Obviously I am a little biased but I can't understand why they are closing stores and sending product to asda! Anyway. Sorry to hijack
Tinks that is interesting! Where did you hear/see that?
Wendy - sorry to hear about your store/ job
. Our (more) local DS closed down some years ago now.
I can see why they are moving away from Disney Stores (if they are). Basically it comes down to overheads - having a unit within a larger retail store is cheaper. That's it really
. Not sure it's a good idea but I can see the reasoning behind it. Harrods and then Asda are certainly poles apart aren't they
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I was in our nearest DS today, OK it was midweek, but the mall itself was heaving (as were many shops), but not the DS - lots of things were on sale too which surprised me. You would think they wouldn't need to slash prices just before Christmas, but I wonder if it's a sign of things to come for DS?
I have noticed a devaluation of the Disney brand over the last few years with merchandise being sold all over the place - Asda/Sainsburys down to B&M & Poundland. I think you have always been able to get items in these shops, but not in such prolific numbers
. Not saying they are the same quality though, as often they are not.
Just to get back OT - we saw Duffy today and a few outfits. Mum bought DD2's Duffy the pilot jacket outfit for Christmas. Have to say, the CM on the till was lovely - probably the most enthusiastic I have seen in a while in there. She was asking if we had Duffy at home and did we know the story behind him etc. It might have been to try and push the merchandise (there certainly didn't seem a rush on to buy it!), but I think she was just being nice really
I guess a lot more people thought that we weren't worth bothering with too. We are all devastated
and noticed there is a good deal for Duffy at the moment
we started a Facebook page and we have almost 900 likes but sadly it won't make any difference. I will miss it so much 
