One of the flagship anchor stores of Churchill Square, Debenhams in Brighton is a pretty decent…read moresized store, although pretty much average for the chain it is located in. It is located fairly close to Apple, up to a steep gradient in the mall floor. The store isn't as modern as one would expect from an anchor store of a mall, but still pretty much does the job when it is open with a satisfactory selection. The store like most branches of Debenhams is pricier than the overall feel of the store implies on the first impression. Average, generic Debenhams store with poor opening times (unstructured, closing early on most days but this is the same as the entire mall) - A useful brand for the city but not really a great store within that brand. 2*

Debenhams is like a time capsule…read more Every time I offer to take my mum shopping and we've done every other store in the city from M&S to Wallis, she swears she just wants to 'Pop in Debenhams for 5 minutes.' And of course, we always emerge weighed down by bags one or two hours later. This particular branch is tiny compared to the Manchester and London stores but they still manage to squeeze a lot of stock in. The ground floor is mainly occupied by accessories, shoes, perfume and make-up counters from Clarins to Benefit whilst the first floor has a strong selection of bed, bath, kitchen and dining room goodies. There's also a small childrens-wear department. The reason my mum loves this store however, is for the womens wear in the basement. There's air conditioning, three changing room areas and small subsidiaries of Wallis, Red Herring, Jane Norman, Warehouse, Top Shop, Oasis, Coast and Red Herring amongst others. Right now, there's also a Blue Cross sale on - which means 70% off for card-holders. Hang on, I think my mobile's ringing...

Yeah....not a bad store at all. Extremely well lit and nice and warm. Very pleasant staff greet…read moreyou as you enter, (directly onto the Perfume Dept)..!! There is a very good selection of men's after shaves/etc. Walk straight on for a wide range and excellent display of men's clothing and shoes. Very good range of classic shirts, (if they've got your collar size in). Lift to upper floors for other requirements ie Ladies garments, household etc. Store situated in a partial pedestrian area, (look out for the buses)..!! Car parking locally at an extortionate price, bordering on Highway robbery. You'll need to factor this in when shopping....

I always used to hate department stores. But I have been converted over the years…read more If truth be told I would give this store a 4.5 stars if I could but in this case I have rounded up. Since I have been back in the Uk for my visit I have been 4 times to this store. The first time I was just browsing for baby clothes and toys, second and forth time it was to use the baby change facility and third time was for a makeover at the Benefit counter. On the second visit I went to the baby changing facility as the store I had planned to visit had suffered a flood in their room. Of course the toilets, baby change facility and childrens clothes and toys are all on the top floor, this has to be the main thing which would tip them to a 4.5 star review instead of 5 given that the lift/elevator is quite slow and there is no way you can get up that far with the use of stairs! The baby changing facilities are great, smelly bin/trash can aside of course (but that is a given wherever there are changing facilities). In this one there is a toilet and sink so you can go relieve yourself at the same time and if you have toddlers/small children there are mini ones for them too in there! There is a great selection of baby and childrens clothes available here, ladies clothing, mens clothing, accessories, homeware and of course a café! Debenhams are quite possibly the best of department stores in regards to their selection and availability within towns. Not many towns are without a Debenhams and that is one of the reasons why when we got married almost 5 years ago we had a wedding list with them. In addition to the registry availability you will find there is a personal shopper service available. I can spend hours in this store, or would if my little lady would let me! She is a shopper in training!

Churchill Square Shopping Centre is the main shopping centre serving Brighton, UK, albeit there are…read moreshopping areas elsewhere such as on Western and North Roads, and within a few minutes walk of the Railway Station. It is a pretty small centre, most of the stores are also small and brands such as Three, EE and Superdrug do have other branches around the city. Many other stores also seem to be smaller by usual standards from the brand, including one of the older-fashioned, uninspiring and smallest Apple Stores I've seen across Europe. There were multiple cold-call style sellers conducting University research and a Sky desk, the latter was worse as it was located so close to certain stores such as Game, they were basically pulling customers a way to try and make them sign up for their services. I can't help but feel this only works in larger and more spacious malls so you can hide from them if you will, rather than being so close, making it seem even more awkward and frustrating. There are multiple brands here including JD Sports, Three, EE. WHSmith also has one of the larger stores I've seen in the brand, which includes a Post Office. If you prefer to use Collect+, the information desk does do Collect+ and there are Amazon Lockers within the centre. There is a small food court on the top floor, which also struggles to compete with the dining scene in the rest of the city, and mainly consists of a few fast food chains including Mcdonald's. Even most coffee shops including Starbucks and Costa, prefer to be outside of the mall and across the way! The construction across the mall is a little strange, it is over three floors, which are pretty small, there is a steep slope leading up to the Apple Store / Debenhams area of the mall, making it really similar in a sense to intu Potteries located in the Hanley area of Stoke-on-Trent. It has some good brands but doesn't do it particularly well. The Westside, on Western Road with large stores such as Topman, WHSmith and JD Sports, makes it appear modern and cool, but it just doesn't live up to that. 2* - More of a place to shop under shelter with some okay brands (some which can't be found elsewhere), avoidable on a nice day because Brighton is a nice place to spend time outside in the sun, along the seafront or shopping areas where the larger shops seem to be located, with the exception being the anchor stores here such as Debenhams. Lack of places to sit down and grab a drink or food such as major restaurants or coffee-shops also lets Churchill Square down, as it seems they focus on a few fast food outlets.

I have a kind of Love/Hate relationship with Churchill Square. It's reasonably convenient, what…read morewith everything being under one roof, but the parking is a pain (expensive, long queues, and difficult to access as they have shut a number of the roads around it at the moment). It's handy if you know what you need and where you need to get it from, and it contains most of the common high street shops that you would expect to find in a shopping centre of this size. However, it's also usually packed (with teenagers and prams) and can be a bit stressful. I've found myself here quite often recently for numerous Mothercare visits, and at least you aren't walking too many miles (useful at eight and a half months pregnant!) That said, Brighton has so many amazing alternatives for shopping if you want something a little less run of the mill. The Laines has some fantastic independent shops which offer a much better shopping experience in my opinion, and I usually prefer to shop here if I have the time and the energy.

I agree with those who find T K Maxx a strange experience: a sort of cross between retailing and a…read morejumble sale, and the Brighton store in particular veers towards the latter. I am always amazed at some of the terrible 'fashion-victim' clothes on offer, reduced from something ridiculous to something that still strikes me as daylight robbery; I cannot understand why anyone would buy the stuff at all, unless they have more money than taste, or perhaps simply no idea? Only go if you have something very specific in mind, unless rummaging through lots of entirely unsuitable items turns you on. I've found some excellent silk ties here in the past, from brands like Aquascutum and Jaeger. Inevitably, they were alongside ties which were so loud, you would only buy them for your worst enemy. Now there's a thought...

Anyone who still thinks good things can be found in TK Maxx is highly disillusioned…read more 'oh yeah, you just have to wait for them to get a new batch in' Or 'you just have to rummage around, there's some well good stuff in there' Wrong! Theres nothing in there, there never was...idiots.

The stuff in Factory Outlet is so cheap, I felt a lot of pressure to buy things I don't need (and…read morehave no room for) just because they were SO CHEAP. Do I really need a full length mirror? No, but it's only £8! What about a cool black and white print of John Lennon? No, but it's only £8! Not everything was £8, but it was all cheap. Incense - 99p per pack. Cushions (nice ones!) £3 - £7, depending on size. Furniture included kitchen table and chair sets, night stands, foot stools, comfy chairs and couches, and I don't think anything was over 500. Near the back were tonnes of rugs in various sizes and for various rooms. Smaller items like dishware (a full set for £8! ... Maybe they did a study and 8 is the price that sounds like a really good deal to most people), jewellery boxes and clocks were also cheap. The key is that nothing really looks like it's from a bargain bin - or, won't once you take it out of the shop. I say, check it out.

I used to love this store, even though the layout was a little hard to work with it was fun to…read moreexplore. Fast forward to now, when I have a baby in a pushchair/stroller and I am trying to get to the bits I want to as quick as possible.... not loving it so much. The toy department of the store is up a flight of stairs, I found the stairs and the escalator but couldn't see the elevator/lift and there was no staff member available to ask at that time so I ended up leaving without looking! I shall go back and see if I can find the elevator/lift and then edit the review. I love the selection, still like the layout (from a browsing on my own point of view) but being unable to find a lift/elevator or find a free member of staff left me a little bemused this time!

Good old fashioned department store. Staff are courteous and take time to help with choosing…read morematches for colour etc. Lift is at the back of the store in the make up department near the back stairs. Looking for a special occasion outfit or just jeans, they have a great choice in various label departments. Only downside is lack of or not on high enough air con. Still give it five stars as a lovely place to browse

This is a wonderful store located in Eastbourne. I have managed to pick up many bargains here. My…read morefavourite time of year to visit is the christmas period, as practically the whole shop is decorated. This shop sells a range of items from candles to grass seed. It has an outside part where plants can be bought. I have bought many plants from ESK over the past few years. Overall, this is a great shop for anyone in the East Sussex region

You can pick up such bargains in here. Whether you want stuff for your home, art supplies (you can…read moreget really cheap canvases), xmas decorations, craft materials, photo frames, plants. You can get serious bargains. Its one of those places where you go in for one thing and come out with a trolley full though, so be careful!! You usually have to queue for a while, but its worth it for the bargains that you pick up.

You can get amazing bargains in this shop!!! Sets of saucepans, which are usually ridiculously…read moreexpensive for £20! You can get everything in this shop! Stuff for the house is what its best for in my opinion, so if you have just moved house and are lacking kitchen stuff or cushions, get down there. But they also have clothes, sometimes OK brands, which you can pick up really cheap. Its definitely worth a look.

My experienc e of this store is a pleasant one. We stayed a couple of nights in Eastbourne and went…read moreto have look round. Not bad. I have read the other reviews but cannot agree with all. This store caters for most budgets and it should be remembered that the present economic climate creates the need for bargains. These can be found here. All manner of stock can be found here and at reasonable prices.

Its a massive Argos Extra store in the relatively dinky retail park in Hollingbury. It feels more…read morelike a Comet or Dixon when you go inside, as there are so many more products on display than usual for an Argos. There's also very speedy service here, with it only taking 1 minute for my product to turn up instead of the estimated 4 I was suggested at checkout. Being an extra, there's also those few extra items to pick up. You're probably better hitting Robert Dyas for a lot of the electrical goods you get here, or a dedicated retailer or Entertainment and electricals in my opinion, as they'll give you either the help with choosing you need, or just the extra value for money you won't find here.

Nothing against this particular branch, I just don't get the concept of Argos in general…read more Why hide all the goods out the back and make people look through large catalogs to locate said items, queue to request item and pay, and then queue again while a member of staff fetches your items from the storeroom out back - it makes no sense!! That said, it is handy for particular household items where style isn't the top priority. They deal in practical items here and at a reasonable price. It's also fairly near my house so saves the trek into town when I can't be bothered with crowds.

This is a bit of an oddity this shop. It's called a drug store so you may expect drugs and nothing…read moreelse, well there are drugs, but blow me down you have about a million other things here too. The shop offers: Key Cutting, nuts, bolts, screws etc...bumper seized flapjacks, economy kitchen items; knives, blenders etc...toiletries and so much more. Everything here is definitely in the bargain/economy kind of range, and if your looking for quality electrical goods, I wouldn't come here necessarily. But if your on a budget and you want to do some blitz shopping, you can find a whole lot in here.

A fantastic little store with thousands of handy goods for your Home and Garden. My family have…read morebeen using this shop for over 20 years, nothing is too much trouble for the lovely staff. How many times have i asked for something, and they have gone all out to get it from one of their wholesalers. A great local shop, a real asset to the area, if this shop went now woolworths has gone the square would be dead. Keep up the good work x