StainlessSteelCat Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 (edited) My shopping at M&S will be half price this year. Just before Christmas, Amex were doing this deal where if you bought £50 of stuff from Argos, you got £25 back on your statement. I bought £50 of M&S vouchers as I enjoy their reduced bread. Couple that with only buying the discounted stuff (got the missus some lovely pate for 20p a jar from there the other day) - and they are cheaper than Lidl. Edited January 8, 2015 by StainlessSteelCat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steppenpig Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 (edited) I don't really understand M&S food shops. Tesco quality at Waitrose prices. I'm a bit out of touch of late, but I did used to think there was good stuff in there, but also some weird stuff. Much like their clothes. I remember reading the ingredients of some pie, and being amazed that it was all "food", meat, vegatables, flour, fat and salt, all the usual E numbers and chemicals being completely absent. Edited January 8, 2015 by Steppenpig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byron Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 In my local Tesco Hyper mega market, the clothes floor devotes over 50% of its space to women, one third to children and just one sixth to men's clothing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearishonhouses Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 C&A got out of many markets years ago. Their stuff was reasonable quality, if slightly conservative . . . but I don't know if anyone wants that these days . . . (apart from in Germany, where there are still C&A stores.) I heard of a lady who got confused with a pair of knickers she had bought at that store. She asked the shop assistant which way round they were supposed to go. The assistant told her "Madam, all or underwear is quite clearly marked C&A." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Masked Tulip Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Wurzel, your diet needs looking at. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Preacherman Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Spot on.Same as Waitrose.Things are rosy for them now but the writings on the wall down the line unless they can engage with a different demographic. My local Waitrose has got a healthy demographic. Lots of 30-40 somethings shop there. The great thing is the scuzz shop in the local Aldi and Morrisons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Masked Tulip Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 The comments on Daily Mail M&S articles clearly state what its customers think is wrong with M&S - pretty much obvious things - but year after years M&S seems to simplyy ignore such customer comments. Smacks of an arrogance in their management IMPO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
libspero Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 (edited) So your competitors hold sales and you arrogantly do not - must think their customers are mugs.Not sure I really buy into the whole "Sales" thing. Most of them are phoney and in a way I have a certain respect for a company that just says this is what it is, this is what it costs.Similar model to Aldi / LIDL. In the case of M&S I don't mind paying a higher price for quality. I buy my shoes from M&S. All the ones I've bought there have been understated but incredibly well made. Not like some of the fashion outlets that sell absolute junk. Seldom buy anything else from M&S though other than work shirts. Their casual gear generally doesn't appeal to me. Edited January 9, 2015 by libspero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
libspero Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 Wurzel, your diet needs looking at. Says the man who craps buttplugs.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.steve Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 The amount of money and time spent on clothes is totally disproportionate to its importance. I disagree about the value of clothes, and that's coming from someone who mostly dresses like a hobo - whose best clobber came from supermarket deals! M&S have lost the plot. A few years back I gave up on them... and it isn't about fashion choice. Anecdote: I needed shirts... I knew I could shop around, but I wanted to meet "medium-quality" and was willing to pay top-dollar for convenience. A few absolute requirements: right size; mostly (or almost) white; cotton. "Easy!" I hear you say... but no. Flagship stores might have one or two acceptable shirts... but I was trying to buy a dozen! M&S thought it an appropriate use of my time to drive to 6 to 9 cities to see if they had stock! Un-fricking-believable! If I can't rely upon M&S to supply, I can't be bothered turning up at their shops. Simple, really. Treat paying customers like dirt and they don't come back. I ***REALLY*** wish someone would up-turn the retail clothes sector. I want a business selling basic, obvious, clothes... well-made from quality fabrics... where replacing a garment with a similar/identical new one doesn't require a day (or more) 'hunting'. Please would someone make clothes commodity ASAP? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiveinHope Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 I disagree about the value of clothes, and that's coming from someone who mostly dresses like a hobo - whose best clobber came from supermarket deals! M&S have lost the plot. A few years back I gave up on them... and it isn't about fashion choice. Anecdote: I needed shirts... I knew I could shop around, but I wanted to meet "medium-quality" and was willing to pay top-dollar for convenience. A few absolute requirements: right size; mostly (or almost) white; cotton. "Easy!" I hear you say... but no. Flagship stores might have one or two acceptable shirts... but I was trying to buy a dozen! M&S thought it an appropriate use of my time to drive to 6 to 9 cities to see if they had stock! Un-fricking-believable! If I can't rely upon M&S to supply, I can't be bothered turning up at their shops. Simple, really. Treat paying customers like dirt and they don't come back. I ***REALLY*** wish someone would up-turn the retail clothes sector. I want a business selling basic, obvious, clothes... well-made from quality fabrics... where replacing a garment with a similar/identical new one doesn't require a day (or more) 'hunting'. Please would someone make clothes commodity ASAP? + 1 on shirts. IMO M&S seem to only sell shirts for people who don't wear shirts on a daily basis, but instead by whom a shirt is thought it be a party piece. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloo Loo Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 I got a shirt some time ago from their made to measure service. My weight, hieght collar, maybe a few more measures and off went the online order. There didnt seem to be enough data on my personal size. Shirt arrived quickly, fitted the best of any shirt I have ever had. delighted and great value. Lost weight since and it very baggy now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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