Posted by: People Power, Glasgow on 11:48am Fri 11 Apr 08
Despite the amount of purchases I have made at Internationale some years ago & more recently Au Naturale - the quality of stock & items for sale there has definately slumped.
If sales have slumped - then surely they need to focus far more on [italic]"Quality Not Quantity!"[/italic]
Some items in Au Naturale recently have been no better then the crap & trash we can buy at the pound shops littered accross the city.
Maybe this should be a wake up call to the chain & those who buy in its stock.
Lets see some decent quality items for sale, not the junk of recent months!
Despite the amount of purchases I have made at Internationale some years ago & more recently Au Naturale - the quality of stock & items for sale there has definately slumped.
If sales have slumped - then surely they need to focus far more on
"Quality Not Quantity!"
Some items in Au Naturale recently have been no better then the crap & trash we can buy at the pound shops littered accross the city.
Maybe this should be a wake up call to the chain & those who buy in its stock.
Lets see some decent quality items for sale, not the junk of recent months!
Posted by: Glorious Failure, Glasgow on 11:59am Fri 11 Apr 08
[quote][bold]People Power[/bold] wrote:
Despite the amount of purchases I have made at Internationale some years ago & more recently Au Naturale - the quality of stock & items for sale there has definately slumped. If sales have slumped - then surely they need to focus far more on [italic]"Quality Not Quantity!"[/italic] Some items in Au Naturale recently have been no better then the crap & trash we can buy at the pound shops littered accross the city. Maybe this should be a wake up call to the chain & those who buy in its stock. Lets see some decent quality items for sale, not the junk of recent months! [/quote] Good point well made.
Nobody owes these companies. If their products are not up to scratch they will just go under. It's a cut throat industry after all.
People Power wrote:
Despite the amount of purchases I have made at Internationale some years ago & more recently Au Naturale - the quality of stock & items for sale there has definately slumped. If sales have slumped - then surely they need to focus far more on "Quality Not Quantity!" Some items in Au Naturale recently have been no better then the crap & trash we can buy at the pound shops littered accross the city. Maybe this should be a wake up call to the chain & those who buy in its stock. Lets see some decent quality items for sale, not the junk of recent months!
Good point well made.
Nobody owes these companies. If their products are not up to scratch they will just go under. It's a cut throat industry after all.
Posted by: Stewie Griffin, Glasgow on 12:07pm Fri 11 Apr 08
Quality has slumped, no question. Perhaps if they put some air conditioning into their shop in Argyle Street, customers might actually want to shop there. The heat is insufferable.
Quality has slumped, no question. Perhaps if they put some air conditioning into their shop in Argyle Street, customers might actually want to shop there. The heat is insufferable.
Posted by: People Power, Glasgow on 1:01pm Fri 11 Apr 08
Cheers, Glorious Failure. . . . .
Just say things as I see them! No beating about the bush, or faffing around.
Those who want to sit on the fence or push their pens should go into politics.
Those who want action taken when there is a failure to deliver & quality services given without thought need to push harder for them.
If we sit back and take what we're given, and don't complain, boycott companies, or change our line of thinking, way of doing or how we carry out our everyday life - how can we expect improvements to be made ?
Roll on the revolution!!!!
Cheers, Glorious Failure. . . . .
Just say things as I see them! No beating about the bush, or faffing around.
Those who want to sit on the fence or push their pens should go into politics.
Those who want action taken when there is a failure to deliver & quality services given without thought need to push harder for them.
If we sit back and take what we're given, and don't complain, boycott companies, or change our line of thinking, way of doing or how we carry out our everyday life - how can we expect improvements to be made ?
Roll on the revolution!!!!
Posted by: People Power, Glasgow on 1:03pm Fri 11 Apr 08
Cheers, Glorious Failure. . . . .
Just say things as I see them! No beating about the bush, or faffing around.
Those who want to sit on the fence or push their pens should go into politics.
Those who want action taken when there is a failure to deliver & quality services given without thought need to push harder for them.
If we sit back and take what we're given, and don't complain, boycott companies, or change our line of thinking, way of doing or how we carry out our everyday life - how can we expect improvements to be made ?
Roll on the revolution!!!!
Cheers, Glorious Failure. . . . .
Just say things as I see them! No beating about the bush, or faffing around.
Those who want to sit on the fence or push their pens should go into politics.
Those who want action taken when there is a failure to deliver & quality services given without thought need to push harder for them.
If we sit back and take what we're given, and don't complain, boycott companies, or change our line of thinking, way of doing or how we carry out our everyday life - how can we expect improvements to be made ?
Roll on the revolution!!!!
Posted by: People Power, Glasgow on 1:05pm Fri 11 Apr 08
AGAIN THIS E.T. SERVER / POSTING SYSTEM FAILS TO PUBLISH POSTS - EVEN WITH REFRESHING THE PAGE! ARRRGGHHH! GET THIS PROBLEM FIXED E.T.
AGAIN THIS E.T. SERVER / POSTING SYSTEM FAILS TO PUBLISH POSTS - EVEN WITH REFRESHING THE PAGE! ARRRGGHHH! GET THIS PROBLEM FIXED E.T.
Posted by: People Power, Glasgow on 1:14pm Fri 11 Apr 08
Cheers, Glorious Failure. . . . .
Just say things as I see them! No beating about the bush, or faffing around.
Those who want to sit on the fence or push their pens should go into politics.
Those who want action taken when there is a failure to deliver & quality services given without thought need to push harder for them.
If we sit back and take what we're given, and don't complain, boycott companies, or change our line of thinking, way of doing or how we carry out our everyday life - how can we expect improvements to be made ?
Roll on the revolution!!!!
Cheers, Glorious Failure. . . . .
Just say things as I see them! No beating about the bush, or faffing around.
Those who want to sit on the fence or push their pens should go into politics.
Those who want action taken when there is a failure to deliver & quality services given without thought need to push harder for them.
If we sit back and take what we're given, and don't complain, boycott companies, or change our line of thinking, way of doing or how we carry out our everyday life - how can we expect improvements to be made ?
Roll on the revolution!!!!
Posted by: Pete, Glasgow on 1:41pm Fri 11 Apr 08
You see this kind of thing so often with firms expanding faster than is financially sustainable, and in the kind of sectors that will be among the first to be hit by any downturn in the economy.
Eveyone's bought something from Internationale - be it a cushion or a vase or whatever, but there is the sense that the stuff you buy there is kind of disposble and it's when people have to start looking at their disposable income that some of the 'lower end' shops will lose out - more so than the high end retailers.
Everyone wants to make a buck but you've got to watch your back when doing so.
Feel sorry for the workers there though. And it won't help anyone having these big stores lying empty.
You see this kind of thing so often with firms expanding faster than is financially sustainable, and in the kind of sectors that will be among the first to be hit by any downturn in the economy.
Eveyone's bought something from Internationale - be it a cushion or a vase or whatever, but there is the sense that the stuff you buy there is kind of disposble and it's when people have to start looking at their disposable income that some of the 'lower end' shops will lose out - more so than the high end retailers.
Everyone wants to make a buck but you've got to watch your back when doing so.
Feel sorry for the workers there though. And it won't help anyone having these big stores lying empty.
Posted by: People Power, Glasgow on 2:27pm Fri 11 Apr 08
The problem we have here is that peoples income & wages are not as disposable as the stock of Internacionale or Au Naturale.
People are suffering from the credit crunch, tighter finances, saving for holidays, trying to pay their mortgages and find the money they need for everyday expenses & living. . .
That little bit extra, or that treat, indulgence & un-necessary tat we are sucked into buying has fallen down on the list of priorities.
Vases & cheap household items, aren't quite as popular as the clothes for summer holidays or dosh for our weekends drinking sessions.
Like you Pete - I'm not without sympathy for the staff, but its all part of our boom & bust economy.
The rough with the smooth, good & bad (etc.)
When we have so much competition in the high street & retail industry with the huge overheads shops need to stave off with healthy profit margins, is it any wonder so many shops come & go on our high streets today.
The problem we have here is that peoples income & wages are not as disposable as the stock of Internacionale or Au Naturale.
People are suffering from the credit crunch, tighter finances, saving for holidays, trying to pay their mortgages and find the money they need for everyday expenses & living. . .
That little bit extra, or that treat, indulgence & un-necessary tat we are sucked into buying has fallen down on the list of priorities.
Vases & cheap household items, aren't quite as popular as the clothes for summer holidays or dosh for our weekends drinking sessions.
Like you Pete - I'm not without sympathy for the staff, but its all part of our boom & bust economy.
The rough with the smooth, good & bad (etc.)
When we have so much competition in the high street & retail industry with the huge overheads shops need to stave off with healthy profit margins, is it any wonder so many shops come & go on our high streets today.
Posted by: Pete, Glasgow on 2:49pm Fri 11 Apr 08
[quote]Vases & cheap household items, aren't quite as popular as the clothes for summer holidays or dosh for our weekends drinking sessions.[/quote]
Totally, sod the vase, I'm off to the pub.
Literally. I am actually off to the pub. Bye.
Vases & cheap household items, aren't quite as popular as the clothes for summer holidays or dosh for our weekends drinking sessions.
Totally, sod the vase, I'm off to the pub.
Literally. I am actually off to the pub. Bye.
Posted by: People Power, Glasgow on 3:23pm Fri 11 Apr 08
Cheers then,
Didn't think of you as a floral sort of guy!
Bevvy & birds are far better eh ? ;-)
Enjoy!
Cheers then,
Didn't think of you as a floral sort of guy!
Bevvy & birds are far better eh ? ;-)
Enjoy!
Posted by: jrb, Glasgow on 3:42pm Fri 11 Apr 08
As stated by previous posters most of the stock sold in stores such as A Natural is low -quality junk and Im not surprised they may close that's the way life goes,hopefully the staff will find other jobs. It wont be long before another such junk provider takes the place of these stores..
As stated by previous posters most of the stock sold in stores such as A Natural is low -quality junk and Im not surprised they may close that's the way life goes,hopefully the staff will find other jobs. It wont be long before another such junk provider takes the place of these stores..
Posted by: dan, West end on 4:58pm Fri 11 Apr 08
I hope staff can get fixed up quickly.
I think this may be the start of people looking carefully at what they spend.I see coffee and sandwich franchises opening up all over the place and wonder how people can afford to pay the inflated prices for a coffee and a baguette.The cost soon mounts up.
Fiver a day for a coffee and roll.Back to office kettle and sannies.
I hope staff can get fixed up quickly.
I think this may be the start of people looking carefully at what they spend.I see coffee and sandwich franchises opening up all over the place and wonder how people can afford to pay the inflated prices for a coffee and a baguette.The cost soon mounts up.
Fiver a day for a coffee and roll.Back to office kettle and sannies.
Posted by: Pete, Glasgow on 8:00am Sat 12 Apr 08
[quote][bold]dan[/bold] wrote:
I hope staff can get fixed up quickly. I think this may be the start of people looking carefully at what they spend.I see coffee and sandwich franchises opening up all over the place and wonder how people can afford to pay the inflated prices for a coffee and a baguette.The cost soon mounts up. Fiver a day for a coffee and roll.Back to office kettle and sannies. [/quote] Dan,
there was a great column in The Times (the London one) last week on exactly the same subject. By Martin Samuel - worth checking out.
dan wrote:
I hope staff can get fixed up quickly. I think this may be the start of people looking carefully at what they spend.I see coffee and sandwich franchises opening up all over the place and wonder how people can afford to pay the inflated prices for a coffee and a baguette.The cost soon mounts up. Fiver a day for a coffee and roll.Back to office kettle and sannies.
Dan,
there was a great column in The Times (the London one) last week on exactly the same subject. By Martin Samuel - worth checking out.
Posted by: dan, West end on 9:54am Sat 12 Apr 08
Pete,
I read the article you refer to and was basing my opinion upon it as it certainly made sense.
cheers
Dan
Pete,
I read the article you refer to and was basing my opinion upon it as it certainly made sense.
cheers
Dan
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