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Mike
26-05-11, 02:25 PM
Just nipped down my local Focus to find out there going bump & having a 20~30% sale on everything.

So if anyone on here is redecorating or doing there garden you got 2 weeks to abuse there prices before they shut compeltely.

Stuart
26-05-11, 02:27 PM
Ohh I'll go clear them out of BBQ charcoal :)

mowgli
26-05-11, 02:28 PM
bugger... i got my fence done 2 weeks ago........

Southie
26-05-11, 02:30 PM
Mike, I've looked this up and you ain't wrong mate ;) >LINK (http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/money/3601360/3300-jobs-go-as-Focus-chain-shuts.html)<

Andy
26-05-11, 02:33 PM
Nice one for t' heads up

mowgli
26-05-11, 02:36 PM
they were always crap compared to the others though.......

88ESR
26-05-11, 02:37 PM
I was in our local one yesterday and they didn't seem to be giving much away..

I only needed some wire wool and a bit of copper pipe so I can't get too upset..

Any truth in the rumour that B&Q are buying part of the Focus chain?

Stuart
26-05-11, 02:37 PM
Overpriced for brand named paint/products yes

if you buy tools from any of the usual DIY shops then you deserve all you dont get lol

mowgli
26-05-11, 02:43 PM
focus used to have brilliant cheap tools, then they put 300% on them.. so they don't sell....... in ours, the hardest thing to do is trying to find basic diy electrical or plumbing stuff... they have huge displays of stuff like kids bedroom furniture..

Jack
26-05-11, 02:46 PM
This has been on the cards for a while, although they announced in the past day or two they'd given up trying to find a buyer lol Was on the news last night, possibly the night before.

B&Q and Wickes have purchased and rebranded (or will be rebranding) a number of Focus stores. The rest will close.

mowgli
26-05-11, 02:50 PM
focus used to own wickes.. they got bought by venture capitalists, wickes then got sold off to Travis Perkins, leaving focus to muddle on...

people watch food & essex slappers on the telly these days.. diy is old hat.

Mike
26-05-11, 02:56 PM
Any truth in the rumour that B&Q are buying part of the Focus chain?

Yes that is true, a friend of mine works in my local Fucus (so I get a 20% family discount :p ) an its him who I was talking to about it earlier.

B&Q have bought about 20 branches, Wickes have bought about 10 or 15 but the rest are in limbo pending closure.

Edd
26-05-11, 03:13 PM
Not surprised tbh

Focus sell utter tat for stupidly high prices, since Toolstation opened up few years back I can get decent stuff for quarter of the price

As we have B+Q and Wickes I expect Focus to be another empty building soon

Tim
27-05-11, 06:47 AM
this may sound a daft question, but, what does B&Q stand for any way??

i was thinking the other day when i was driving.

Jack
27-05-11, 07:47 AM
Block & Quayle, the founders.