leather goods

[algsoul]

this year loads of small leather goods  (gents note cases and ladies purces from £8.00 to £24.00  and only sold a few ?? anybody else same ??

[Mike at Vauxhall]

Been a non starter me this year too, just a couple of wallets.

[mathews]

Same here. Retail is dead.

[grahamparker]

Same with Tankards and Hip Flasks for us it is the Amazon/Internet effect in action.

This year my padlock sales have dropped to below 6000 for the first time in the last 10 years still sold around 4000 but it is still quite a drop.

[Broms Cobb]

Quality is the only way forward, I the same have noticed a slump in this kind of sale but know of a shop that 'looks good' and charges big money NO TAT.

I will be looking at this for the next year.

[Mike at Vauxhall]

Belts have tanked for me too.

[x minit uk]

Opposite for me, leather goods have struggled in recent years but been good the last 3 months.

Happy new year.

[Tom D]

I used to go to cheetam hill in Manchester , bags  wallets purses etc ,  used to make  "beer money from it" but it just fell away

[Michael]

Had a little flurry of last minute xmas eve purchases in wallets and zippos but outside of that, not a lot of giftware sold now.

I'll keep saying it...retail as we know it is done!

No way back for the high street whatever Lord  T thinks!

[kobblers]

16 minutes ago, Michael said:

Had a little flurry of last minute xmas eve purchases in wallets and zippos but outside of that, not a lot of giftware sold now.

I'll keep saying it...retail as we know it is done!

No way back for the high street whatever Lord  T thinks!

I disagree, Michael. I think if the government dropped the rents, rates and taxes that us small businesses have to pay then we'd be able to sell our goods at lower prices to be able to compete with the non-tax paying big boys of the internet.

Rick.

[Michael]

For me, I own my building so rent is mine, I don't pay rates (100% small business rate relief) and not enough turnover for VAT and I pay what tax I'm told.

It's the footfall on the high streets, no one bothers. You need people to bring shops and you need shops to bring people, It's a no win situation and I don't know where the answer lies but I don't think it's in rate and rent reductions.

People want to shop on the internet and that's it. Unfortunately they forget that the services you can't get online cannot survive in empty streets waiting for the odd customer!

[k4mrc]

On 12/29/2018 at 11:39 AM, Michael said:

For me, I own my building so rent is mine, I don't pay rates (100% small business rate relief) and not enough turnover for VAT and I pay what tax I'm told.

It's the footfall on the high streets, no one bothers. You need people to bring shops and you need shops to bring people, It's a no win situation and I don't know where the answer lies but I don't think it's in rate and rent reductions.

People want to shop on the internet and that's it. Unfortunately they forget that the services you can't get online cannot survive in empty streets waiting for the odd customer!

Only answer to this is FREE Parking in towns