Thread: Maplin stores
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Old 14th Mar 2018, 12:38 am   #280
cheerfulcharlie
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Default Re: Maplin stores

I think another reason for the continuing demise of these traditional high street stores is their enthusiasm for data gathering- they have a store to run and you have to get on your way- so why when you have the cash and they have the product do you have to spend time giving your Email address,postcode etc etc- surely they must have realized that this data gathering is not working and stores are still closing left right and centre. This is one reason why I go to Wickes rather than Screwfix.
I can understand it if you buy a television receiver related product but not on a box of screws.
As for Maplin..some of their sales boffins should have spent a day in Cricklewood Electronics to see how to survive decades of change.
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