Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
#1
hmv the high street music shop is poised to call in the administrators,this is another sad ending ans another nail in the high street coffin.
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,931
#2
Just seen the following on Facebook......
HMV possibly going into administration, advice from money experts is use your vouchers tomorrow morning ASAP otherwise good chance they wont honour them
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Guest 717- Registered: 16 Jun 2011
- Posts: 468
#3
Bloomin shame but it just has not kept up with this digital age. I wonder if we will have any high street shops left in 50 yrs time?!
Keeps politics to myself
Keith Sansum1
- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
- Posts: 23,948
#4
Was announced some time ago
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Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
- Posts: 10,540
#5
Is it due to changes on the High Street, or Management not being flexible enough to change as demand changes ?
Many High Street chains survive and thrive because they encompass the web and internet shopping - as well as getting the retail price right of course.
I always thought that they (HMV) have a good range but the CDs abnd DVDs were pretty expensive; maybe their sourcing was bad.
Roger
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
#6
i found that they where reasonable roger,cds where around 12 to 15 quid eash or two [2] foe 10/20 quid.made buying them a bit cheaper.
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
- Posts: 10,540
#7
I think £12 to £15 is expensive for a CD - I wouldn't pay that for a DVD.
Roger
Guest 774- Registered: 1 Oct 2012
- Posts: 498
#8
HMV are great for their DVD and CD deals and offers, but the stuff in the chart is way too expensive.
"If it ain't broke, fix it til it is."
Guest 657- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
- Posts: 3,037
#9
People order CD's and DVD's online or download stuff now. It will be a shame, another institution that I grew up with like Woolworths gone.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
#10
downloading is a major issue of course but maybe hmv erred in just having very large stores in major shopping centres, many out of town?
bearing in mind that many of the people we see buying cd's are very young, public transport fares would be a large put off, easier to buy online if there is not a local shop.
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
- Posts: 10,540
#11
I would have thought that younger people do downloads, older people buy CDs.
Roger
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
#12
yes roger,prefer to plck up a cd/dvd and look at it before buying.
Terry Nunn
- Location: London Road, Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 4,321
#13
I used to buy dvd's from HMV by post up to about two years ago. I moved to Amazon because of a larger range and more prompt delivery. As to the shops, their filing/display system was haphazard to say the least.
Terry
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Karlos- Location: Dover
- Registered: 1 Oct 2012
- Posts: 2,599
#14
And now Blockbusters
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21047652
Is there still one at the front of the Charlton Centre?
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
- Posts: 23,948
#15
Thing is I use HMV stores in folkestone andmaidstone an they always packed
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Guest 696- Registered: 31 Mar 2010
- Posts: 8,115
#16
Snap. Karlos, posted my thread at the same time as your post above.
Yes, there is a Blockbuster there.
Guest 716- Registered: 9 Jun 2011
- Posts: 4,010
#17
It is obvious our High Streets are suffering.In Dovers case the `High Streets`` are too long and too spread out.
The number of shops we have are not sustainable.We should adopt David Hannets ```Lanes```
ps the shops can return to being dwellings ...much nicer....