Talk:Next plc

Contradiction?

This article seems to contradict the George Davies (retailer) article regarding the foundation of Next?!?! Can someone explain?

Hi, I replied in Talk:George Davies (retailer). --- Richard CHS^Talk 15:10, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Move to Leicester?

Does anyone know why Next moved their HQ from Leeds to Leicester in 1986? --Wrh1973 22:20, 2 October 2006 (UTC) next moved for location purposes where situated now moterway links reach any part of the country central location —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.155.236.239 (talk) 23:29, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

New Lime Stores

In the article about Next and the new Lime stores which opened last month, it states that the clothing is refurbished previous seasons clothing. This is incorrect. Lime is a "no frills" clothing range sometimes using cloth from previos seasons main line ranges but never old seasons stock rehashed! Lime has it's own buyers and designers charged with tempting the sort of shopper from the likes of Primark and TK Maxx but with the service and quality of a mid-market retailer.

hi read it proeplty it dosent say that

Sales

Is there really a need to have this section - most stores have sales and I guess that most stores prepare in the same way. Also 9 hour shift is a standard day for most people!

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BetacommandBot (talk) 23:01, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Replacing the Stores section image

I replaced the picture of a Next sign apparently from the Bristol store with a picture of their largest chain store, in Manchester. Figured it was a better fit. Anyone disagree? --Skip88 (talk) 17:55, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

Criticisms of Next.

I intend to add a section on this -ensuring of course that this is fair and includes Next's comments.

Advertising etc.

I agree that the contents of several sections appear to have been written for promotional purposes and fail the neutral point of view test. The Logos and Marketing section is up to 3 years out of date and lacks citations. I would like to see the number of employees included both at Enderby and in the stores though I know it is very seasonal. Far too much lacks citations and contains material which will be quickly out of date. I'll help contribute to improving the article JRPG (talk) 15:52, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

Reversion of material cribbed directly from Next website or adverts.

I note
Next continues to improve customer service, introducing new initiatives such as next day delivery as standard for Next Directory orders placed before 9pm.
is an exact copy of wording from http://www.nextplc.co.uk/nextplc/aboutnext/businessoverview/
Whilst Online shopping was introduced in 1999 and the entire book is available to shop from on the internet, page by page – another first in home shopping in the UK
is an exact copy of wording from www.catalogue-connection.co.uk/.../next-directory.htm
I will shorly revert these edits which are in contradiction of WP:SOAP. Please only add neutral material suitable for an encyclopedia, not just items of temporary commercial interest. If you are connected with Next, please read conflict of interest
JRPG (talk) 16:21, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

Logos and Marketing.

This section reads more like the credits for a film than an educational item about Next's strategy on advertising. Beauty Confessional is a blog and doesn't seem a reliable source capable of conferring notability. Unfortunately the section is out of date, has a typo and is confusing to read, so I will be amending it shortly. Please discuss before expanding. JRPG (talk) 16:07, 5 July 2011 (UTC)

Unsourced profit forcast

An editor continues to insert information which forecasts £630-640 million for the profit for the year, and cites the Telegraph for that information. The Telegraph does not provide that figure. They quote the company's forecast of its own profit: "It now expects to make pre-tax profits of between £575m and £620m". The company itself, in its third quarter interim management statement from Oct 31, says "We now expect Group profit before tax to be in the range £590m to £620m (previously £575m to £620m)", and there have been no updates since. Analysts' forecasts since then suggest a range of £605m to £618m. So any forecast at the £630m level should be immediately reverted if it continues to be unsourced. Dormskirk (talk) 17:52, 2 December 2012 (UTC)

UK's largest clothing retailer?

The article says the following in its first paragraph....

    "Next is the largest clothing retailer by sales in the United Kingdom, having overtaken Marks & Spencer in early 2012.[5]"

If you click on the reference, you will see that this is Bloomberg saying that Next is the biggest UK clothing retailer by MARKET VALUE, not by SALES. I think M&S is still the largest by sales, although I don't have a definitive source of that information.

Helix123 (talk) 09:58, 4 January 2014 (UTC)

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Living Wage -removal of properly cited 2014 source

An I/P removed a summary of a 2014 Times article which asked why Next were paying less than a living wage, The I/P claimed there was no proof but this is not required in Wikipedia as reliable sources check their data. See WP:VER
On a more constructive note, I live in Leicester and am very familiar with Next and whilst I have no reason to doubt the accuracy of the 2014 statement I would be very happy to add a response from the company saying it had agreed to pay a living wage. Here's a fuller quote from the Times article -note the reference to Dickens. Feel free to discuss on talk.

Companies relish their upper hand, play the austerity card during pay rounds even now times are better. When the retailer Next was asked why, despite record profits, its wages were still below the living wage, it replied that since 30 people applied for every job advertised, how could it be paying too little?
Would that we had a Dickens to record our age.
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Picture of shoes

@Goodreg3: Please explain how a photograph of one pair of very well-worn Next plc shoes contributes anything to the value of this article, especially in the "Logo and marketing" section. General Ization ^Talk 02:04, 4 March 2018 (UTC)