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| The Range, Home Decor Shop , Watford |
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| decorative dolls |
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| Canvas Print |
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| pillows |
Generally when we go to a new place, we wish to visit shops,
restaurants and malls to get an idea about the availability of articles and
local or special products displayed there. We went to ‘The Range” a very
spacious mega store where one can see a variety of items of home décor,
stationery, furniture, electrical and kitchen accessories, garden tools, toys,
beds, sofas, dining tables, and whatnot. A whole world of all things needed to
make your home comfortable and look nice. Of course there may be other show
rooms having many more types; but that is beyond my scope. This shop is located
not far from Watford and is within the reach of all.
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| School bags & Lunch Boxes |
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| stationery items |
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| bread toasters |
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| Dining Set |
As soon as we entered the
mall we saw a stupendous variety of things of whatever you ask for. There are
sixteen departments having nearly 65,000 products all neatly arranged. We saw
beds, mattresses, sofas, chairs, dining tables, chairs, children’s toys, office
furniture, different types of mirrors, electrical appliances and a garden
nursery with various beautiful potted plants. We feel enchanted by this vast
variety and a little confounded as it is very difficult to select from so many
innumerable models and types. For example there are 176 types of mirrors in
various shapes and sizes; there are 53 types of office chairs and there are 29
types of mattresses in various colors and sizes. We do not know that so many
varieties have ever existed in such simple items like rugs, mats, clocks, vases,
candles, curtains, blinds, dressing mirrors and picture frames. It is quite
awesome and astonishing indeed! We feel
as if we entered a museum and we cannot see the whole mall within a span of one
or two hours.
Of course it requires a
lot of patience and leisure to enjoy watching this world of home décor and
other furnishings. One can spend easily three or four hours and will have a
clear picture of modern trends and fashions in decorating one’s home and about various latest gadgets and tools that
lighten your domestic work. I really appreciate the labor taken by these people
who bring almost all items under a single roof so that you need not go here and
there searching for your domestic and household items and decorative things. I understood
that the first store of this company was opened in 1989 in Plymouth. Now it has
more than 140 stores all over U.K. A fast growing retailer shop indeed!
In modern times I feel one thing
lacking mostly in many shops located in the cities. It is clearly the sense of
human touch. You feel as if you are left alone in a world of things with no one
to guide you with a friendly smile. Of
course you can browse through their well documented web site to select a
suitable article of your choice, but it is not equivalent to a friendly chat.
Even after you get the item of your choice, no one is there to help you to
install it for reasonable charge. You have to struggle through the manual and
strain till you get the article assembled in good shape. If you are weak in
mechanical skills, then you have to secure a handyman by coughing up a large
amount. Here comes the crux of the problem. Some people may give up as they may
think that the cost of installation exceeds the real cost of the article
chosen. That is why there is an absolute need of human touch and prompt service
in any business one takes up. It should not be made to look like a world of
lifeless mechanical tools in desert silence.
Let us hope that these shops will
offer us not only astonishing variety of products of good quality at reasonable
rates and but also impress our minds with their prompt service and good communicative
skills as well.
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14th August, 2017 Somaseshu Gutala
Nice one pa..really interesting. Never thought that it had so many varieties. .awesome observation.
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