Another potential loss for the high street: Claire's Accessories

I’m glad. Overpriced landfill.

Not sad about Dominoes either. Overpriced crap that adds to the obesity crisis. Doing without takeaways, over priced coffee and consumerism isn’t a hardship.

The human race is going to have to adapt. We have been wasteful and eating/ living beyond our means for far too long.

I never got over the closing of Razzle Dazzle, my daughter will be feeling this same about Claire’s

I’m fairly unsurprised. They kept increasing prices until a large was about £18 for delivery.🚚 couldn’t stomach that so stopped bothering - the local fish and chip shop was way better value.

They had to bring the prices down more recently - £14 for a large now - but I can buy a fancy Waitrose pizza for £7 (or for £2:30 if I just wait for the reduced section ones) without any bother and it’s piping hot when I get it out the oven…

My daughter was interested in a tiny fluffy backpack in there last year. Then she saw the price tag of over 40 quid and even SHE started laughing

I agree with you. I wasn't surprised tbh.

Again, Domino’s, another massively overpriced place. A bit of bread with some tomato sauce and cheese, let’s charge a ridiculous price then give a ‘half price’ voucher as an incentive. 🙄

I don't think so, I say this with zero judgment just overall facts of what has happened.

There has been a rise of mounjaro use and weightloss products - this could have contributed to buying less take aways. People are spending money on this. Bills and mortgages are going up, people can't afford expensive take aways - Domino's is on the expensive side. Tarrifs in USA have increased, these companies are mainly American based so this could have contributed? I do love a good Friday take away, but wouldn't buy Domino's due to cost unless a special treat.

That may be so but the issue is the growth is likely just going to China via Temu etc

Could this be because people are eating healthier? We never buy takeaways but get a healthy lunch meal prep delivery (Simmer Eats), as well as Oddbox and online butchers. All I get advertised on Instagram is various healthy meal prep companies. Maybe these are the new takeaways…

The only staff I’ve seen in Claire’s recently are bored looking late- teenage girls snapping gum and shrugging insouciantly at any questions tentatively thrown their way.

I used to work for Claire’s in a head office role and for a business in the retail sector they are actually a really good flexible employer.

most of the staff are female and paid the minimum wage so to be celebrating the demise of the stores is really harsh.

Yes the products are tat but people are just buying even more tatty tat from Shein and Temu so the workers making the products get paid even less.

Yeah - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/dominos-pizza-stores-sales-profit-b2802038.html. People are ordering fewer take aways.

The pizza chain?

But hardly anybody will. People are far more likely to buy from Temu & Shein, same old crap but much cheaper so they can buy even more of it. It's a lovely idea that a high street shop closing would lead to us all thinking about using environmentally friendly products but it's not a realistic one.
Agree with pps that the reality is over 2000 people (& a very high percentage young women) will lose their jobs which is nothing to be glad about.

I’m not angry at you or anyone else.

The thing is, so many jobs are just selling people tat they don’t need - marketing, advertising, sales assistants. If we genuinely want to cut down waste and landfill on the planet, a lot of them will have to go. There needs to be some other model of economy apart from “endless growth”.

Good riddance. It's totally overpriced for the absolute tat it is selling. I was upset about a few high street closures but Claire's? nah.

Lloyds Bank have just announced a new feature on their banking app where you can pay cash in at 30,000 other types of location. Which pretty much means they're going to close down more of their branch is still open soon.

Claires is a cute shopping experience for young kids. I was in there with my niece at the weekend. Also bought some Snoopy pens for my teens birthday.

I'd rather a bit overpriced, pleasant and employing people than on-line and avoiding tax.

At this rate, end of the year! Domino's reported they're also having problems. More people are stealing and people don't have enough money to spend on luxuries.

I would direct your anger at the posters on here taking pleasure at the loss of women's jobs.

Doubt it. Unless it was a nationally important industry like steel. But for retail - there’s going to be gender equality in the lack of caring.

They deserve to go. It’s pricing structure is appalling

It’s tat that makes me shudder since it may as well be delivered straight to landfill (for the most part). Overconsumption at its finest.

But it’s also fun, and and easy place to pick up hair accessories and occasional bits for costumes. It’s massively overpriced though.

I feel for the staff, but I won’t really miss it.

I do sometimes wonder whether there is going to be ANY actual shops left soon. Rarely a week goes past without an announcement about yet another one closing down for good. It will be all online shopping by the end of the decade.