic Mart and Ollies (which are local/regional), but I'm sure everywhere has trashy discount stores, don't they? |
Re: Primark to open first store in the US
Nothing like a bit of "Primanii"!
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Re: Primark to open first store in the US
Why could it have not been a marks and Spencer's
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Re: Primark to open first store in the US
Originally Posted by Junebug72
(Post 11333053)
Why could it have not been a marks and Spencer's
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Re: Primark to open first store in the US
yum yumm yummmbo :thumbup:
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Re: Primark to open first store in the US
Originally Posted by Junebug72
(Post 11333053)
Why could it have not been a marks and Spencer's
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Re: Primark to open first store in the US
They did?
When? Where? |
Re: Primark to open first store in the US
Originally Posted by MMcD
(Post 11333085)
They did?
When? Where? They also owned Brooks Brothers clothing stores...they sold the stores around 12 years ago. |
Re: Primark to open first store in the US
We recently went to Bermuda on holiday and were delighted to find an M&S there. Missus stocked up on knickers and we got some other clothes and sweets from the food section. We remarked to one of the staff about how sad we are that there are no Marks in North America proper and she told us that they're planning to return to Canada next year.
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Re: Primark to open first store in the US
Originally Posted by Jerseygirl
(Post 11333098)
Marks and Spencer owned a handful of upmarket supermarkets in New Jersey....Kings Supermarkets. They sold some Marks and Spencer dry and seasonal goods. M&S sold the stores about 8 years ago.
They also owned Brooks Brothers clothing stores...they sold the stores around 12 years ago. |
Re: Primark to open first store in the US
Originally Posted by rpjs
(Post 11333510)
.... they're planning to return to Canada next year.
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Re: Primark to open first store in the US
Originally Posted by Sally Redux
(Post 11333556)
It's funny how it's not 'upmarket' back home, more of a pensioners' paradise :lol:
Of course, the difference may be more that I was shopping in their Oxford Street stores, where the clientele is a mixture of teenagers, young professionals and Arabic tourists. |
Re: Primark to open first store in the US
Originally Posted by Sally Redux
(Post 11333556)
It's funny how it's not 'upmarket' back home, more of a pensioners' paradise :lol:
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Re: Primark to open first store in the US
Originally Posted by Sally Redux
(Post 11333556)
It's funny how it's not 'upmarket' back home, more of a pensioners' paradise :lol:
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Re: Primark to open first store in the US
Originally Posted by hungryhorace
(Post 11333613)
I would say that M&S is definitely considered upmarket back home. Not for their clothes, per se, but for their food and home items, they are absolutely upmarket.
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Re: Primark to open first store in the US
Originally Posted by Pulaski
(Post 11231544)
Anyone who pays full price at Old Navy, JCP, Kohl's, etc. is a mug. Our junk mail is perpetually full of 20%-50% discounts for those and similar stores. When Mrs P buys clothes for little Miss P at Kohl's she is always given more coupons for the next week. On one occasion Mrs P didn't have the coupon for that day, and when the sales assistant asked if she had one, the sales assistant said, "Never mind, I'll take 20% off for you.". :blink
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Re: Primark to open first store in the US
Originally Posted by Anian
(Post 11333671)
Similar for so many stores: Bed Bath and Beyond, Michael's, Jo-Ann Carfts, always sending 30%+ off coupons. Makes me wonder how much the mark-up is!
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Re: Primark to open first store in the US
Originally Posted by Pulaski
(Post 11231544)
Well I don't/ won't be shopping in either, not so much for price and quality reasons as that I need long fittings in everything, and I have difficulty keeping a long fitting shirt tucked in, and the sleeves of non-long fitting shirts are 4"-6" short of my wrists.
Anyone who pays full price at Old Navy, JCP, Kohl's, etc. is a mug. Our junk mail is perpetually full of 20%-50% discounts for those and similar stores. When Mrs P buys clothes for little Miss P at Kohl's she is always given more coupons for the next week. On one occasion Mrs P didn't have the coupon for that day, and when the sales assistant asked if she had one, the sales assistant said, "Never mind, I'll take 20% off for you.". :blink: Thinking about it, the competition for Primark is going to be the dollar stores, and places like Magic Mart and Ollies (which are local/regional), but I'm sure everywhere has trashy discount stores, don't they? I have never spent more then 12 dollars on any one item at Old Navy, if its not on clearance there, I don't buy it, luckily they always have racks of clearance. Usually I spend 4 to 5 dollars on a shirt there. (I don't like their jeans.) At the jeans store I go to go, they have non-stop sales, so again never buy anything full price there either. Only thing I wish for is a decent shoe store. |
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