Which shop / chain or service are you praying survives?

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My teen DD has just had an ASOS order - i said off the cuff, "what would you do if they weren't around", which resulted In 😱😱😱😱😱

With so many shops and restaurants in vulnerable positions, what would you really, really miss if they didn't pull through the next year?

John Lewis, GAP, Boots, Jet2

All of them of course, even Mike Ashley ones. But personal faves:

Retail: Boots, Argos, M&S, Next, Homesense, B&Q, Thorntons, Currys

Restaurants: Damon's, Ember Inns and Greene King places, Burger King, Nandos, Frankie and Benny's

Leisure: Showcase cinemas! the West End, and soft plays (2 local to me have confirmed to stay closed for good 😞)

Oh and the White Company!!! 😍

M&S
Boots

I shop in both of those regularly

Interesting fact for those wondering about WHSmith: it owns FunkyPidgeon!

Next - I get so much stuff for my teens from there but they do seem to still be having some stock issues. Ds2's joggers are either outgrown or past their most pristine.

Pret - 2 of our 3 in the area never reopened. They used to always be busy, too.

Seasalt and fat face. A huge chunk of my wardrobe as I wear natural fibres. DH likes fat face jeans, too.

And absolutely definitely John Lewis. There was some worry about ours, as it's in an intu centre.

John Lewis, Waterstones, M & S food, Home bargains, Card factory, Superdrug, hobbycraft, Asda living.

I have been living in the US since 2004 and every visit to the UK is to fill my suitcases with books from Waterstones and clothes and assorted things from John Lewis or Selfridges. I love getting groceries from Waitrose and M&S. Those would devastate me if they were gone!

Costa
John Lewis
Really hope after today's news m&s can survive
Tesco
New look
Fat Face
Next
Boohoo.com

@dannydyerismydad

I can't believe no one has mentioned Tiger.

John Lewis I love and our high street would be dead without it. But no trip to town is complete without a haul of tat from Tiger.

Never even heard of tiger 🤷‍♀️

I am going to miss long tall sally. There's nothing else I would really miss to be honest, except maybe M&S

Peter Jones, John Lewis, Victoria’s Secret, Zara.

M&S - their bras and pants fit me perfectly, also their separates.

John Lewis - love to have a mooch round their haberdashery.

@snappycamper

I am going to miss long tall sally. There's nothing else I would really miss to be honest, except maybe M&S

Long Tall Sally has been sold, so hopefully will be back.

Miller and Carter is the only place I’d miss.

John Lewis

Our local (retail park but a short walk from where I live) M&S has been fantastic throughout lockdown. It has a decent sized food hall so remodelled its downstairs along the lines of a supermarket with a food and home section. I'd grown a bit jaded of their food but their stocks were so good, early on in lockdown, that I've been doing more than half of my grocery shopping there.

They has been innovating beforehand, too. The darlo store closed, last year, replaced by an out of town simply food, but they opened a simply food concession in a nearby WHS, back in November, that massively increased footfall in Smiths.

M&S
John Lewis
Waitrose
Mint Velvet
Boden
Any of the local independent shops I use (greengrocers, butchers, etc)

A few people early on this thread said Pizza Express - they've just announced that they're closing 73 branches with 1100 jobs gone.

Costa

Sass and Belle.

John Lewis

Ikea, Paper Chase, Next, Superdry, Superdrug and The Range.

@MintyMabel

Miller and Carter is the only place I’d miss.

Our local one burned down the other day!