Toys R Us to 'pop-up' as Hobbycraft plans store for Wycombe (From Bucks Free Press)
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Toys R Us to 'pop-up' as Hobbycraft plans store for Wycombe
4:30pm Wednesday 17th October 2012 in News By Simon Farr
Toys R Us to 'pop-up' as Hobbycraft plans store for Wycombe
TOYS R Us has revealed its Eden store will be a 'pop-up' shop, as Hobbycraft prepares to open a new store in High Wycombe.
The toys giant will unveil one of its first ever seasonal stores in the former Pumpkin Patch unit in the shopping centre next Friday.
But Toys R Us has not ruled out staying in the town full-time, providing the pop-up store performs well during the festive period.
The company’s Justine Pryce told the BFP: “We are open for the Christmas season and then we will review it.
“I don’t know [what the likelihood of staying is]. Conversations are happening but until we see the success it brings it is hard to say.”
Meanwhile, arts and crafts specialists Hobbycraft will launch on the Wycombe Marsh Retail Park on Wednesday, November 28.
This will be followed by a celebration on the Saturday, with competitions, giveaways and product demonstrations.
Hobbycraft’s new home is in between Comet and Pets At Home.
And Tesco has submitted an early application to Wycombe District Council for the former Platts garage next to Costcutter in London Road.
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holtspurman
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7:50pm Wed 17 Oct 12
ivor
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12:30am Thu 18 Oct 12
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We should be told the date when the 'pop-up' shop will be 'popping-down' as it would be most disappointing to buy from the store then find out they have closed after Christmas if the item needs to be returned.
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naphillgirl
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7:30am Thu 18 Oct 12
Edgar Brooks
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7:43am Thu 18 Oct 12
ivor wrote:Do read the 2nd., 3rd., and 4th. sentences, there's a good chap. If they're going to see how the store behaves through Christmas, then decide about its future, they can hardly announce, beforehand, its closure date. Your entire demeanour, on this site, seems to be to view a glass as half-empty, never half-full, simply so that you can envisage more doom and gloom for this town.
I thought it was a permanent commitment to open a store in our town but now it turns out to be just a 'pop-up' shop. ~ We should be told the date when the 'pop-up' shop will be 'popping-down' as it would be most disappointing to buy from the store then find out they have closed after Christmas if the item needs to be returned. ~ Have you read Ivor’s blog today? Click on the “BLOGS” link at the top of the page.
acjy1985
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9:09am Thu 18 Oct 12
naphillgirl wrote:A few weeks ago the Comet bunched up closer to KFC and added a mezzanine floor and there is now a decent sized gap between there and the Pet store
Didn't think there was any space between Comet and Pets at Home.....
Voyeur
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10:27am Thu 18 Oct 12
hm1
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11:50am Thu 18 Oct 12
Voyeur wrote:Agree in general, but Christmas sales do keep smaller shops open all year round. Save the Children on the High Street is kept afloat the rest of the year through annual Christmas card sales.
I expect that the Christmas trade at Toys R Us will be good but I fail to see how some good sales at Christmas time would be any indication of how the toy trade will go for the rest of the year. I think they are just postulating and I expect they will not be around Wycombe after January.
Hobbycraft (overpriced as it is) will be a nice diverse addition to the retail park, although with this proposed Tesco congestion will be even more horrific. Something surely must be done about the traffic there!
Also I don't see how Tesco can make a case for being there. There are 3 Costcutters and numerous 'cornershops' within a few minutes walking distance. There is a Tesco at the top of Amersham hill too.
readerabc
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1:16pm Thu 18 Oct 12
we then lose our smaller toy shops and blame the recession
Slacker says...
6:36pm Wed 17 Oct 12
I wish them luck.