TJ Hughes stores to close down
Tuesday 26th July 2011, 2:00PM BST.
TJ Hughes in Wolverhampton, which employs almost 90 people, is closing down.
Yellow signs have been put up outside the branch in the Mander Centre telling customers “store closing down” and “everything must go.”
Similar signs have also gone up at TJ Hughes in Walsall and Kidderminster.
The troubled department store went into administration last month putting more than 4,000 jobs at risk nationally.
It is believed the shops will start to close as soon as the last of the stock is sold, which is believed to be within three to four weeks.
Administrator Ernst & Young added today the business was still trading as a going concern and it was still trying to find a buyer.
The Wolverhampton shop, which is home to 87 workers, is the largest unit in the Mander Centre.
A total of 42 people are employed at the Walsall branch and 38 in Kidderminster.
The news comes just days after the shock closure of TJ Hughes’ distribution centre in Liverpool.
More than 100 workers were sacked immediately.
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I never found TJH particularly cheap, apart from the quality of their stock. Poorly made clothes that fell apart after the first wash. And dont be fooled by the ‘closing down’ & ‘sale’ signs and think there are bargains to be had. My local store in Lichfield has been closing down for several weeks and the prices are the same as they were before. Wait until the last week or so before going in if you must.
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Maybe Debenhams will take up the option of the site. If not then the Mander Centre will have to attract some other major player. That site cannot be allowed to remain empty.
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they opened a clearance centre at 1 stop in perry barr before they went into admin and has soon as u walked in the store u could smell the damp and the clothes were rejects from all the other stores which were returns etc.
still expensive thou for seconds
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I have boycotted the Walsall store since the “team leader” there was very rude and wouldn’t let me pay the ticket price which was £1 less than the scanned price. If this was representative of their customer service no wonder they’ve gone bump.
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For me its a bit scary that a bargin store in Wolverhampton is not doing very well, I didnt shop there myself but if they cannot make a go of it what chance is there for the rest of us
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Well I hope the new owners of the Mander Centre have got some major plan of action in how to fill all these shops that are closing down, the Mander centre is like a ghost town, there’s more empty shops than open ones and most of the open ones only sell tat. Wolverhampton Town Centre is now at desperation level and if nothing is done soon then they may as well just lock the whole place up.
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Dora number 4 comment. why should she let u have it for the wrong price. If you were selling ur house and a number fell of the price I bet u would say no too. Its a shame all those people are loosing there jobs thats the sad thing, and yet another empty shop in wolverhampton.
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My understanding of Dora’s comment is that the item was advertised at one price but scanned at another. If you were buying a shirt and it was advertised with the label on the shelf saying £5, would you not question if the cashier asked you to pay £6 for it?
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by law marked price is the price you pay. having worked in retail, have had plenty of occasions this has occured…. Team leader is responsible for staff that label prices, so in my opinion Dora is correct…. Just sayin.;-)
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No, the price advertise is by law classed as the ‘invitation to buy’ price. the first offer of the price is made when the buyer goes to the till and hands over the money, the acceptance is when the cashier takes it.
ALTHOUGH! most retailers will accept they are at fault of false advertsing and will accept the marked price, they dont have to unless found guilty of ‘knowingly missleading’ customers with false prices.
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Wayne you’re actually wrong the price marked is to give its legal definition an “Invitation to Treat” as opposed to an “Offer” as defined in Contract Law and as such not legally binding.
It’s a myth that shops have to honour prices marked!
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Yes he is wrong as i tried to point out to dora people only see what they want to see, so thanks to u and the sedley smiler xx
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I am a Manager for another chain store and the we do not by law have to honour the marked price only the price it scans at, by law we have 24hrs to rectify the price before selling it at that price.
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If Wolverhampton isn’t careful it will end up looking like West Bromwich; the more the council lets it go down hill the fewer firms will want to invest.
Wolvo has NOTHING going for it at all which means nobody who lives in the town wants to shop there and nobody living outside the town does either.
Lobby your councillors and MP’s!!!! everybody seems to be waiting for somebody else to grasp the nettle!
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There is always some one to have a good moan well I hope you never lose your job like I m about to I work in the Bristol branch , and in regards to the prices not being reduced the closing down signs have only been up for 3 weeks for which we have had discounts of up to 50% to match so please if you have nothing nice to say maybe spare a thought for people like me who work there
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Hi Stacey i did say that in my first comment if u take a luck i wish u loads of luck finding another
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the customer service at maidstone store is exceptional, its some of the customers that seem to have a problem with their manners. There are a lot of very sad customers who do not want them to go, and its a shame that a store with such a good name which has been brought down by some in the company who did not do their jobs properly in the buying department has to suffer. People who find it better to complain just because they do not get their own way when i’m sure it was explained why need to just stop and listen to themselves. Hoorey to glynis and her comment. Good luck to all tj staff.
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Thank you Tina.I work in the Maidstone store and have done since we opened 10 years ago.Its customers like you that keep us going through this hard time.
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I hope Debenhams move into the TJ Hughes building.
I drew up plans for a shopping centre on my blog, not sure if I can link to it. It includes a bridge to Beatties, covering Dudley Street, and keeping the other shops, and would become (marginally) larger than the Merry Hill Centre (so the 3rd largest centre in the UK) for hopefully cheaper than Summer Row.
I can dream. :/ Wolves council themselves don’t have such big plans at the moment.
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when TJ closes whats the chance of manders renting it it will be ZERO, Our price records has been empty for over 10 years, no sign of woolies of been rented out, Why cant the the indoor market move into woolies or is that to simple. Come on manders dont be gready, drop the rent and the car parking fees to attract more retailers, Come W-ton council have words with manders or it will be a dead centre not a Mander Centre.
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I went to Wolverhampton today for th first time in 3 years and the i was shocked how the place looked rundown in a lot of the parts. the Mander centre is a former shadow of itself
Very much like my home town Dudley which has had no regeneration in the last 30 years,Although Wolverhampton as had money thrown at it , it still looks like it was 20 years ago apart from a few new buildings.The people looked down trodden walking around no jobs i guess… no wonder its one of the worst places to visit…
Dudley Borough Regeneration Party
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I remember when it was Owen and Owens, way back when. Its such a shame and I feel really sorry for the staff who are about to loose their jobs. This is never a nice thing to happen. I know only too well, my own job being in jeapordy and I don’t even work there.
Lets hope that they will be able to find a buyer. The center is looking depressing and there will soon be nothing to go into town for.
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Very good customer service from TJ Hughes when my television broke down just out of guarantee – full replacement with a similar model. I know from internet research that people who bought the same set at Argos were being turned away if it was just out of warranty.
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Peter, if TJ Hughes are giving replacement TVs away outside of Warranty, then its know wonder they are going out of business. Not good customer service, just poor business sense.
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Cedric a telly should be fit for the purpose and to break down after a year does not fit that description, so its argos who are misleading customers, TJhughes are doing the right thing Argos are not.
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I have been shopping at TJH since 1992……& i love shopping there………….its very sad to see it go .
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I dont know why the managers brought it out. it seems quite high prices for the quality. and dosent seem to know in which direction it wanted to go, a bit like wollworths. Think it was going to die at some stage. shoppers dont need to go to one shop to buy all, they have Tesco’s and Asda’s that are cheaper and sell their weekley groceries too.
I feel for the staff and for wolverhampton as a whole. The mander centre use to be the first place to do your shopping in the town only going to dudley street for M&S and a hot dog, now the mander centre is getting full of cheaper shops like the wulfrun is, i only go in there for smiths, and thats not doing well. what else is in there that you need to go in for? most are out in dudley street too.
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In a few years times there will be few high street retailers left.
Independent shops need to be encouraged as in Shrewsbury – the only town I can see with a future.
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Rob shrewsbury is ace to hop all independant and busy as well love it , this is what wolvo needs .
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Rob H
You can see it, I can see it, a load of other people can see it…..why can’t the powers-that-be see it?
Get rid of all the 60′s and 70′s shop fronts and replicate the architecture you can see above; Shrewsbury does ok, Chester does ok, Ludlow does ok,. Cheltenham does ok……how many more examples do we need?
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my reply wasn’t aimed at you Thankyou for best wishes
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