I think there is real potential in saving HMV but using smaller shops. They could do instant downloads instore, if someone wants a CD I’m sure they would be able to do a deal with the record labels to do instant CDs. Genuine, royalty paid CDs. The only people to loose out would be the bulk cd manufacturers but if HMV go ■■■■ up they will most likely be out of work anyway.
ironstipper:
Mothercare is my next favourite to go pop
apparently theres a baby boom this year so that might save them for a while
I think one of the problems with HMV is the fact that people buying CDs genrally know exactly what they want, other high street stores have an advantage over online in that its nice to go and look at a product before buying it, HMV dont have that, if i want a CD i dont need to look at it in the same way i would with a spanner or screwdriver, I no what i want music wise because i have already heard the songs on youtube etc
On top of that there is all the other points such as illegal and legal downloading whitch misses out having the physical product all togeather
AHT:
I think one of the problems with HMV is the fact that people buying CDs genrally know exactly what they want, other high street stores have an advantage over online in that its nice to go and look at a product before buying it, HMV dont have that, if i want a CD i dont need to look at it in the same way i would with a spanner or screwdriver, I no what i want music wise because i have already heard the songs on youtube etcOn top of that there is all the other points such as illegal and legal downloading whitch misses out having the physical product all togeather
I very rarely buy CDs these days I must admit, because the first thing I did when I bought one was put it on the PC at home. It’s easier just to buy the music off Amazon and if I want it on a CD then do it myself. Cheaper too for a 100 spindle of blank ones.
ironstipper:
Mothercare is my next favourite to go pop
Me too, also W.H. Smith, Staples, Thomas Cook but a little birdie tells me that F C U K (French Connection) will be next to go 
■■■■ now that might be one, Very high rent costs as stores are in premium locations which have been getting lower and lower footfall which equals less sales
I will put a punt in with PC World being ditched and just keeping Curry’s on, PC World next door to Curry’s is just about everything you can buy next door in Curry’s in the first place but with a bunch of crap furniture and some over priced out of date hardware, unless it is a good tax fiddle I can see those spare shops being dropped, they are all but empty every time I pop by to have a look at the latest out of date crap they have on the shelves…
ironstipper:
Mothercare is my next favourite to go pop
Thats catchy.
Would you be offended if i use that tagline for a range of frozen peas.
Regards
Patsy Kensit.
edwardj:
ironstipper:
Mothercare is my next favourite to go popapparently theres a baby boom this year so that might save them for a while
No, that was baby boom retirees due this year!
What a crap retirement the baby boomers have in front of them: Non-smokers, fit and healthy, low prevailing interest rates - all adding up to annuities having crap returns for the entire term of the plan as a result.
When I’m up for my so-called “money purchase plan” at full retirement, I think I’ll start smoking again a week before, and tell the bod that I take my holidays in Bangkok, and I’m allergic to latex. 
"'Kin 'ell guy - Here’s the plan for people with your lifestyle - 28.54% PA returns, because your life expectancy is measured in days…"
The music retail industry might have been saved - if they had deflating returns on product factored in like the transport industry does! 
CDs should be about £1 to buy, DVD’s £3.99, and blue ray should have been banned from getting off the ground. I’m talking “latest titles” here.
Trying to maintain prices makes everyone in the market for product think twice before going elsewhere to get it a whole lot cheaper.
Even people shopping stateside remark at how cheap media is over there, whilst UK retail continues to charge rip-off prices in a deflated market! 
Winseer:
The music retail industry might have been saved - if they had deflating returns on product factored in like the transport industry does!CDs should be about £1 to buy, DVD’s £3.99, and blue ray should have been banned from getting off the ground. I’m talking “latest titles” here.
Trying to maintain prices makes everyone in the market for product think twice before going elsewhere to get it a whole lot cheaper.
Even people shopping stateside remark at how cheap media is over there, whilst UK retail continues to charge rip-off prices in a deflated market!
this wud be a fair price if its was only maufacturing thay had to cover the cost. but there fee,s to be paid to the actors /performers/ producers ect and with out those fees thay will not agree to let there material go to dvd or cd .
Winseer:
CDs should be about £1 to buy
And your justification for that is? Because you know the vast majority of people who make music aren’t huge stars who already live in mansions.
It wouldn’t surprise me if Mothercare went. The Early Learning Center stores have shut and been crammed into Mothercare. As a parent of a 22 month old, there’s nothing in there you can’t get cheaper elsewhere. Toys are expensive (in Banbury a local toy shop undercuts them). We got a new buggy cheaper in John Lewis ffs. Short life stuff like baby clothes are cheaper in Primark (who cares about sweat-shops?) I think Homebase will go soon, but a long shot might be WHSmith; Grumpy yawning students who ■■■■■■ money (but don’t tell you how much you owe) but will recite the annoying “half price Haribo/chocolates today?”
Muckaway:
Short life stuff like baby clothes are cheaper in Primark (who cares about sweat-shops?) quote]
Primark clothes for kids made by kids
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j:Muckaway:
Short life stuff like baby clothes are cheaper in Primark (who cares about sweat-shops?) quote]
Primark clothes for kids made by kids
Try and sell them that for an ad campaign.
What about Burton menswear? I know it’s Arcadia group but who still shops there? Our local branch was axed recently. Heard Argos did better than expected, mostly down to the Elizabeth Duke scrap metal worn by Witneys’ Chav population. Normally seen after Jeremy Kyle when they’ve finished pretending to look for work at the Jobcentre.
Harry Monk:
ironstipper:
Mothercare is my next favourite to go popMe too, also W.H. Smith, Staples, Thomas Cook but a little birdie tells me that F C U K (French Connection) will be next to go
Ok septic Harry i will raise you Waterstones
r slicker:
Harry Monk:
ironstipper:
Mothercare is my next favourite to go popMe too, also W.H. Smith, Staples, Thomas Cook but a little birdie tells me that F C U K (French Connection) will be next to go
Ok septic Harry i will raise you Waterstones
Waterstones are owned by a fund that is controlled by a russian billionaire and they like to loose money for some reason!!
How come we can talk about other industry sector failures but we can’t discuss our own industry anticipated failures
SHYTOT:
How come we can talk about other industry sector failures but we can’t discuss our own industry anticipated failures
I think most already know the haulage industry failed decades ago, were just waiting with baited breathe for someone to turn off the life support machine, my guess is the 2014 DCPC dead line, or the 50,000+ Romanian and Bulgarian drivers heading this way to undercut the Poles should just about achieve it.
r slicker:
Harry Monk:
ironstipper:
Mothercare is my next favourite to go popMe too, also W.H. Smith, Staples, Thomas Cook but a little birdie tells me that F C U K (French Connection) will be next to go
Ok septic Harry i will raise you Waterstones
I match your Waterstones with Robert Dyas