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Joules clothing has gone bust!

434 replies

Zrt · 14/11/2022 07:24

I just heard on the radio. Don't know what others think but I used to love their brightly coloured pyjamas.

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Orangesare · 14/11/2022 10:12

I’ve got lots of joules clothes, they are a bit like M&S for countryside clothes. Not too end but middle, good quality wash well.
I think they went too townie and should have stayed more rural. It’s quite nice to be colourful whist covered in horse hair etc! One year I even got a matching rug for my horse. God knows where I’ll shop now

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 14/11/2022 10:14

I used to like some of their stuff, until they went too ‘pink’. So much pink and flowery - I once left their local shop saying, ‘too much pink’ to the staff. Shame they’re gone, though - I still have Joules things I’ve had for years.

use583298 · 14/11/2022 10:15

AppleCrumbleRumble · 14/11/2022 10:10

Seasalt is absolutely not the same in style or quality as Joules.

Yes, Seasalt seem to be doing well, they haven't got a lot of stores though to keep going so their costs will be much lower, they are much better quality than Joules.

Redebs · 14/11/2022 10:24

@BretonBlue I will look out for those. Hopefully the quality supports the aim to be hand-downable.

Hooverphobe · 14/11/2022 10:26

@Orangesare 😳 I loved the joules/weatherbeata collaboration! My horse looked frumpy though…

Redebs · 14/11/2022 10:27

Not much comfort to those losing Joules, but I did recently find some good bits from Weird Fish. Women's stuff in organic cotton with cool patterns in large sizes.

Yerroblemom1923 · 14/11/2022 10:28

I'm not surprised. It's had its day. Overpriced and naff. Cath Kidston will be following suit shortly.

PenOrPencil · 14/11/2022 10:28

Some nice stuff but overpriced! I just bought some really nice bedsheets from their eBay outlet for £40. No way I would have paid the regular price of £160!

Madcats · 14/11/2022 10:29

Joules have sent me 8 emails in the past week! 8! I particularly hate it when they do those "did you decide not to buy this" emails when I am browsing for Christmas presents.

I had a bit of a 'mare with a Seasalt mail order this summer which took about 3 weeks to resolve. Hopefully it was just a covid blip. They have a pinafore I like but don't want to spend £70 on. there's 20% off menswear this week so I'll bide my time (I'm late 50's so don't really give a stuff about being frumpy).

I remember my Mum being upset as Windsmoor, Eastex, Jaegar all disappeared from the High St. I think we are in for a tough couple of years for the UK clothing trade.

JudgeJ · 14/11/2022 10:29

MetellaInHortoEst · 14/11/2022 09:13

I wondered about that. I bought some emergency shorts there in summer for DD. I thought it was Joules town.

If Joules can't make a success of Holt then they've almost no chance anywhere else except maybe Cornwall, it's prime Joules territory.

JudgeJ · 14/11/2022 10:31

Madcats · 14/11/2022 10:29

Joules have sent me 8 emails in the past week! 8! I particularly hate it when they do those "did you decide not to buy this" emails when I am browsing for Christmas presents.

I had a bit of a 'mare with a Seasalt mail order this summer which took about 3 weeks to resolve. Hopefully it was just a covid blip. They have a pinafore I like but don't want to spend £70 on. there's 20% off menswear this week so I'll bide my time (I'm late 50's so don't really give a stuff about being frumpy).

I remember my Mum being upset as Windsmoor, Eastex, Jaegar all disappeared from the High St. I think we are in for a tough couple of years for the UK clothing trade.

In defence of Seasalt, I bought a rain jacket in the sale but my usual size was absolutely enormous, I returned it, re-ordered another small one and the whole thing took about 10 days!

JudgeJ · 14/11/2022 10:32

Yerroblemom1923 · 14/11/2022 10:28

I'm not surprised. It's had its day. Overpriced and naff. Cath Kidston will be following suit shortly.

I thought that Kidston was gone to wall already, maybe I've misread something a couple of years ago.

lieselotte · 14/11/2022 10:39

I am sorry for the people who've lost their jobs. I'd like to think given the shortage of staff in most shops that they would easily find new jobs, but a lot of places seem to be running their retail outlets on as few staff as possible. At the weekend I saw several places that were closed for lunch or closed for 10 minutes while the sole member of staff ran an errand.

If you like Joules you might like places like Crew, Seasalt or Lazy Jacks. Or look for old lines on ebay.

Hellybelly84 · 14/11/2022 10:43

Love the leopard print stuff they have sold recently and if you wait for their sales, the price is very reasonable for the quality. Hope they can be saved!

Sparklingbrook · 14/11/2022 10:46

MetellaInHortoEst · 14/11/2022 09:49

I think one person mentioned age, which could be taken amiss. Everyone else has just spoken about taste, design and quality. That’s not spiteful.

I said I hate their clothes. I’m sure lots of people hate what I wear. It’s fine. What’s the problem?

Anyone who is not a Joules fan is now a troll. Right.

Fattoushi · 14/11/2022 10:46

Alighttouchonthetiller · 14/11/2022 08:00

I am also frumpy and outdated. Good old Mumsnet, cheering us all up and making us feel good about ourselves on a Monday morning.

If your self image is so vulnerable to a few vague opnions from online randomers, its extremely fragile already and you probably shouldn't be on the internet.

Sparklingbrook · 14/11/2022 10:47

Sorry@MetellaInHortoEst didnt mean to quote you. Or anyone else.

Grantanow · 14/11/2022 10:47

Just another example of the Tories messing up the economy.

Haycorns4Piglet · 14/11/2022 10:52

I like bright patterned clothes but didn't like the whole 'Country pursuits' vibe (ie, killing things) they had going on.

Onlyforcake · 14/11/2022 10:52

I am surprised as its one of those 'oh god I love Cornwall' brigades favourite brands along with Cath Kidston and all the other twee stuff, I wonder what they've all moved onto now?

ZenNudist · 14/11/2022 10:54

Rats I really rate their jackets and coats. This is really annoying because the name can be sold on but the quality will go. Everything I buy from joules lasts forever. That's not going to be the case any more.

Joules was my go to place for a long time. Other posters are right that they haven't varied their styles for ages but when it came to coats and wellies they didn't need to. I have bought about one dress per season out of the odd thing that is not stripes not floral not plain. I get compliments on these things so it's not all bad.

I'm over big splotchy florals in bright colours and no no no to stripes.

Barney60 · 14/11/2022 11:00

Own nothing but a coat of theirs, found most things very expensive and tbh a tad old fashioned/frumpy.

GrannyWeatherwaxsHatpin · 14/11/2022 11:01

They haven't gone bust. They have suspended their shares and calling in administrators and hope to find a buyer.

"Going bust" is a colloquial term which just translates to "insolvent". Insolvent means a company can't pay it's debts as and when they fall due.

There are different forms of insolvency, the most common two are administration and liquidation. Liquidation is where a company is "wound up" - it ceases to trade immediately, all the assets are sold off/debts called in to try and get as much cash together to pay off as many of the bills and the insolvency practitioners' massive bills as possible. The company then ceases to exist.

Administration is where the company continues to trade in the hope of finding a buyer for it, either in whole or in part. If they can't then it will go into liquidation but I would imagine a brand like Joules would be quite marketable, if someone could turn it round. Administration wipes a company's debt slate clean which gives it a chance of survival.

Insolvency isn't necessarily some dark portent of terrible times to come; companies "go bust" even in the good times. Often it's as a result of poor business decisions and yes, an economic downturn can speed up that process or push a company over the brink when it might otherwise have clung on, but the underlying causes are still there. It doesn't at all mean other similar companies - White Stuff, Fat Face, Seasalt etc - are going to follow.

GrannyWeatherwaxsHatpin · 14/11/2022 11:04

I should add that a company in administration trades under the control of the administrators which take over from the previous management.

DrMarciaFieldstone · 14/11/2022 11:10

olivehater · 14/11/2022 07:27

It’s a shame but that Breton and quilted jacket look is synonymous with the 10s and they done appear to have updated their look at all.

Yes, this. I walk in, and can’t find anything.

I liked the quality of their girls coats, but the last time I went in, the styles were identical to the ones I bought 3 and 5 years ago. Same coat, same colours. Boring.