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Closing Down sale at the Mailbox
I go through the Mailbox in Birmingham quite a lot, and one thing's always struck me, well several things actually.
1) It's cold and wet and the wind whips through the narrow building.
2) It's on the wrong side of New Street station for the rest of retail Birmingham.
3) I've never seen anyone buying anything in the shops.
4) There are precious few people in the complex full stop.
I therefore wasn't surprised when I saw the first closing down sale signs appearing.
Rents must be expensive in this high-profile building, and I've never seen the number of people I would have thought necessary to make having a shop here profitable.
I've never visited at lunchtime however, so it may be a different story then, but I can't help feeling that this sign might be the first of many.
Closing Down sale at the Mailbox
I go through the Mailbox in Birmingham quite a lot, and one thing's always struck me, well several things actually.
1) It's cold and wet and the wind whips through the narrow building.
2) It's on the wrong side of New Street station for the rest of retail Birmingham.
3) I've never seen anyone buying anything in the shops.
4) There are precious few people in the complex full stop.
I therefore wasn't surprised when I saw the first closing down sale signs appearing.
Rents must be expensive in this high-profile building, and I've never seen the number of people I would have thought necessary to make having a shop here profitable.
I've never visited at lunchtime however, so it may be a different story then, but I can't help feeling that this sign might be the first of many.