Anyone know what's happening with Karrimor? The shop in Manchester has had a clearance sale on now for the last three weeks or so and no sign of it stopping. I get the impression that the new owners are just clearing the shelves of the Karrimor gear to make room for something else and don't plan to continue the Karrimor label.
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Anyone know what's happening with Karrimor? The shop in Manchester has had a clearance sale on now for the last three weeks or so and no sign of it stopping. I get the impression that the new owners are just clearing the shelves of the Karrimor gear to make room for something else and don't plan to continue the Karrimor label.
Anyone know what's happening with Karrimor? The shop in Manchester has had a clearance sale on now for the last three weeks or so and no sign of it stopping. I get the impression that the new owners are just clearing the shelves of the Karrimor gear to make room for something else and don't plan to continue the Karrimor label.
Apparently they have gone bust. The Manchester shop is due to close in the next 7-10 days.
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Richard Gosney said:
Anyone know what's happening with Karrimor? The shop in Manchester has had a clearance sale on now for the last three weeks or so and no sign of it stopping. I get the impression that the new owners are just clearing the shelves of the Karrimor gear to make room for something else and don't plan to continue the Karrimor label.
Apparently they have gone bust. The Manchester shop is due to close in the next 7-10 days.
Technically, they are in receivership so might survive in some form. The receivers were appointed on 20 February this year. The source is the Companies House website:
Anyone know what's happening with Karrimor? The shop in Manchester has had a clearance sale on now for the last three weeks or so and no sign of it stopping. I get the impression that the new owners are just clearing the shelves of the Karrimor gear to make room for something else and don't plan to continue the Karrimor label.
Is that the YHA shop ? Someone advised me they were having a closing down sale and I needed some bits and pieces so trotted in one recent Sunday morning, thinking I could always try one of the other (numerous) outdoor shops in the vicinity should they be sold out.
Couldn't get parked anywhere nearby for love nor (reasonable) money, so gave up and bought locally. It's hardly surprising the world flocks to the Trafford Centre...
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Anyone know what's happening with Karrimor? The shop in Manchester has had a clearance sale on now for the last three weeks or so and no sign of it stopping. I get the impression that the new owners are just clearing the shelves of the Karrimor gear to make room
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something else and don't plan to continue the Karrimor label.
Apparently they have gone bust. The Manchester shop is due to close in the next 7-10 days.
The YHA Adventure Shop on Maid Marian Way in Nottingham (which I believe exclusively sells Karrimor gear) is having a closing down sale too.
My wife and I have picked up some incredible bargains over the last few days. This is one of the few genuine sales I've ever come across, with huge reductions on most things, including boots, rucksacks, Gore-Tex, Paclite, etc. Some of the more popular sizes are disappearing quickly though.
These are the old YHA stores which were taken over by Karrimor. Field and Trek have now taken on three of the stores, including Birmingham and Bristol I think - it will be quite nice to have a Field & Trek in Brum. The Birmingham store still has a lot of bargains, particularly Karrimor rucksacks. The store now seems to be carrying other excess stock from the group, including a lot of Mountain Equipment and Craghoppers stuff. Apparently the stores will begin to carry to usual F&T range within about 4-6 weeks, so the bargains might carry on for a while yet!
Is that the YHA shop ? Someone advised me they were having a closing down sale and I needed some bits and pieces so trotted in one recent Sunday morning, thinking I could always try one of the other (numerous) outdoor shops in the vicinity should they be sold out.
Its rather annoying for me, who supported that shop, I went in to see what was available and it was the busiest it had ever been in my knowledge, I felt sickened by these vultures who had come to take its pickings from the dead shop.
Technically, they are in receivership so might survive in some form. The receivers were appointed on 20 February this year. The source is the Companies House website: