New Decathlon store opening in Croydon Thursday

[youngoldbloke]

Ask them?

http://www.decathlon.co.uk/customer-loyalty.html

Their reply ....
"Thank you for contacting us. Sorry for this inconvenience. Decathlon is currently expanding, so we will open a store there in the long term. However, at the moment we cannot provide you with the exact date, since the plans are not yet confirmed.
Have a nice day!"

 

[Racing roadkill]

Their reply ....
"Thank you for contacting us. Sorry for this inconvenience. Decathlon is currently expanding, so we will open a store there in the long term. However, at the moment we cannot provide you with the exact date, since the plans are not yet confirmed.
Have a nice day!"

That's Decathlon through and through . They do what they do, if you don't like it, balls.

 

[Tim Hall]

That's Decathlon through and through . They do what they do, if you don't like it, balls.

That's $Any_Large_Business through and through. They do what they do, if you don't like it balls.

 

[themosquitoking]

oh where kiddie care used to be?

Yup, not as big as canada water but still a fair size.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Yup, not as big as canada water but still a fair size.

Speaking of which, the Canada Water/Surrey Quays shop is apparently going to end up in one store instead of two. Their coffee shop (cheap okish espressos) was the first thing to go.

 

[themosquitoking]

Speaking of which, the Canada Water/Surrey Quays shop is apparently going to end up in one store instead of two. Their coffee shop (cheap okish espressos) was the first thing to go.

They did have an awful lot of rucksacks and canoes in one of the shops, far too many for South London i always thought.

 

[Racing roadkill]

They did have an awful lot of rucksacks and canoes in one of the shops, far too many for South London i always thought.

Yeah, but a canoe in the fishing lake outside the store winds the angling club up a treat. The swans don't like them either, apparently

 

[themosquitoking]

Yeah, but a canoe in the fishing lake outside the store winds the angling club up a treat. The swans don't like them either, apparently

They'll not have that problem in Croydon, the only place to float them is the sewage treatment works round the back.

 

[jefmcg]

There are some weird things on the decathlon site for London locations.

There's an Old Street store, apparently.

As far as I can tell, Unit 3 is a pop-store temp location. So not sure it that's real, temporary or already gone.

Also, they are listing a new Harlow location with a real address and postcode (CM20 2DA) but with this map

so that's good news for @Cycleops, very close to him

 

[sgl5gjr]

We had a new Decathlon store open in Harlow last week and I made my first visit yesterday. They certainly have a good range of products. Only problems were no staff around to ask advice of, and although they have several checkouts only one was manned and I had to queue for a fair while to make my purchase.

Well Harlow is easier to get to for me than Coventry........ oh wait a minute.... I will still have to negotiate the A14 and M11...... makes Coventry still my store of choice...

 

[sgl5gjr]

oh where kiddie care used to be?

Hmmmm...... now that's an idea for Peterborough..... the former Kiddiecare warehouse/store.... now that WOULD make a brilliant Decathlon

 

[Cycleops]

We had a new Decathlon store open in Harlow last week and I made my first visit yesterday. They certainly have a good range of products. Only problems were no staff around to ask advice of, and although they have several checkouts only one was manned and I had to queue for a fair while to make my purchase.

I wonder if they might be considering hiring some older experienced cyclist to staff the store?

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Yeah, but a canoe in the fishing lake outside the store winds the angling club up a treat. The swans don't like them either, apparently

As a kid fishing on the river, we wouldn't dream of casting the biggest ledger at canoeists if we thought they were taking the mickey on going through the swim.

 

[Blue Hills]

Speaking of which, the Canada Water/Surrey Quays shop is apparently going to end up in one store instead of two. Their coffee shop (cheap okish espressos) was the first thing to go.

So will they sell less stuff?

I do remember that they had separate policies on letting me wheel my brommie in.

Fine in the bike bit, not allowed in the other bit.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

So will they sell less stuff?

I do remember that they had separate policies on letting me wheel my brommie in.

Fine in the bike bit, not allowed in the other bit.

I've no idea - if they're moving everything next door, they wouldn't have to shut the café until everything was out but that appears to have gone early in the proceedings. I'd guess that they'll expand the non-cycling part to the north (away from the water) so that it can accommodate the bikes in there and give up the other building. But their bikes take up quite a bit of space.....