Matalan

We popped in to do a bit if pre XMAS shopping but, after realising that family members had gone in we popped back.
The store is similar to a lot of clothes and home wares retailers. I personally like the layout and the large range of clothes for guys, but there are loads of clothes for children and ladies. I always find it nice to look around the home wares for those small decorative touches.
The big Issue I noticed, as we were with family members who have mobility issues and both use walking sticks, was the lack of space at the tills. The main store itself appears to me to have a far better amount of space than a lot of retail stores. As it was quite busy and with the large amount of XMAS promotional items in the queue lane and by the tills themselves, there was, in my opinion, insufficient space for people with mobility issues. I’m not sure how anyone in a wheelchair would manage to get to the tills and then manage to get back out without having to wait for each till being freed up first.
All in all I like this store but there are something’s that let it down, in my opinion.

This is a large store in the retail park. It has a lot to offer every member of the family. The clothes stocked include outfits for babies and toddlers, to jeans, tops, trousers, jogging outfits, shirts, underware etc. They also have items for the home from towels, bedding and pots and pans.
At Christmas they had some gift ideas and toys. The only negative I can think of is that the toys are on shelves and rows which as quite close together so you might have to wait to get into the shelf if there are a number of people looking at what you want to look at.
They have various special offers on but you need a Matalan card to get them. The cards are free.
There always seems to be a queue here but you do not spend long in them.

Great big shop, great value for money for all stocks

Matalan in Coatbridge is a really large store and all of the departments, women’s, men’s, children’s and home are all a good size with plenty of choice. Prices are cheap and quality is okay, although not brilliant but then you get what you pay for don’t you. Can get busy at the tills but there are usually plenty of staff on so not a problem. They produce little magazines and this usually has good must have items in it. Can often pick up bargain suitcases and I looked everywhere locally for a good padlock for my case without success but then managed to find one in here. Shop is a little disorganised though and there are often clothes lying around on the floor.