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Primark is coming to town
2:54pm Tuesday 20th May 2008
THE manager of High Wycombe's other shopping centre has officially confirmed budget clothing store Primark is coming to town.
But eager shoppers will have to wait until September to get their hands on its cut price bargains.
Bill Pollard, manager of the Chilterns, confirmed this week the large two storey unit, formerly occupied by M&S, would be replaced with a new Primark store, due to open at the end of September.
The store, which has entrances inside the Chilterns and off Church Street, has sat empty since M&S moved to the Eden shopping centre in March.
Mr Pollard admitted footfall at the centre had dropped by a third since the new centre's grand launch, but believed Primark's opening would be a great boost for the Chilterns and the town.
He said: "I think it will certainly help this side of town, that's without a doubt. They have a huge following and that you can gauge by the amount of phone calls we have had this week from customers."
"The footfall has slackened off," he added, "I think when you talk to the tenants and staff that are here, life is tough. But then I think if you look at the general climate nationally now, we're no different to anywhere else."
Mr Pollard said his letting agents were talking to "all sorts of people" about filling the empty Next unit and the soon-to-be empty Dorothy Perkins store, which is due to open a new branch inside Eden next Thursday.
But he said he could not confirm who would be moving into the Chilterns next.
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slacker, Flackwell says...
3:26pm Tue 20 May 08
happy blue, bucks says...
3:55pm Tue 20 May 08
SBJones, Wycombe says...
4:24pm Tue 20 May 08
John, High Wycombe says...
5:04pm Tue 20 May 08
That's all I have to say about that. Woo.
smokey, high wycombe says...
5:08pm Tue 20 May 08
Ivor wrote:As far as I am aware it sells neither light bulbs nor white goods nor lawn mowers..
This is good news. Lets hope the new Primark store is a roaring success. From what I hear it is likely to be selling things more in line with what the people of the town actually want to buy.
Oh No!!!
missy, high wycombe says...
5:34pm Tue 20 May 08
Plus ça change..., Wycombig says...
6:05pm Tue 20 May 08
Oops. Sorry. Mind went blank.
We need a Tesco upgrade!
ginger, says...
6:06pm Tue 20 May 08
Ron Schreck, says...
7:43pm Tue 20 May 08
ginger wrote:Competition for customers against Eden? Ivor will never complain or moan about any new shop opening up anywhere, as long as it is not in Eden. The more customers that go elsewhere, the happier he will be.
Ivor...i wonder how long it will take befor you start to moan about it. Ill be honest im surprised that you havn't allready.
Ivor, says...
8:10pm Tue 20 May 08
Ron Schreck wrote:Read my latest blog to find out what I think in more detail!
ginger wrote: Ivor...i wonder how long it will take befor you start to moan about it. Ill be honest im surprised that you havn't allready.Competition for customers against Eden? Ivor will never complain or moan about any new shop opening up anywhere, as long as it is not in Eden. The more customers that go elsewhere, the happier he will be.
Have you read Ivors blog today? Click on the Opinion link on the menu on the left then click on Readers Bucks Blog.
TalkingSense, High Wycombe says...
11:16pm Tue 20 May 08
Carlton De Souza, Bowerdean area says...
12:15am Wed 21 May 08
TalkingSense wrote:i don't think we really need a debenhams , if most people had a choice between a house of fraiser and a debenhams, house f fraiser will always win. Were lucky to have one.
Well, they will certainly get my custom! I agree with Missy though .. we need a Debenhams too!
Carlton De Souza, Bowerdean area says...
12:18am Wed 21 May 08
Ivor wrote:The only promblem with Primark there lines are made for a certain age group 12 to 25, if you like shiny suits , tee shirts with logos and hooded tops then you will love it.
This is good news. Lets hope the new Primark store is a roaring success. From what I hear it is likely to be selling things more in line with what the people of the town actually want to buy.
Carlton De Souza, Bowerdean area says...
12:22am Wed 21 May 08
SBJones wrote:do women still shop in dorothy perkins?
another shop Dorothy Perkins is moving to Eden, The Chilterns needs to start getting some names back in there and its good that Primark are one of them
Ivor, says...
1:08am Wed 21 May 08
Carlton De Souza wrote:So they don't sell suits, jackets and flat caps then?
Ivor wrote: This is good news. Lets hope the new Primark store is a roaring success. From what I hear it is likely to be selling things more in line with what the people of the town actually want to buy.The only promblem with Primark there lines are made for a certain age group 12 to 25, if you like shiny suits , tee shirts with logos and hooded tops then you will love it.
David St, High Wycombe says...
7:41am Wed 21 May 08
Marmite, HW says...
9:25am Wed 21 May 08
Carlton De Souza, Bowerdean area says...
9:31am Wed 21 May 08
Ivor wrote:to be honest ivor i don't think they really cater for chaps that tuck there shirts into there pants. That leaves me and you out.
Carlton De Souza wrote:So they don't sell suits, jackets and flat caps then?Ivor wrote: This is good news. Lets hope the new Primark store is a roaring success. From what I hear it is likely to be selling things more in line with what the people of the town actually want to buy.The only promblem with Primark there lines are made for a certain age group 12 to 25, if you like shiny suits , tee shirts with logos and hooded tops then you will love it.
Becky, High Wycombe says...
9:34am Wed 21 May 08
Carlton De Souza wrote:We are so lucky to have house of fraser but to be hounest the prices are so reciculously expensive, i mean like over £200 or higher for a bag, so I think a debenhams would be a greater choice to have in Wycombe,also i agree that tescos needs upgrading in Wycombe, I think Pound stretcher, Lydl or Aldi would be great in Wycombe, then at least we have a bit more of a range of shops.
TalkingSense wrote: Well, they will certainly get my custom! I agree with Missy though .. we need a Debenhams too!i don't think we really need a debenhams , if most people had a choice between a house of fraiser and a debenhams, house f fraiser will always win. Were lucky to have one.
David St, High Wycombe says...
12:49pm Wed 21 May 08
Wycombe Live, Shop, Work, High Wycombe says...
1:52pm Wed 21 May 08
FH, Amersham says...
12:24am Thu 22 May 08
do women still shop in dorothy perkins?Well I don't think many men do!!
Carlton De Souza, Bowerdean area says...
1:21am Fri 23 May 08
Becky wrote:hi becky , pound stretcher , aldi, and lydil are very popular in northern towns who have a high influx of asylum seekers but really does sunny wycombe need that, i mean multi million pound eden and then aldi for a can of beans for 4p. ahh hello. To be fair i do see were your coming from though.
Carlton De Souza wrote:We are so lucky to have house of fraser but to be hounest the prices are so reciculously expensive, i mean like over £200 or higher for a bag, so I think a debenhams would be a greater choice to have in Wycombe,also i agree that tescos needs upgrading in Wycombe, I think Pound stretcher, Lydl or Aldi would be great in Wycombe, then at least we have a bit more of a range of shops.TalkingSense wrote: Well, they will certainly get my custom! I agree with Missy though .. we need a Debenhams too!i don't think we really need a debenhams , if most people had a choice between a house of fraiser and a debenhams, house f fraiser will always win. Were lucky to have one.
Carlton De Souza, Bowerdean area says...
1:25am Fri 23 May 08
FH wrote:there is a god. ok if your young fit and nimble but other wise invest in something that suits you age not your waste line. good luck FA.
do women still shop in dorothy perkins?Well I don't think many men do!!
Rajesh Mullen, South Ken says...
1:57pm Fri 23 May 08
Carlton De Souza wrote:LOL!
FH wrote:there is a god. ok if your young fit and nimble but other wise invest in something that suits you age not your waste line. good luck FA.do women still shop in dorothy perkins?Well I don't think many men do!!
Lo_Wycombe, Bowerdean Rd says...
3:38pm Fri 23 May 08
Marmite wrote:I agree,
I can picture all the obese scum waddling over to McDonalds with their Primark shopping bags.
They can start at the 99p store, then pop into McDonalds, over to Primark for a pink shell suit, a quick fag outside the Chilterns and then a quick snack in Greggs the bakers, any money left can then be spent in that strange gambling shop on the corner...
chezley15, high wycombe says...
11:38pm Sun 25 May 08
Upgrade, High Wycombe says...
1:58pm Sun 17 Aug 08
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Ivor, says...
3:22pm Tue 20 May 08
From what I hear it is likely to be selling things more in line with what the people of the town actually want to buy.