| Author | |
|---|
COLTRANE
Villager
| Joined: | Wednesday June 2nd, 2004 |
| Location: | Virtualcity |
| Posts: | 5737 |
| Photo: | [Download] |
| Status: |
Offline
|
| Mana: |    |
Click here for your Black Profile
Search for Black Sites
|
Posted: Thursday March 10th, 2005 19:51 |
|
'Boring' French Connection pays the price
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,3604,1433033,00.html
The weather, the rate rises or is it the tired and dated frenchconnectionuk logo?
____________________
“Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it.� -Malcolm X
____________________
Click here for your Black Profile
|
Vezz.
Villager
Click here for your Black Profile
Search for Black Sites
|
Posted: Thursday March 10th, 2005 20:18 |
|
| Personally, seeing this brand on everything is soo boring. It needs a complete rebirth.
____________________
www.blacksearch.co.uk - Helping to promote Black African and Caribbean Websites
|
COLTRANE
Villager
| Joined: | Wednesday June 2nd, 2004 |
| Location: | Virtualcity |
| Posts: | 5737 |
| Photo: | [Download] |
| Status: |
Offline
|
| Mana: | |
Click here for your Black Profile
Search for Black Sites
|
Posted: Thursday March 10th, 2005 20:19 |
|
| I reckon it's just a slightly tired brand. They've got a generally decent clothing range, but the brand relied on being shocking and risque. You can't be shocking and risque for 10 years using exactly the same methods. Thus I reckon given a prolonged period of poor performance they'll come back with something else.
____________________
“Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it.� -Malcolm X
____________________
Click here for your Black Profile
|
Vezz.
Villager
Click here for your Black Profile
Search for Black Sites
|
Posted: Thursday March 10th, 2005 20:37 |
|
COLTRANE wrote: I reckon it's just a slightly tired brand. They've got a generally decent clothing range, but the brand relied on being shocking and risque. You can't be shocking and risque for 10 years using exactly the same methods. Thus I reckon given a prolonged period of poor performance they'll come back with something else.
I agree, but I don't think they can top the frenchconnectionuk brand. I can even remember where I first saw it, and the shock I felt. Now, it's like, sooooo???
____________________
www.blacksearch.co.uk - Helping to promote Black African and Caribbean Websites
|
COLTRANE
Villager
| Joined: | Wednesday June 2nd, 2004 |
| Location: | Virtualcity |
| Posts: | 5737 |
| Photo: | [Download] |
| Status: |
Offline
|
| Mana: | |
Click here for your Black Profile
Search for Black Sites
|
Posted: Thursday March 10th, 2005 21:07 |
|
| so u were shoked uuh?
____________________
“Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it.� -Malcolm X
____________________
Click here for your Black Profile
|
COLTRANE
Villager
| Joined: | Wednesday June 2nd, 2004 |
| Location: | Virtualcity |
| Posts: | 5737 |
| Photo: | [Download] |
| Status: |
Offline
|
| Mana: | |
Click here for your Black Profile
Search for Black Sites
|
Posted: Thursday March 10th, 2005 21:09 |
|
Lady Vee wrote: Personally, seeing this brand on everything is soo boring. It needs a complete rebirth.
Too many 'shocking' t-shirts, not enough good clobber. And once the 15 years olds had got bored of 'frenchconnectionuk football' and the like they didn't have a lot else, really. frenchconnectionuk is suffering from the rise of dyslexic shoppers wondering how Conservative Future UK have moved into retail.
____________________
“Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it.� -Malcolm X
____________________
www.blacksearch.co.uk - Helping to promote Black African and Caribbean Websites
|
Vezz.
Villager
Click here for your Black Profile
Search for Black Sites
|
Posted: Thursday March 10th, 2005 21:12 |
|
COLTRANE wrote: Lady Vee wrote: Personally, seeing this brand on everything is soo boring. It needs a complete rebirth.
Too many 'shocking' t-shirts, not enough good clobber. And once the 15 years olds had got bored of 'frenchconnectionuk football' and the like they didn't have a lot else, really. frenchconnectionuk is suffering from the rise of dyslexic shoppers wondering how Conservative Future UK have moved into retail.
PMBSLMAO...
____________________
Click here for your Black Profile
|
COLTRANE
Villager
| Joined: | Wednesday June 2nd, 2004 |
| Location: | Virtualcity |
| Posts: | 5737 |
| Photo: | [Download] |
| Status: |
Offline
|
| Mana: | |
Click here for your Black Profile
Search for Black Sites
|
Posted: Saturday March 12th, 2005 16:00 |
|
and is Next is doing very well - or it was last time I looked. I think H&M are in pretty rude health too
It's the shops that sell disposable clothes like Zara, H&M and TopShop (Abissinia knows this) that are the big noise at the moment. It's difficult to talk about retail without talking about M&S - but their model of changing stock once or twice a season is looking very tired now. Maybe FC have made a similar mistake?
____________________
“Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it.� -Malcolm X
____________________
www.blacksearch.co.uk - Helping to promote Black African and Caribbean Websites
|
Vezz.
Villager
Click here for your Black Profile
Search for Black Sites
|
Posted: Sunday March 13th, 2005 16:18 |
|
Next used to be a good brand because their clothes were well made and reasonably priced. However, the last clothes I bought for my son were not of the same quality as before. Their footwear is ok, and I do like their homewares, although it has to be said it is overpriced. For kids clothes, Gap is great - their jeans are brilliant - not a hole in the knee in sght!
M&S's problem was that it was a brand you automatically associated with your Mum. When they tried to tap into the younger generation (David Beckham's brand of clothes for one), it failed dismally. Their food also faces strong competition from supermarkets (although it has to be said their food quality is second to none).
frenchconnectionuk saturated the market with its brand and has paid the price. It should've keep itself as the designer label it started out as, and left the disposable clothes to Next et al.
____________________
Click here for your Black Profile
|
Le Moor
Villager
| Joined: | Friday January 28th, 2005 |
| Location: | London, United Kingdom |
| Posts: | 3127 |
| Photo: | |
| Status: |
Offline
|
| Mana: | |
Click here for your Black Profile
Search for Black Sites
|
Posted: Monday March 14th, 2005 00:25 |
|
| frenchconnectionuk- are a classic example of taking their eyes of the ball. What was doing it yesterday aint doing it today. They need to look at Gap and H&M for whats doing it now. Theyve also got far too much overpriced junk in their stores.
____________________
____________________
www.blacksearch.co.uk - Helping to promote Black African and Caribbean Websites
|
calisto
Villager
| Joined: | Wednesday March 30th, 2005 |
| Location: | |
| Posts: | 789 |
| Photo: | |
| Status: |
Offline
|
| Mana: | |
Click here for your Black Profile
Search for Black Sites
|
Posted: Sunday April 3rd, 2005 11:07 |
|
I couldn't agree with you more `Le Moor.. my thoughts exactly.
the clothes are far too plain and at extortionate prices. that's why everyone goes to H&M and Next.
Last edited on Sunday April 3rd, 2005 11:08 by calisto
____________________
Click here for your Black Profile
|
Fredblack
Villager
| Joined: | Saturday November 22nd, 2003 |
| Location: | |
| Posts: | 3409 |
| Photo: | |
| Status: |
Offline
|
| Mana: | |
Click here for your Black Profile
Search for Black Sites
|
Posted: Sunday April 3rd, 2005 23:21 |
|
@Just the accrynom alone I am glad it is losing money. But no flavour in their styles and stuff. Was checking a catolouge of their stuff.Dry like hell.
FB
____________________
www.blacksearch.co.uk - Helping to promote Black African and Caribbean Websites
|
|
|
Current time is 04:37 | |
|
