Oh no, Joules is one of my favourites.

They used to be one of mine too but I have recently found the quality to be sadly lacking.

Oh no. I remember Joules before 'Joules' - when she had a little shop in her father's BricaBrac yard. A great shame.

I used to like Joules as well but haven't bought anything for a while.

I agree.i don't buy buget as i dont want to belong to a throw away society causing cheap labour and land fill. I like clothing that lasts and never dates .However I have found several higher end stores quality is not so good and prices rising.
I have started using vintage website as clothes may be second hand but majority I have bought with recognisednames have been af good quality. Highly recommend looking on that site.
Recycling is always good.

Reason, well I'll you guess

''Joules is latest victim of retail crisis; London stock market ‘overtaken by Paris’ – business live''

Fleurpepper

Oh no. I remember Joules before 'Joules' - when she had a little shop in her father's BricaBrac yard. A great shame.

Was her name Tom?

Joules was founded by Tom Joule, and started out selling clothes at country shows in 1989

I thought I’d read somewhere that Joules were being absorbed into Next

Sarah74

I thought I’d read somewhere that Joules were being absorbed into Next

That would be good, Next is the giant of online shopping. But I will miss going in the Joules shops.

The reason Joules has gone bust is that they were stuck in a rut design wise but of very poor quality.

I used to like Joules, but went off them because of (to me) far too much of the pink and pastel-flowery.

I still have v good quality things I’ve kept for years though. A still-favourite top is mustard colour, with a big, splotchy very dark blue floral design.

I did buy some v good pyjamas in last year’s January sale - a size too big but v comfortable. Supposedly a Christmas design but it’s not obvious.

Sadly 1,600 jobs at risk as Next pulled out of negotiations.

I have a lot of their sweatshirts and Harbour tops. The quality is good, they have lasted for years, but I don't know about their recent garments. I shall be sad to see them go.

On a lighter side of the bad news, I hope that means there will be less of striped tops, wherever you are someone will be wearing one sometimes with flowers on but it is still a striped top.

They're Breton tops Theexwife. Half of France wears them!

No chance - Seasalt is still there for Stripes!

Closely followed by Crew and even Boden!

Have bought several gifts for nieces and GC from Joules this Christmas, quality was good.

I will miss them if they do disappear.

I have a few Joules pieces in my wardrobe but haven’t bought anything from them for a few years. I realised I really didn’t need any more t-shirts etc, after my lockdown declutter and I think a lot of people have felt the same, it isn’t just cost cutting.

I think a few labels have tried to cut down on manufacturing costs. The last 2 things I bought from Weird Fish were made in China and the quality was dreadful. Thin cheap material, poor workmanship and a horrible smell as though they’d been in a warehouse full of incontinent tomcats. Nothing like the lovely Weird Fish summer dresses I have previously bought. Needless to say I returned them!

One can never have too many stripy tops! I’m wearing one now but it’s Lazy Jacks, not Joules.

kittylester

The reason Joules has gone bust is that they were stuck in a rut design wise but of very poor quality.

Yes, the t shirt dresses, of which I had many, all shrank.
And what with me growing and all…
In fact I noticed this before I started putting on weight.
And the wellies are notorious for splitting.
All style no substance

Take the wellies back FannyCornforth and they will exchange them no problem. DD2 is on her 4th pair but loves them!

I personally don’t like their style at all - I think it makes adults look like overgrown children (I know, adults are overgrown children!) - I always think women wearing Joules (or Boden) are about to start skipping……
But it’s good we’re all different

I've only ever bought two pieces. I find them very expensive for what they are and their patterns are the same year after year. You can spot a joules piece from a mile away.

One of our local shops, a pity Joules Yard is shut as well.
I agree stuck in a rut, some products not so well made and they’ve obviously over invested in their new headquarters, Joules Barn.
They’re having massive sell offs, including one at Leicester race course.