While I agree with many of the comments on this thread there are some that I believe are stretching things a bit far….
I have shopped a TE Roberts in the past but not for the last 15 years, I stopped going there when they were far more expensive than the internet and more expensive than other large retailers in the town, like Currys, Dixons, Comet.
Ok, so TE Roberts did offer a different type of service to the main stream retailers, but when you could purchase the same item across town for £100 less or wait a few days and get it off the internet for £200 less then it was only a matter of time sadly.
While I am all for giving the council a good kicking when appropriate, I feel blaming the re development for TE Roberts closure is unfair, why? If you take a look at http://www.lamonts.co.uk then you will see the sales brochure is from August 2012.
On the up side when Unite move into the building as well as the regular staff the union will also hold training courses for Shop Stewards etc. from across the north west, this will bring people into the Wrexham area and some will travel by rail and bus. So it’s not all bad news!