HMV now struggling

[dotty.]

more retail staff losing out to internet businesses. They'll struggle to find anything else, self service supermarkets don't need anyone on their media department,

[cazzz1975]

unfortunately people are not going to go there just to keep shop staff in a job, people are after cheap prices which internet and larger supermarkets provide.

[karenmac60]

It's not surprising though - HMVs prices are extortionate. Even their own online stores are far cheaper than their shops.

[tiggerblue10]

The increase in VAT isn't going to help either. I get my stuff from play.com as they sell without charging VAT (Jersey based) and provide free delivery.

[tiggerblue10]

Waterstones will probably be another one struggling.

[237SJ]

I was just thinking about Waterstones although my one seems to be heaving with people a lot of the time. I bought a book there for £20 at christmas that I could have got from Amazon for £14.

[tiggerblue10]

But on the other there are many people who don't trust the internet with money transactions so it would be a loss in some respect. I was distraught when Woolies folded :o(

[dotty.]

I know things are cheaper online, people relied heaily on getting something cheap last month and then started pounding the pavements 3 days before christmas demanding the same product cos it hadn't arried and moaning that they had paid less online, tough.

[tiggerblue10]

Oh, and those that don't use the internet of course.

[stokemaveric]

has nipper being made redundant then?????

[cazzz1975]

it happened to manufacturing, people were quite happy to send manufacturing abroad because it was cheap, no one gave a monkeys when engineers went on the dole, its the way of the world where money is concerned.

[dotty.]

nipper?

[stokemaveric]

nipper the dog dotty...

[237SJ]

nipper`s the HMV dog from the advert

[Hopkirk]

Waterstones is owned by HMV

[dotty.]

oh yes that's right.

[dotty.]

yes they just said 20 waterstones are closing

[stokemaveric]

20 waterstones stores are to close as well...this is just the start........

[stokemaveric]

are you watching itn news dotty???....lol