They say to try a company before buying shares.

Baby bunting has been going well because all the competitors have gone out of business.

Tried today to go online for the boxing day sale. Website would let you get to the last part and then couldnt put the order through. Very frustrating as it was an issue with their IT - not accepting the postcode/address. Tried the pc, internet explorer, chrome and the iphone with no success. Tried different addresses too. 

Looking at online reviews, it seems it's not a boxing day issue alone. Very poor online reviews.

We dont have a choice, and the sales were decent so had to go into the store. Thankfully the in-store experience was excellent, but I suspect they still would have lost some business.

Like us, most people will still go there due to lack of other options and they seem to have exclusive products (likely on very nice margins) which you cant get elsewhere. The instore help is also quite invaluable (particularly when dealing with anxious parents). Presumably they will stay strong for a while, but lack or competition may lead to "laziness" too.

if there were other options would they still dominate???

Update:

went to pick up some of the layby items (layby actually useful as you want to buy what you need but not fill the house up with stuff too soon) and spent another random $200 in store.

learning points:

1- babies can still be expensive

2 - Maybe a poor online experience helps them.