Maplin is back........?

[Mixermend]

I have been receiving e-mail messages from Maplin recently - so it seems as though the Company is back!

They seem to be selling the same sort of stuff (toys?) - as when they were last around, but on purely a web based set up.

There were occasions when you needed a Neutrik XLR urgently, for example - and could get one from the store, despite it being priced at double that of your usual supplier. So they won't now have that advantage as they are mail order, so I wonder what their new niche actually is?

[themadhippy]

so it seems as though the Company is back!

they been about for at least a year,maybe longer

so I wonder what their new niche actually is

A recognised high street name acting as a store front for cheap chinese tat?

[sandall]

A recognised high street name acting as a store front for cheap chinese tat?

No change there then.......

 

TBF their half-price offers were often reasonable value.

[david.elsbury]

Exactly the same as what happened with Dick Smith here in nz. The name was purchased by Kogan who now trade online only.

[Stuart91]

Somebody tried to do the same thing with the Woolworths brand, after the shops went under. It seems to have been merged into Very/Littlewoods now.

 

(Biggest flaw with the business plan is probably that they can't sell Pick'n'mix online)

[sunray]

I have been receiving e-mail messages from Maplin recently - so it seems as though the Company is back!

They seem to be selling the same sort of stuff (toys?) - as when they were last around, but on purely a web based set up.

There were occasions when you needed a Neutrik XLR urgently, for example - and could get one from the store, despite it being priced at double that of your usual supplier. So they won't now have that advantage as they are mail order, so I wonder what their new niche actually is?

They never went away, the mail order service continued 'to clear stock' as the initial emails informed.

 

[dje]

I have been receiving e-mail messages from Maplin recently - so it seems as though the Company is back!

They seem to be selling the same sort of stuff (toys?) - as when they were last around, but on purely a web based set up.

There were occasions when you needed a Neutrik XLR urgently, for example - and could get one from the store, despite it being priced at double that of your usual supplier. So they won't now have that advantage as they are mail order, so I wonder what their new niche actually is?

 

Perhaps you underestimate the number of people who find themselves at a loose end and need to source a crap karaoke machine, an overpriced Neutrik XLR and a cheap remote control helicopter and want to save on shipping?

[Junior8]

The administrators sold the brand, trademarks and website for £800,000 in 2018.

[ImagineerTom]

Frankly I think I want to employ the administrator who negotiated that price on my sales team...

[Stuart91]

I think I want to employ the administrator

 

I expect anyone competent in that field will be making hay just now. I wonder how much the Debenhams or TopShop "brand, trademarks, and website" will be worth?

[kerry davies]

Frankly I think I want to employ the administrator who negotiated that price on my sales team...

It seems the guys behind it are a property speculator and a former CEO of Poundland. That money is probably mythical like most large sums appear to be in business these days.

[Junior8]

All brands have a value to someone. Some years ago I interviewed a chap who'd bought the Aertex (yes that sportswear) brand off some group quite unrelated to textiles.

[Jivemaster]

I've tried to find products on their www to no avail. Their www defeated me. The advantage of their stores was being able to shop at three stores within my usual patch at work, and being able to buy things between six and seven pm.

[IRW]

I've tried to find products on their www to no avail. Their www defeated me. The advantage of their stores was being able to shop at three stores within my usual patch at work, and being able to buy things between six and seven pm.

 

And if course you'd have the fun of trying to get round all three of those stores between 6 and 7pm to pick up the XLR from one, the wire from another, and the solder from the third...!

[alistermorton]

Oh yes, BTDTGTTS - three shops located at St Paul's cathedral, Eldon street at rear of Liverpool Street station, and Eastcheap. Edited December 8, 2020 by alistermorton