Guest 699- Registered: 3 Jun 2010
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1 November 2010
13:4777815#1
with the news whitfield may get a few new shops near tesco
what would we welcome in dover ?
for me lets say john lewis , the range or maybe wilkinsons out of down shop or the big one which would do dover some good would be ikea
Ross Miller
- Location: London Road, Dover
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1 November 2010
15:1177825#2
Frankly, what Dover really needs is town centre shops, especially a decent mens clothes shop.
But in the spirit of your post, yes an Ikea would be great, so would a PC World and a Comet
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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1 November 2010
16:0877833#3
i cannot see wilkinsons beign interested in whitfiekd, they prefer centre of town sites.
surprised they have not moved here already.
the 3 that ross mentions would be more suited to whitfield.
1 November 2010
17:3977855#4
Difficult to know looking at the demographics + the lure of Westwood Cross, McArthur Glen, Canterbury what could possibly turn a profit there.
John Lewis and IKEA are far too up market for Dover at present when even M&S is hanging on by its fingernails.
On the plus side I must say that walking through the town centre last Saturday I was actually quite envious of Dovorians.
At least the transition from life to death won't seem as great as for most of us!
Guest 694- Registered: 22 Mar 2010
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1 November 2010
17:5077858#5
Bob I think you have a slightly different brand view of Ikea than some of us.
And the nearest one is Lakeside, and of course it may attract those people who hop, skip and jump across the channel.!
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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1 November 2010
18:0277860#6
lets not talk about McArther Gen.They asked to come to Dover,but was turned down by the Dover council of the Day,I say no more about it.
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But Wilkingsons could still be looking at Dover,They did at one time as I posted some years ago After talking to one of their Top brass. On a Building site,same way how I found out about Morrinsons two years ahead before they came.
1 November 2010
18:1177866#7
Bob Frost,
You are a dry old bugger!!!!
1 November 2010
18:1477867#8
Jenni,
With new stores IKEA is aiming at young college educated customers. Urban inhabitants, trend setters and often people who have already used IKEA. Price control is excellent giving value for money and it has taken over the gap in the market that I well remember Habitat had in the late sixties relying on word of mouth for a lot of advertising. Islington yes. Whitstable yes. Dover no.
I fail to see the sort of person who calls their offspring Liam will have furniture named after a character in Wallender!
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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1 November 2010
18:1777870#9
bob
you are at risk of offending many dovorians with your onslaught.
Guest 694- Registered: 22 Mar 2010
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1 November 2010
18:2277874#10
Hmm.. i think we shall have to agree to disagree..
the demographic of the people inside Ikea are varied and different and have items that start at 99p and are an outlet for lots of people.
And the demographic among the population Dover does vary as well.
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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1 November 2010
18:4377880#11
Any retail outlet given permission to open at Whitfield, will only be for bulk items, not the smaller items than can be found in Wilkinsons, Comet or PC World.
We need Town Centre shops - and good qualitry ones too. A stronger ecomomy, thriving shops (not just surviving) and a Town to be proud of, which includes the quality of the buildings too.
Roger
Guest 703- Registered: 30 Jul 2010
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1 November 2010
18:5177884#12
I saw at the weekend there's a planning application posted on the old MFI site to demolish but I can't find anything online. Anyone know what that's about?
Guest 690- Registered: 10 Oct 2009
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1 November 2010
18:5577886#13
My daughter and my in-laws shop up at Ikea now and then. I`ve only ever been to the one in Weymouth some years back, but didn`t find it very exciting. But any new store`s either at Dover, (preferably), or Whitfield should be welcomed. Yes, a Comet or similar store urgently needed.
Tell them that I came, and no one answered.
Guest 696- Registered: 31 Mar 2010
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1 November 2010
19:3077899#14
I've got a notion that the Council has outwitted itself on the topic of new shops. One plan is to build up DTIZ as a commercial shopping centre. Then we have the Saturday market stall. Then there are the empty shops in the Town-centre and Snargate Street. Add to that the shop-plans for Whitfield, and all we need is to go on a shopping spree.
Ross Miller- Location: London Road, Dover
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1 November 2010
20:5277925#15
It is not the DDC that is proposing the shops at Whitfield/White Cliffs Business Park; it is a developer who has put a proposal in to develop a site for 6 large "bulk item" stores
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Guest 651- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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1 November 2010
20:5777928#16
Ray - it is probably just a re-statement of the original planning application for DTIZ as it was up for demolition for the building of flats
Been nice knowing you :)
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
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3 November 2010
11:1178249#17
I contacted Wilkinsons last year when there was a rumour they were coming to Dover and the answer was no. I have emailed them again saying we did not have a hardware shop in Dover and have recieved the following reply this morning.
"I am sorry but there are still no plans to open a store in Dover. . . . . . .Your request has been logged onto our system so the situation may change in the future."
A great shame as I even told them about a potential site, the old Sainsbury store. At least they know there is a need for their kind of store and I can but hope.
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Ross Miller- Location: London Road, Dover
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3 November 2010
15:0278280#18
I see there is activity in the old Poundshop/Sainsbury's - anyone got any ideas whats going on in there?
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"Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength,
While loving someone deeply gives you courage" - Laozi
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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3 November 2010
15:4978284#19
someone told me last week that sainsbury's were going to open a scaled down version of one of their own supermarkets.
i e mailed them but not had a reply.
Ross Miller- Location: London Road, Dover
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3 November 2010
16:4878316#20
I have been told that it is a Sainsbury's Local that will be opening in the half that LRCF didn't put the pictures on
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