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Hmv In Talks, Who Is Next?
Just seen it flash up on Sky News:
http://news.sky.com/story/1038002/hmv-board-pondering-retailers-future
Sad but not hugely surprising given the increasingly online culture.
How sad for potentially another store close down, they were clearing out Jessops on the main shopping street a couple of day ago.
Shops disappearing all over and big names too.
What is the future for the high street?
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Sad but not hugely surprising given the increasingly online culture.
How sad for potentially another store close down, they were clearing out Jessops on the main shopping street a couple of day ago.
Shops disappearing all over and big names too.
What is the future for the high street?
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councils do very little to encourage retail and shopping.
high rates, red tape etc etc
Stopping and/or making parking as expensive/difficult as possible.
If they want to encourage people to go to the shops then you would have thought theyd make it as easy as possible.......but no...thats the mind set of petty little bureaucracies like local councils
why bother going to the shops, if you know what you want you might as well click a few buttons and get it delivered to you, saves a lot of hassle
councils do very little to encourage retail and shopping.
high rates, red tape etc etc
Stopping and/or making parking as expensive/difficult as possible.
If they want to encourage people to go to the shops then you would have thought theyd make it as easy as possible.......but no...thats the mind set of petty little bureaucracies like local councils
why bother going to the shops, if you know what you want you might as well click a few buttons and get it delivered to you, saves a lot of hassle
Morning Jenna,
Yeah, really sad news about an iconic and a well respected chain of shops......still think someone may step in and save them ( bet Branson is making enquiries )....so there is hope yet.....maybe they will still operate online, but I for one would love to still see the HMV brand name still on my high street shops. Time will tell, but i do hope they survive .
Yeah, really sad news about an iconic and a well respected chain of shops......still think someone may step in and save them ( bet Branson is making enquiries )....so there is hope yet.....maybe they will still operate online, but I for one would love to still see the HMV brand name still on my high street shops. Time will tell, but i do hope they survive .
Branson's tried and dumped a lot of things from megastores to cosmetics (is Virgin Cola still going?). He's not all that sentimental when something isn't working.
WH Smith are going back to their roots, setting up stalls in train stations and airports for captive/passing customers, which is how they started out. They're closed or reduced some bigger High St shops, which may yet save them.
WH Smith are going back to their roots, setting up stalls in train stations and airports for captive/passing customers, which is how they started out. They're closed or reduced some bigger High St shops, which may yet save them.
Here's what I think a major part of the problem is - technology.
Practically everyone I know in my office has an e-reader of some sort (Kindle, iPad etc), so if someone recommends a book to me, or I see a poster for an author I like, I will download it directly to my device.
Same with music now. If I want an album, I won't trek to a record shop at lunchtime - I'll simply buy it from iTunes, or cue it up on Spotify.
Years ago, I would be in HMV every week buying media. But now I literally only ever go there once a year for Christmas presents...and with play.com and amazon.com, I don't even need to do that any more.
Practically everyone I know in my office has an e-reader of some sort (Kindle, iPad etc), so if someone recommends a book to me, or I see a poster for an author I like, I will download it directly to my device.
Same with music now. If I want an album, I won't trek to a record shop at lunchtime - I'll simply buy it from iTunes, or cue it up on Spotify.
Years ago, I would be in HMV every week buying media. But now I literally only ever go there once a year for Christmas presents...and with play.com and amazon.com, I don't even need to do that any more.
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