Oasis/warehouse going under- end of the high street?

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www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-52285231

Am actually gutted as they are my favourite clothes shops - aibu to think this is going to be the end of the highstreet? Can’t imagine Dorothy Perkins/ new look etc are far behind them. The end of fast fashion is no bad thing but it’s really shocking too

wow @Gwynfluff you must work in this field.

I liked Oasis. Not sure what age group it was aimed at. I gave it a swerve in my 20s but began to shop there 35+

Next have saved my bacon a few times. When you realise at 2200 that your son needs swimming trunks for tomorrow and if you order from Next they will be there before school. I used them a lot for this reason.

Doesn’t surprise me with Oasis. I used to
Really like it there but stopped going there as the prices were ridiculous, £30-50 for a top which was of similar quality to a £12-20 top in Next.

I hope Jigsaw doesn't go under. Have been buying from there for years

Didn’t realise either still existed, both were big names in my youth
Disappointed about Lindy bop, always planned to get myself a dress from them

Spent many hours walking around Warehouse and Oasis with my friends when we were teens, we couldn't afford to buy much but shopping on a Saturday with friends was one of life's pleasures at the time. I guess now there is social media to keep in touch and with online shopping it's not the same now, but I'm so glad I experienced it, as cheesy as that sounds. I do like Oasis stuff but I agree that it's expensive for the quality, the sales aren't too bad though. I hope that there are some affordable clothing brands left at the end, fast fashion isn't great, but not everyone has the money to spend on 'investment' pieces. The high street is definitely on a downward spiral though, you can get online delivery for a year for £9.95 for many sites, free returns, and discount codes. With the looming recession I can't see the situation doing anything by getting a lot worse '(

I loved Lindy Bop dresses but found their customer service terrible: their voucher codes didn't work properly on their website and when I received damaged items they wouldn't let me send them back (because returns went somewhere else to be destroyed) so they wanted me to send a video showing the fault.

They sold dresses for under £8 in the sales and I always wondered how they were making money. Such a shame though.

Gap must surely be about to go belly up as well.

**. How wiII I sate my passion for stripy clobber once that happens?

I dont understand about shops that 'go under' but seem to be still going. Eg Jaeger.......?

Very sad. There will be less choice in the high street.

Hope Phase 8 is ok.

This is why lockdown needs to end soon and Balance needs to be found. But the government need to be honest too and get tests etc. I fear the countries going to be a huge mess.

I saw next has started online selling children's clothes again from today. I'll be gutted if they don't survive. Love their kids clothing.

P.s I'm still grieving for Mothercare!

I’m sad for the workers and owners. However this was on the cards pre virus. There are way too many women’s clothes shops.

Used to shop in Oasis / Warehouse back in the day, when you could buy leather shoes & handbags, silk dresses, wool suits... I have some of the old stuff in my wardrobe & watch out for it in charity shops.
Nowadays, the quality is Primark quality, why would you pay for it? I haven’t gone into either, or Topshop / Monsoon / GAP for years... They’re just weren’t the same after the 2008 financial crash. Not surprised, here.

Damn - I shop at Oasis a fair bit. I like their stuff a lot.

This is all awful isn't it. I have family members struggling to keep businesses afloat too - the cost of this pandemic is going to be horrific - in both lost lives and lost businesses.

I really hope topshop goes under.

God, just as I wrote that, the ITV 10pm news says "worse the the Great Depression." Fuck.

Oh my, I loved warehouse as a teenager (I'm 43 now) but I did notice that stuff got more and more boring and polyestery as the years wore on. I've still got an Oasis leather blazer jacket I bought in 1998 that I had refitted about 5 years ago and I still wear. It's absolutely beautiful quality but I think I paid about 200 quid for it back then.

I tend to buy G-star, Tommy Hilfiger and Carharrt now, plus a lot of Nike and Adidas. I have a job where it's more important for me to be comfortable and not look ancient so sportswear does me well. I still buy bits from H&M and Primark and buy second hand. I suppose it's down to how much time you want to spend sourcing your clothes. I bought enormous amounts of designer fashion in my 20's and early 30's so it's also fun to rock those out again. Lovely belts and bags and coats.

Problem is high street clothes stores aren't really try before you buy anymore. They're an edited selection of stuff you can "go on line to see a wider choice of colours and sizes" for. Might as well just look online at all the choice rather than waste time in a shop.

I gave up on high street shopping in my first pregnancy where a visit to Oxford Street and the massive mall at Stratford yielded one decent item of maternity wear - most stores carried their maternity selection on line - helpful when you have no bloody clue what size you are anymore!

Much easier to just buy on line and avoid wasting time schlepping around the shops!

Shame about Lindybop. Assume smart vintage style clothes not really a lockdown thing!

Seasalt opened a new store just a few days before lockdown.

I'm still mourning the loss of Austin Reed.

Oasis - good for work wear.

I’m sorry to see Lindy Bop go, when the high street is so homogenous it’s nice to see something different. However, I bought a dress from them about 6 or 7 years ago and it was beautifully made. Lovely quality fabric and I loved it. Bought another in the same design and size but a different colour for a performance and was really disappointed in the reduction in quality, and how much it needed to be altered to make it fit. If I remember correctly, the first dress was made in the UK, the second in China.

As a PP said, they always had a sale on and I wondered how they made any money. Clearly they didn’t.

seasalt is awful, middle class and middle aged

I’m middle class and middle aged, am I supposed to wear tat from the market to kid people that I’m not?

Oasis and Warehouse want to cater for young people but their prices (and in Oasis’ case it’s sizing) means it’s invariable older women who can afford to buy. And I would never want to buy anything from there. Zara and H&M, however, seem to have a little for everyone; a proper department store.

This is why lockdown needs to end soon

I don’t think this had anything to do with lockdown though. Oasis don’t really know who their target shoppers are. I like their clothes, but the quality isn’t always great, items tend to shrink a bit. The clothes don’t tend to wash well either. They are also quite quite similar in style, stripes and flowers.

I really think shops need to change with the times. Often stocks in store are low and the range is so much wider online so what waste the money paying for parking or waste your time when nothing is in stock.

I think part of the way forward would be an online stock indicator so you knew what’s was available before you got there, and really importantly they need to pick a target audience rather than trying to cater for all.

Oasis used to have beautiful stores as well, when shopping IRL was an experience. I lived near the one on Argyle Street in London & loved the Piccadilly branch too. They always had lovely merchandising, windows, and nice dressing rooms.
Last time I went into a branch, all of the displays were same-y, sale racks were jam-packed... And worst of all somebody in marketing had the idea to infuse the place with a cheap nasty synthetic Jasmine smell (part of a home range of candles etc) in the style of The White Company (which is also overpowering). I had to leave before browsing...