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FenderStrat · 13/08/2025 15:42

The BBC reporting that 2150 jobs are at risk - for anybody who cares.

BreakingBroken · 13/08/2025 15:41

Really shit stuff, no loss to humanity.
Its unfortunate for the staff and even the high street situation but they really sell dreadful stuff.

ladyofshertonabbas · 13/08/2025 15:38

Actually glad about this one. Complete tat and really high prices.

taxguru · 13/08/2025 15:38

Incredibly it's lasted so long. Expensive plastic future landfill!

SteakBakesAndHotTakes · 13/08/2025 15:36

The only thing they need to do in-store is piercing. The sales and promotions are all better online anyway. If a shop doesn't do in-store-only promotions, it's not going to drive foot traffic as it's easier to shop online.

FenderStrat · 13/08/2025 15:36

OneNeatBlueOrca · 13/08/2025 15:24

Won't be sorry to see it go.
Sick of the pestering for their tat and their shoddy ear piercing.
Hopefully they'll find other uses for their pocket money now 💰

What about the people that will lose their jobs though?

KawasakiBabe · 13/08/2025 15:35

I wish it had closed years ago, DD would’ve saved a small fortune, she’s 19 now. Actually scrap that, she can still spend a small fortune, it’s just not at Claire’s anymore.

FrenchLavendar · 13/08/2025 15:35

I don't recall ever having bought anything from Claire's Accessories, so I definitely won't miss it. I very rarely go to high street shops nowadays.

I'm trying to remember the last time I went to a town, parked in the multi-storey and went shopping. I know it was before I started my last job, so it would have been before the summer of 2004. Since then, virtually everything I've bought, other than food, has been online. I guess I'm one of people responsible for killing off the high street.

wandererofthekingdom · 13/08/2025 15:35

Unfortunately for them everything you can buy in there you can buy on Shein Temu and Amazon at the same price and quality, and also from the same original source most likely.
They do nothing that sets them apart to make them better than the online places, its just extortionately overpriced due to them having overheads the websites don't have. I'm not sorry to see it go.

SpottyAardvark · 13/08/2025 15:32

I sympathise with the people who are going to lose their jobs, almost all of whom are presumably women.

But in a wider sense, is it really such a bad thing for the planet that a retailer of pointless throwaway plastic tat is going under?

Needmorelego · 13/08/2025 15:28

My daughter loves the place and
they do actually have nice pieces of jewellery.
What they needed to do is stop with "Buy three get three free" offers and just lower the individual prices.
Even Claire's obsessed daughter doesn't always want 6 things.

chipsandpeas · 13/08/2025 15:28

Darragon · 13/08/2025 15:27

Sorry, it's always been massively overpriced plastic tat made in China, so is it any surprise that people are now cutting out the middleman and buying from Temu for a fraction of the price with a lot more things to choose from (rightly or wrongly)? I went into one a couple of years ago and was offended by the prices for the products they were selling, could get identical stuff for less in ASDA.

this, they sell shite you can get much cheaper elsewhere

Butthechildrentheylovethebooks · 13/08/2025 15:27

My niece who's 10 loves it. But when I've been in there with her I've had to pick myself off the floor laughing at some of the prices. Like a cardboard ice cream tub with a tiny pad, pencil and stickers and a moshi monster type figure for £16!! I can't believe anyone would actually want it for a start, or pay that amount!

So I wouldn't be surprised either. But sad to see another chain go under.

Butthechildrentheylovethebooks · 13/08/2025 15:27

My niece who's 10 loves it. But when I've been in there with her I've had to pick myself off the floor laughing at some of the prices. Like a cardboard ice cream tub with a tiny pad, pencil and stickers and a moshi monster type figure for £16!! I can't believe anyone would actually want it for a start, or pay that amount!

So I wouldn't be surprised either. But sad to see another chain go under.

Darragon · 13/08/2025 15:27

Sorry, it's always been massively overpriced plastic tat made in China, so is it any surprise that people are now cutting out the middleman and buying from Temu for a fraction of the price with a lot more things to choose from (rightly or wrongly)? I went into one a couple of years ago and was offended by the prices for the products they were selling, could get identical stuff for less in ASDA.

Netcurtainnelly · 13/08/2025 15:24

The death of the High Street.

OneNeatBlueOrca · 13/08/2025 15:24

Won't be sorry to see it go.
Sick of the pestering for their tat and their shoddy ear piercing.
Hopefully they'll find other uses for their pocket money now 💰

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