Millets Closing down sale Blanchardstown

gripcasey · 13-03-2012 10:48PM #1

Was in Millets Blanchardstown they are having a closing down sale. everything 50% off. Pick up nice pair or boots, had a good few left, some north face, solomon, berghaus, mostly peter storm. other stuff as well. worth checking out

neolithic · 14-03-2012 05:34PM

There is some great bargains to be had BUT check the prices as some of them have been highly inflated to begin with.

BarryD · 14-03-2012 07:21PM

The recession bites - is Millet's in The Square, Tallaght still going?

Alun · 14-03-2012 07:43PM

BarryD wrote: »

The recession bites - is Millet's in The Square, Tallaght still going?

Millets in the UK and it's parent company Blacks Leisure went into receivership at the end of 2011 and were bought by JD Sports shorty afterwards. They were in deep financial doo-doo long before that.

BarryD · 14-03-2012 09:14PM

Pity, Black's were around a long time if it's the same company I'm thinking of. My first backpacking/ mountain tent was a Blacks. It was called a Good Companion I think, says he, dredging the memory banks. Wigwam type design but with two poles that formed a V. Quite spacious with good headroom for a tent you'd stick in your rucksack. Bit prone to flapping - lasted for years and then had a second life as a kids play tent!!

Alun · 14-03-2012 09:34PM

I think it's like a lot of the bigger outdoor chains in the UK, they expanded hugely and simultaneously went a bit down market, getting more into the mass 'leisure' market rather than the more serious outdoor market. In the end they opened so many stores they just diluted their own market so much they imploded in on themselves.

Millets Closing down sale Blanchardstown

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