Great store - lots of bargains and top fashions. I found some great winter clothes here yesterday…read moreand the girl who served me at the till was friendly and very pleasant. Nice selection of mens and children's clothes too. Recommended.

I like this branch of Peacocks, Its not the biggest but it has a surprisingly good range and of…read morecourse at a good price. Its easy to chuck a few things in a basket here - This week I bought my son Star wars PJs for just £7 - and they are quite good quality too. My daughter is always able to find hair trinklets here too. I do think the store has improved over the last few years. The staff here are friendly and the store is well kept.

Great branch of 'Marks' with a lovely choice of clothes and gifts. I always thought of Marks as…read morebeing expensive but I picked up some bargains there today! (Some good quality men's jeans for £9.90) Very helpful friendly staff too. Recommended. UPDATE NOVEMBER 2008: Great cafe upstairs with lovely coffee served in nice cups with a free macaroon on the side! My husband enjoyed his iced pecan cake - it looked gorgeous. Everything fresh and looked after and the staff extremely friendly - a great service altogether. I think we just discovered our favourite place for coffee in Carmarthen. UPDATE DECEMBER 2008: Another excellent visit to this pleasant cafe. Discovered today that all coffee and teas there are Tradefair and the very helpful and knowedgeable staff member, Ben, made us aware that the cakes and the other food items available cater for different allergies and dietary needs. For instance, there is a lovely gluten-free Christmas cake slice available at the moment. All staff are very friendly and welcoming. Highly recommended.

This Marks and Spencer stocks a wide variety of clothes, homeware and foods…read more Its easier to shop here as you are relatively close to a large car park so you dont have to carry bags far. This is quite a big store and it doesnt feel as squashed as some stores. The coffee shop is indeed an assett and always seems to have a steady flow of custom. The staff are friendly and able to help with any queries without any problems. A good all round service.

Matalan in Carmarthen is much improved now it has its Party section. It has a huge range of party…read moreitems and we just keep going back for more. The baby clothes are cheap too and good quality. Sometimes the store can be a bit of a mess depending on what time you visit.

Matalan occupies a large building on the outskirts of Carmarthen. It has a good selection of womens…read moreclothing, womens shoes, sportswear, menswear, childrenswear, items for the home and a small selection of jewellery. Generally the quality of items is good, except for the jewellery which lasts hours. When I recently returned an item of jewellery a staff member confirmed they regurally have jewellery returned and have a box under the counter especially for returned jewellery due to the amount that is returned. The store occasionally appears a little messy but is generally well set out. There are regurally queues at the till, despite there being around 10 tills. During Christmas the queue becomes ridiculously long. A good selection of items but I'd only recommend shopping here if you need a few things and have the time to spare queuing.

I've only ever properly explored the part of Rossiters that sells lots of gifts and knick knacks,…read morejust near the shop's entrance inside Royal Arcade - but in this section alone there's lots of lovely stuff I'd like to be able to afford! From funky ice cube trays to fridge photo frames, it's a great place to pick up small presents. There are some beautiful greetings cards, items of jewellery, well-made children's toys, a few men's accessories, travel bags, purses, umbrellas and much more. The whole place is more intimate than large department stores such as House of Fraser or John Lewis, and the feeling is one of quality over quantity. For me, the gift and homeware areas are probably the most appealing, but glancing into their other 'departments' they have a Homes & Gardens area, a kitchen department, a range of furniture, plus some fabrics, lamps, mirrors, and more. They also offer an interior design service, though I dread to think how much that costs.

Shops like this get me really excited. I'm a big girl when it comes to furniture, home and…read morekitchenware. I just want everything. If I had my way, my house would look like something out of 50s magazine. This store is surprisingly big, considering it's in an arcade, and there is so much in there. The kitchen section is my favourite, because it sells the most adorable retro baking things and teapots and really funky utensils and gadgets that I've never seen anywhere else. Their gift section is also fantastic with brands like L'Occitane and Burt's Bees for toiletries, some really pretty scarves and jewellery, and then beautiful gift bags and paper to wrap them in. It's a shame this department store is hidden away and now has to compete with John Lewis, because it sells such beautiful things and it could be so easily missed if you didn't know about it. It's expensive, but everything is so nice that if I want something, I have to have it however much it costs.

Banburys is a huge department store, it incorporates a lot of concession store and also a huge…read moreperfume counter and homeware section. Upstairs is a restaurant that is well frequented by locals looking for a quiet break in the middle of their shopping. It is a higher end store and therfore tends to be quite pricy but it is well alid out with an great selection of products.

This Banburys is a very big store. When you go in the door you come straight to the fragrance and…read moremake up counters. There are always really friendly staff here who are happy to advice you on what products are best for you, they also let you sample the fragrances. The you will get to the clothes and shoes. Then at the very back of the store they have the bits you can buy for your house like plates, kettles, and glasses etc.. I do find some of the bit a a bit expensive but you can see they are good quality. Then to the left of the shop they sell craft stuff such as wool for knitting, cross stitches, patterns etc.. There is a another entrance door here so if you are just after buying some wool you can go in this way. Upstairs there is more clothes and underwear for sale and there is a big cafe. They sell some lovely food in the cafe we often go there when we have been shopping and need to sit down.

On a recent holiday we were treated to a trip to the quaint market town of Abergavenny whilst there…read moreI discovered a marvellous shop called Nicholls.It is a department store which stocks a range of furniture,gifts and ladies clothes. Nicholls sell some unusual gifts along with more well known makes and have a wide range of Ainsley china in stock. They also have a fab coffee shop in store which sells healthy lunches ,beautiful freshly made sandwiches and mouth watering cakes,ideal for a relaxing sit down I came home with a lot of Christmas shopping and hopes of returning in the new year.

A little overdue (sorry)..... A lovely little store,…read moreprobably aimed more at women but with a wonderful cafe, to keep the men happy. It's like a mini department store, clothing (not sure if they have mens or kids), some furniture, kitchenware, lots of gifts, womens clothing, jewellery and of course, the cafe. An old relation owns a wonderful hotel in a neighbouring town and she loves to come to Nicholls, both in Aber and in Crick, so that's a good sign. To be honest, I only went because my aunt asked me to take her there for Christmas dinner (she doesn't get one, where she is). I chauffeured, she bought the food. For £8 odd, you got a good plate of food, with separate vegs & potatoes and a gravy boat. Wonderful. And the turkey actually had taste. Yes, amazing. I don't know if it was free range/organic, or just fresh and local but this was stunning. I hate turkey normally, because of it's blandness but this was in a different league. All the accompaniments were also extremely fresh and tasty. They don't advertise as being free range/organic, rather local/fresh (which avoids them having to check suppliers, I guess, but I'd put money on the turkey at least being free range). Bernard, eat your heart out, that's how it SHOULD taste. I hope to be back this year again, with my aunt, for what was the best Christmas Dinner I've had in many a year. Thank you Nicholls. david

Not sure if Sarah P actually left the Quadrant...Swansea also has an M&S and BHS, which I my memory…read moreserves me right are both department stores...and of course it'll be smaller than Cardiff...most stores in Wales outside of Cardiff ARE small. Anyway, Debenhams. I do like it, especially during the final days of their Blue Cross sale, when things go buy one get on free. Because of this, I managed to buy 4 bras for the princely sum of £12 - two of them the fairly pricey Miss Ultimo bras. I was impressed. I could spend ages in Debenhams, and more so now that the Benefit counter has expanded to include an eyebrow bar - now if the one in Leeds could just follow along with that, it'd be much appreciated!

Good branch of Debenhams in the Quadrant Centre with all the usual departments and floors. Great…read morefor clothes, gifts and things for the home.

This is a very attractive shop, not large but with a surprising amount of stock! It's great for…read morehats of many kinds and you can pick up some lovely scarves, gloves or jewellery for gifts - sometimes relatively cheaply. At the back of the shop there's an archway into the sister store, Monsoon, where everything is much more expensive!

Having been refurbished a few years ago this is a very nice looking shop with an excellent…read moreselection of gifts, scarves, jewellery and bags. The store has very good choice considering its size and when compared to other stores nearby such as Dorothy Perkins the prices are the same yet the quality in Accessorize is much higher. The service is good, but you usually have to queue as they tend to gift wrap all the jewellery.