Debenhams unveils multi-million pound expansion in Blackburn (From Lancashire Telegraph)

Mall still has many shop units empty.Mall didn't attract many big names to Blackburn likes of Jack&Jones Disney Stores Waterstone Internacionally Poundland Sony Centre Krspie Kreme miss selfridge and many more.
I still go to Preston because Blackburn Mall still doesn't have much to offer.

Preston is the retail centre of Lancashire Blackburn town centre cannot compete with Preston.
Labour Council has destroyed Blackburn town centre not the mall shopping centre. Blackburn Labour council did not allow investments like Preston.Recently a luxury flats was turned down by Labour on Montague Street.A hotel in town centre approved when many towns in Lancashire like Blackpool,Bolton,Pre
ston and Lancaster already has town centre hotels.Blackburn is twenty years behind Preston.Many regeneration projects in Blackburn town centre like the Cathedral regeneration project ,bus station and the orbital road has taken ten years to be approved by the Labour Council and it will ten years to complete.Preston projects far bigger than Blackburn regeneration projects and past Preston projects were completed in very short time while Blackburn Council hit a snag on planning and fundings on Orbital Road,Bus station and Cathedral projects.

Yawn yawn here we go. Blackburn has achieved something so it must be time to rubbish it and say how it is so inferior to Preston. Boring boring. And how is Blackburn Cathedral Quarter planning 10 years behind Preston? Preston hasn't even got a Cathedral - they are therefore 100 years behind Blackburn! Well done Debenhams and don't let these so very sad bufoons get you down.

indiana patel wrote:
Mall still has many shop units empty.Mall didn't attract many big names to Blackburn likes of Jack&Jones Disney Stores Waterstone Internacionally Poundland Sony Centre Krspie Kreme miss selfridge and many more.
I still go to Preston because Blackburn Mall still doesn't have much to offer.

You're not going to shop in Blackburn because there's no Poundland? (By the way, there is).

Seriously?

You daft pez.

"Blackburn is twenty years behind Preston." M.Danny you crack me up. Preston is rubbish and offers no more than B'burn.

"Blackburn is twenty years behind Preston." M.Danny you crack me up. Preston is rubbish and offers no more than B'burn.

Chico! wrote:

indiana patel wrote:
Mall still has many shop units empty.Mall didn't attract many big names to Blackburn likes of Jack&Jones Disney Stores Waterstone Internacionally Poundland Sony Centre Krspie Kreme miss selfridge and many more.
I still go to Preston because Blackburn Mall still doesn't have much to offer.

You're not going to shop in Blackburn because there's no Poundland? (By the way, there is).

Seriously?

You daft pez.

It's got poundworld not the biggest pound store chains in UK the Poundland the best and the biggest in UK you daft pez.
Many shop units empty in the Mall.
Where is miss selfridge Clas Olhlson cex waterstone disney store jack & jones
sony centre internacionale stores.Blackburn is behind Preston and Preston is the retail centre of Lancashire

Too be fair this is a brilliant investment into Blackburn town centre. This shows that some retail is still more viable in Blackburn otherwise they wouldn't commission an expensive refit and expansion of this size.

In the past 2/3 years or so we have seen new stores by Primark, H&M, New Look, USC, Bank, Pandora Toymaster, Millies Cookies , Deichmann, Select and Costa have entered the town.

Larger stores from Next, Topshop/Topman, JD Sports, Select and now Debenhams.

Yeah Blackburn still isn't great but this hasn't been helped by the loss of HMV, JJB, Peacocks due to factors which extend beyond Blackburn. We almost lost Game and for similar reasons.

Retail is in a massive transition at the moment and I actually think that whilst Blackburn could do with a Currys Digital and perhaps some of the stores named above it has actually evolved when an unprecedented amount of retails companies have gone under.

indiana patel wrote:

Chico! wrote:

indiana patel wrote:
Mall still has many shop units empty.Mall didn't attract many big names to Blackburn likes of Jack&Jones Disney Stores Waterstone Internacionally Poundland Sony Centre Krspie Kreme miss selfridge and many more.
I still go to Preston because Blackburn Mall still doesn't have much to offer.

You're not going to shop in Blackburn because there's no Poundland? (By the way, there is).

Seriously?

You daft pez.

It's got poundworld not the biggest pound store chains in UK the Poundland the best and the biggest in UK you daft pez.
Many shop units empty in the Mall.
Where is miss selfridge Clas Olhlson cex waterstone disney store jack & jones
sony centre internacionale stores.Blackburn is behind Preston and Preston is the retail centre of Lancashire

Calm down you illiterate pez. Perhaps you should go to Waterstones to buy a book on writing in English.

Preston doesn't have a Disney store.

You're an idiot.

And a pez.

Brfc2013 wrote:
Too be fair this is a brilliant investment into Blackburn town centre. This shows that some retail is still more viable in Blackburn otherwise they wouldn't commission an expensive refit and expansion of this size.

In the past 2/3 years or so we have seen new stores by Primark, H&M, New Look, USC, Bank, Pandora Toymaster, Millies Cookies , Deichmann, Select and Costa have entered the town.

Larger stores from Next, Topshop/Topman, JD Sports, Select and now Debenhams.

Yeah Blackburn still isn't great but this hasn't been helped by the loss of HMV, JJB, Peacocks due to factors which extend beyond Blackburn. We almost lost Game and for similar reasons.

Retail is in a massive transition at the moment and I actually think that whilst Blackburn could do with a Currys Digital and perhaps some of the stores named above it has actually evolved when an unprecedented amount of retails companies have gone under.

Agree retail is in massive transition at the moment .Retail is changing with online sales and out of town superstores while town centres are suffering with many shop closures.
We could do with curry digital waterstone disney stores jack & jones and miss selfridge in Blackburn mall.

Chico! wrote:

indiana patel wrote:

Chico! wrote:

indiana patel wrote:
Mall still has many shop units empty.Mall didn't attract many big names to Blackburn likes of Jack&Jones Disney Stores Waterstone Internacionally Poundland Sony Centre Krspie Kreme miss selfridge and many more.
I still go to Preston because Blackburn Mall still doesn't have much to offer.

You're not going to shop in Blackburn because there's no Poundland? (By the way, there is).

Seriously?

You daft pez.

It's got poundworld not the biggest pound store chains in UK the Poundland the best and the biggest in UK you daft pez.
Many shop units empty in the Mall.
Where is miss selfridge Clas Olhlson cex waterstone disney store jack & jones
sony centre internacionale stores.Blackburn is behind Preston and Preston is the retail centre of Lancashire

Calm down you illiterate pez. Perhaps you should go to Waterstones to buy a book on writing in English.

Preston doesn't have a Disney store.

You're an idiot.

And a pez.

I think this is a great boost, I definitely head to Preston Debenhams on a regular basis because they have a much better choice but, I also go to Preston for a better shopping experience.

For me, Blackburn suffers because of a lack of decent places to eat & the sheer number of kids, teenagers & groups of lads hanging around in the Mall. The goths skateboard arena out the back of Debenhams isn't a good advert either!!

Eating & shopping go hand in hand for lots of people who generally like to make a day out of it.

As said in the other post, on line shopping & the retail parks are crippling town centre's. When people do visit them, they want a pleasant environment to shop in. Blackburn needs to stop catering to the kids & the Pound shop brigade, get one or two more big name stores in (a good bookstore please!!!), decent eateries & people will come back & more importantly...spend.

Fire Fly wrote:

Chico! wrote:

indiana patel wrote:

Chico! wrote:

indiana patel wrote:
Mall still has many shop units empty.Mall didn't attract many big names to Blackburn likes of Jack&Jones Disney Stores Waterstone Internacionally Poundland Sony Centre Krspie Kreme miss selfridge and many more.
I still go to Preston because Blackburn Mall still doesn't have much to offer.

You're not going to shop in Blackburn because there's no Poundland? (By the way, there is).

Seriously?

You daft pez.

It's got poundworld not the biggest pound store chains in UK the Poundland the best and the biggest in UK you daft pez.
Many shop units empty in the Mall.
Where is miss selfridge Clas Olhlson cex waterstone disney store jack & jones
sony centre internacionale stores.Blackburn is behind Preston and Preston is the retail centre of Lancashire

Calm down you illiterate pez. Perhaps you should go to Waterstones to buy a book on writing in English.

Preston doesn't have a Disney store.

You're an idiot.

And a pez.

I think this is a great boost, I definitely head to Preston Debenhams on a regular basis because they have a much better choice but, I also go to Preston for a better shopping experience.

For me, Blackburn suffers because of a lack of decent places to eat & the sheer number of kids, teenagers & groups of lads hanging around in the Mall. The goths skateboard arena out the back of Debenhams isn't a good advert either!!

Eating & shopping go hand in hand for lots of people who generally like to make a day out of it.

As said in the other post, on line shopping & the retail parks are crippling town centre's. When people do visit them, they want a pleasant environment to shop in. Blackburn needs to stop catering to the kids & the Pound shop brigade, get one or two more big name stores in (a good bookstore please!!!), decent eateries & people will come back & more importantly...spend.

We need a few name stores like miss selfridge jack&jones internacionally clas ohlson cex perfect home disney store waterstone curry digital sony centre monsoon starbuck coffee.
Like you say the kids that hangs around back of Debenhams with skateboards the council and police needs to act and move them out.This isn't a skateboard park, this is a town centre people go for shopping.
Eateries we have one decent place that's Mcdonalds and a Exchange coffee shop in Fleming square the rest are just cafes and take aways in markets ground floor in the Mall and Darwen street.
We need more upmarket eateries like Nandos, KFC, Burger King, Harry Ramsden, Pizza Hut, Starbucks Coffee and Krispie Kreme.
People will come back and spend more.Lack of choices and not enough eateries and big name stores is the reason many shoppers still head to Preston and Manchester.