Bleedin Habitat (1 Viewer)

[Daisy's Dukes]

So, yes I am very sorry for the people who have lost their jobs and their closure in Ireland is a worrying development but first and foremost I'm most concerned about being out of pocket for funriture I have paid for in full and not yet received!!

Anyone know anything about voluntary liquidation and how the customer fairs in all this? I'm guessing that suppliers get paid off first and us poor bastards who FELL IN LOVE with a table get nada. We're in the middle of renovating a house and could really do without losing this money. I have heard that because I paid by credit card I may be covered for some or all of the money. Anyone know?

 

[pete]

from saturday's irish times:

"We are working closely with Habitat UK Ltd to determine the extent to which customers will be affected by this unfortunate situation, and Habitat UK Ltd will be investigating all options available.
"We deeply regret any inconvenience that this may cause to our customers and we appreciate their patience and understanding at this difficult time," said the firm.
Conai Designs, which reported a pretax loss of €33,645 in the year to March 2007, is understood to have attributed its difficulties to "slow sales and high costs".
The Dublin store, refurbished in 2005 at a cost of €2.5 million, commands an annual rent of some €1.3 million for Clarendon Properties, a firm in which developer Paddy McKillen is a big investor.
Conai Designs said any customer with an outstanding order will be formally notified in due course.
It added that any provisional orders placed for which no payment has been taken "will now not be processed and any payment details destroyed".
It provided two e-mail addresses for customers with enquiries: [email protected] and [email protected]

from the sunday business post:

The accounts show that, while gross profit at the two Habitat stores in Dublin and Galway grew from€4.3million in 2006 to €4.8 million last year, the underlying performance was not as strong.

After taking account of administrative expenses of over €5 million, the company’s bottom line dipped into the red, reporting a pre-tax loss of €33,000.

According to the accounts, Conai Designs is owned by Malcolm Brighton and his business partner Malcolm Curzon, to whom Brighton transferred a small stake in the business last August.

The accounts also show that together they received consultancy fees from the company totalling €320,000 last year.

 

[jane]

Habitat closed? What? When did this happen?

Fucking hell.

 

[broken arm]

this is the beginning of the end of the dream.

 

[HMD]

He come the eighties again

 

[cpr]

I walked by there today looking at the glasses I wanted to buy mournfully through the window..so unattainable...

 

[theoootini]

there was a half price sale on Friday apparently. anyone catch a bargain or three?

 

[Space]

I'm so glad I got out of the furniture business when I did. Wonder how long the rest of the higher end shops will last.

 

[Boozin]

Wow i only just heard about this......wonder if there will be a huge closing down sale...

 

[theoootini]

there was a half price sale on Friday

Wow i only just heard about this......wonder if there will be a huge closing down sale...

too late...

 

[theoootini]

I'm so glad I got out of the furniture business when I did. Wonder how long the rest of the higher end shops will last.

let's hope urban outfitters catches it in the neck...

 

[Space]

let's hope urban outfitters catches it in the neck...

Indeed.

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

This is like the water receding before the tsunami of IKEA hits town.

 

[theoootini]

This is like the water receding before the tsunami of IKEA hits town.

thats not going to be anytime soon though, is it?

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

thats not going to be anytime soon though, is it?

I honestly don't know.

 

[Moods For Mallards]

My sister opened an interiors shop last year. Not doing well. We are facing into some kind of interior decoration nuclear winter.

 

[Gabbo]

Is there definitely no closing down sale? I'm in the market for a new table. There was still loadsa stock when walked by today. I love bargains.

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

Is there definitely no closing down sale? I'm in the market for a new table. There was still loadsa stock when walked by today. I love bargains.

Buy an old table, fahder

 

[Diddles]

let's hope urban outfitters catches it in the neck...

But then where would we go for overpriced tat?

 

[Space]

But then where would we go for overpriced tat?

BT2?