Aquarium Forums UK

I noticed recently that B&Q are selling all sorts of stuff for the home/garden on their website, but most stuff is shipped from 'verified sellers' as you'd kind of expect. What I didn't expect is you can buy aquariums and everything related to them! Are they struggling that much that they have become another amazon type of company?

I'm shocked, they must be.


Screenshot from www.diy.com

I know high street retailers are finding times hard what with increasing business rates, building rental costs, site land duties and not to mention store overheads but I have to admit this is a turn up for the books. When you mentioned this @fr499y I thought it was going to be like some Wilko stores which did have a limited range of some aquarium equipment and fish foods available until their demise.

Interestingly, 'B&Q' short for Block & Quayle, is owned by the Kingfisher group which the owners of Comet and Woolworths. I wonder how long before we find Kingfisher start closing stores and moving more of B&Q's operation online to save costs.

I noticed it a few weeks ago as I purchased a fair bit through the app and the B&Q card didn’t work, I looked a bit deeper into and could hardly find anything that’s sold by themselves, even paint was by the the company who’s name was on the tin (crown, dulex etc)