Sure, celebrities are often seen gracing the aisles of premium stores like Harvey Nicholl’s and Harrods, but that doesn’t mean they’re above grabbing a pound’s worth of bargains when they see one. Even American starlet Britney Spears has been snapped buying matches in a London branch of Poundland!
The BBC documentary series ‘Pound Shop Wars’ filmed the grand opening of Poundworld’s 248th store in Hemel Hempstead in July, after producers had their interest peaked by the shop’s head-to-head battle with the local American-owned Poundland.
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Two discount stores from one shopping centre have begun a price war that has seen prices go down as low as 93p.
Poundland and the 99p Store at Kingsgate Shopping Centre in Dunfermline have gone head-to-head in a price reduction battle and it’s expected that prices will keep on dropping over the next few weeks.
We’ve only just entered autumn and the first signs of Christmas are already appearing; a few greeting cards here, some decorations there – it’s the elephant in the room that we can no longer ignore.
We are finally starting to get some warmer weather and so many people are heading out into their gardens to soak up some sun. They are inviting family and friends over, having BBQs and using their gardens for socialising.
Taking a swipe at the big pound stores like Poundland and Pound World, Tesco have now launched 100’s of pound shop areas with many of their UK stores. It isn’t the first time they have tried something like this as in 2009 it dedicated a whole aisle to selling.
With more and more people taking to shopping online for their products and services we have noticed that click and collect is becoming extremely popular. Online sales are up by 17% and in total throughout 2014 total sales are set to break £100bn mark.
So it’s nearly time for the dreaded six week holiday where the kids are off school and driving you insane however it’s when the family can get together and have some real quality time. Why not treat the kids and buy them some new toys to play with and then all the family can join in on the fun.
Stationery - it’s one of those items that we cannot do without and with many businesses looking to make cuts and tighten their budgets they are looking for alternatives on where they can source their necessities from. If you own a pound shop then you should look to stock a full range of stationery as it’s always a good seller and it’s not just businesses which may need some stationery over summer!