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Gutted found out yesterday my local tackle shop is closing end of this month due to a family death the great man that owned it passed in January and his family have decided that they can’t run it his wife is retiring the daughter doesn’t do anything in the shop and speaking with the son he said it was financially not worth it he would need two new staff members to replace his mum and dad who would then be on minimum wage also he would want people with fishing and tackle shop experience which is hard to find his dad was an all round angler with a wealth of knowledge which is basically un replaceable
Sad loss on Ken and the shop been going that tackle shop for over 35 yrs the type where you could knock at 8-9 at night for a pint of maggots and some starlight’s not worth getting out of the chair for but he would he’s even gave me his own bait so I could fish a club shore match not knowing whether the diggers would have fresh bait for him to go with the following day rip Prescot angling
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In reply to Post #116
Poor is not the first word I would use lol
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In reply to Post #114
Never found angling direct to be that cheap on anything I need and often they don't have what I want in their shops. Thier sea fishing and fly fishing department's are poor as well.
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I have it in my head that Geoff at ABS is taking over the outlaw pro shop at Cottington
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Unfortunately the powerhouse of A.D etc will eventually shut down most angling shops as they struggle to compete with their prices etc. just look back 10 years and think how many decent local tackle shops their was to now.
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In reply to Post #112
Yep, I like it in there. There's loads of Perch in the tank at the moment.
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In reply to Post #111
Definitely good news for those of us who live in the area. Always a good thing to have a bit of choice.
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In reply to Post #109
I think it's great news, some staff retained too, very happy for them 
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In reply to Post #109
Your in look, the EBay email that I had was from TFT who will be taking over that store 
Edit, just seen, as below 
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In reply to Post #108
I travelled over a hundred miles to the outlaw pro shop in billericay,absolutely loved the place, would not matter one bit to me who my money goes to. Tough for the smaller shops who I don't think stand any chance these days due to the interweb.
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TFT 15% Off site wide, Code WELCOME15
Exc prob apply
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Just had a 15% off offer on EBay
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TFT have just announced their new shop, Outlaw Pro Billericay Essex site
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In reply to Post #104
Clothing and retail is an absolute no-no, you only have to watch dragons den to realise the permutations for styles and sizes (especially fishermen) to realise its a total waste of time. An order for a shop for the range of Korda clothing would be thousands and a huge percentage left unsold- so I get why they set up that.
As for tackle I think it will be more of a watershed moment, big shops bully supplier for best price and discount so you sell direct you may be able to sell cheaper but promotion becomes your issue.
The loss of local tackle shops is for me as sad as the ever decreasing local, so much more than the name above the door. Still with AI and the algorithm- choice is not something the new generation I’ll need you’ll get served what the results say… sad
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In reply to Post #102
Fair point Paul.. but I think a lot of that was partly there attraction. The un willingness to move with the times. The last of the great hold outs.. no doubt for a lot of them it was there undoing.
As for selling Direct. Korda have started to sell there clothing line online. There reason being that the shops haven't got the space to display their clothing. Which is no doubt growing all the time. But in someway maybe there seeing the writing on the wall for tackle retail.And starting to bring there business model online.  
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