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My expereinces of Wilkinsons' shops are limited to Redditch and Cheltenham, but if these are reasonably typical, then they are a shop worth venturing into.
Wilkinsons are in the cheap and cheerful end of the market - comparable in many ways to the likes of Pound Stretcher. However, where most bargin shops offer goods of dubious quality, Wilkinson offers a significant number of recognisable brands at low prices, and an own brand range of quite respectable quality.
Range of products: That I have seen - household ware, baby bedding, toiletries, gardening stuff, wicker baskets, clothes, furniture, glassware, paints, wallpaper, toys, ornaments - they don't do much in the way of food, but in terms of hosuehold items, they do almost anything you can think of. Precise contents of the shop do seem to vary, so if you see something you like, don't hang about as you might never see it again. Some of their items, most notably the ornaments, are of dubious quality, while others are superbly good -generally it leans towards the good though. Their own brand toiletries are very good indeed, and even if you don't want anything else, its worth shopping at Wilkinsons for deodorant, shampoo, baby wipes and the like.
Worthy of special note: Wilkinsons are to the best of my knowledge the only high street chain that carry anything for the home brewer. Admittedly, their beer kits are a bit limited - no real ale types here as yet, but they do carry something, and that's both unusual and very welcome.
The customer services is much like that of any half way decent shop, and there are usually enough tills and staff to cope with the customers, so that's all ok. My main gripe is the layout - there's little logic to it, some things are clustered where you would expect them, some just crop up randomly and there's a real absence of signs to point you in the right direction. You don't always get simple aisles either, so navigating can be awkward. Furthermore, I've found in some areas of the shop, aisles are very narrow and getting through with a pushchair (and by implication a wheelchair) is tricky.
Well worth a look, and much better than you might expect.
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