99p store to take over Winton Woolworths premises (From Bournemouth Echo)
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99p store to take over Winton Woolworths premises
10:40am Thursday 25th March 2010 in
A HIGH Street shop which has been empty since the demise of Woolworths is to re-open as part of the 99p Stores chain.
The 131st branch of the chain will open in Wimborne Road, Winton, on April 1, promising more than 4,000 products ranging from cosmetics to catering.
The family-run business began in North London in 2001 and now boasts 1.5 million weekly shoppers.
It expects to have around 200 outlets by the end of the year. Hussein Lalani, co-founder of the company, said: “In a way we are doing for the public what Woolworths failed to do for so many years and that is to give great value products.
“Woolworths started out as a sixpence shop with everything at one price. We are the 21st century version of this.
“We feel proud to take over the mantle and consider oursevles custodians of the Woolworths high street brand.”
The new store will be the 60th former Woolies to be converted by the chain and promises to create 30 new local jobs. In total, 99p Stores have created 500 jobs in the region in the last eighteen months.
Winton East councillor Nigel Cowley said: “Any store opening is a sign that things are improving. Stores like Wilkinson and G&T bring a lot of business to Winton.” But local shop owner Tina Hunter said: “I’m glad that it’s no longer an empty shop but I’d rather it not be a 99p Store.”
Comments(14)
BmthNewshound
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2:21pm Thu 25 Mar 10
Hornedreaper wrote:A 99p shop is better than an empty shop.
The thought of another 99p store send shivers down my spine...If there is a god please bring back Woolies somehow.
redkomsomol
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2:34pm Thu 25 Mar 10
djd
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3:56pm Thu 25 Mar 10
Hello, this is Winton, not Oxford Street.
Surely any business that comes into an otherwise empty shop is welcome
and who knows, Ms Hunter, it may bring an increase in your trade.
Tictock
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4:27pm Thu 25 Mar 10
Bormuf Boy
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4:41pm Thu 25 Mar 10
charliesgirl
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4:56pm Thu 25 Mar 10
Derf
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5:01pm Thu 25 Mar 10
Bormuf Boy
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6:41pm Thu 25 Mar 10
georgina dean
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6:44pm Thu 25 Mar 10
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georgina dean
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6:46pm Thu 25 Mar 10
stuartc73
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8:13pm Thu 25 Mar 10
sussexcherry
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8:51pm Thu 25 Mar 10
redkomsomol wrote:Probably went bust at that price hence 'used to be one' ! They have their place and I have used them lots of times, always full of odds and sods that you may not find elsewhere, so good luck to them. They opened one in Lymington recently and the local snobs didnt like the board above the shop, it wasn't in keeping apparently! I shouldn't think that will be a problem in Winton!!
Can we have a 50p store? There used to be one inSouthampton.
oneshortleg
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7:04am Fri 26 Mar 10
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12:59pm Thu 25 Mar 10