Breaking News...bhs 'could File For Administration'

[mikey4444]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-36123444

Anybody remotely surprised by this ? I can't remember the last time I shopped at BHS....about 15 years ago I think, to buy a bath towel.

[smurfchops]

The clothes lately remind me of a market stall

[DTCwordfan]

you misjudged the labels there, jackdaw, something beginning with 'L'

[Jackdaw33]

If you want to see real tat, go to Tati in Paris. A most aptly named store.

[atalanta]

A BHS assistant once spoke to me so rudely, she made it clear she thought I was going to steal the goods I wanted to try on. I never went back to that shop. That's one assistant who'll deserve to lose her job.

[Peter Pedant]

bhs used to be home and colonial innit in around 1900 ?

founded by Drew and he retired at age 24
and built castle drogo in devon designed by Lutyens

or not - that may be someone else

Big sticking point in BHS troubles is the £500m hole in the pension fund

[Bathsheba]

atalanta,..lI was recently in a charity shop which was on two floor. I had picked out what I wanted from the ground floor, somI gave it to the girl on the till and I asked would it be ok if I went upstairs? "Oh yes, yes, of course, no problem" So I went upstairs and within 30 secs one of the girls appeared and started "tidying up".I was so angry I went back down and said "I'm not a thief" in my stern, cross voice,..then I announced I wasnted to buy the £40 desk/'bureau from upstairs. Well, they both went to pieces then, apologising for upsetting mde, but they had lost a lot of stock through shoplifing pf later

[Bathsheba]

..sorry, laptop froze there...through shoplifing of late. Not my problem, I said,...try cctv,. they said they already had it. Not like me to lose my temper, but I lost it with them :(

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[Bathsheba]

Actually, that's not true.....I lose my temper frequently ;) x x

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[Bathsheba]

Talbot,...what I wouldn't give to be 17 again ;)

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[Cloverjo]

I'm not surprised by the BHS news. I last went in there a few years ago, I think to buy a pair of gloves for my mum - not having found what I wanted in every other shop in town. It was dismal. Dreadful clothes, poorly displayed. It was grim. I couldn't wait to get out.
I don't know who they're trying to sell to.

[jno]

BHS paid more than £25m to owner in 13 months before administration

How about that. And now it's broke!

[Jomlett]

BHS paid more than £25m to owner in 13 months before administration http://gu.com/p/4tjvn/stw