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Definitely Halfords with their £4 car lightbulbs
AMAZING NEWS: Blockbusters....
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A shame really, because Homebase is a really useful store for when I need it, but unfortunately that isn't very often.
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True, although it may of afforded them more time to adapt their retail sector.
That's the thing though, boy racers are thick and in abundance
They really wouldn't think of going on the internet for "just" a bulb
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I haven't been following it but those really surprise me. Argos not so much but Halfords and especially Homebase does
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Amazing doesn't necessarily mean good
True, but it ain't that amazing as in a big surprise, it reads badly to me, but I get what you mean.
That's the thing though, boy racers are thick and in abundance
They really wouldn't think of going on the internet for "just" a bulb
Sure? I would have imagined them being imported from Japan or another country
Amazon do not make much in profits, they sell a lot of their products at cost:
http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox...xist_but_the_company_keeps_on_keeping_on.html
Forget the sales number it doesn't tell the whole picture.
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I always find Halfords is very quiet whenever I go in and their products are over priced.
Although the cycling department always seems to be doing well. Just the car and camping/outdoor sections that appear to me to be struggling.
Although the cycling department always seems to be doing well. Just the car and camping/outdoor sections that appear to me to be struggling.
Sorry to tell you this but disks are on the way out.
Surely your smart enough to see a trend away from physical media such as disks and towards digital downloads?
I wasn't going to say this next bit but I shall and forever be flamed (let the war commence) but... Apple have recently removed the redundant dvd drive form their MacBook Pro line up, should give you a clue as to where we are heading.
Edit: I think Argos could survive with a bit more tweeking to their business model (more buy online and collect in stores, down size, get rid of stores working at a loss etc...)
No but the administrators probably would but I like what you did there.Eventually, yes. At the moment? No.
As for the Apple thing; that's not really indicative of anything. Apple are well-known for removing features/functionality for their own reasons. They obviously want their own app store and iTunes to succeed, hence removing the optical drive makes sense for them. Just because Apple do something doesn't mean it's going to happen for the rest of the industry. They tried to push Thunderbolt as a substitution for USB 3.0 and evidently that didn't go as planned, because unsurprisingly, their systems now have USB 3.0.
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On the positive side, this means business for us at CEX should improve, instead of renting a DVD they'll just come and buy it from us, then trade it back in again.
One thing people do say when coming to us is just how poor the trade in rates at blockbuster are and how silly the mark-up is, perhaps this was there failing, not taking the second hand side seriously enough?
One thing people do say when coming to us is just how poor the trade in rates at blockbuster are and how silly the mark-up is, perhaps this was there failing, not taking the second hand side seriously enough?
Its not just apple though, my Alienware M11x didn't have an optical drive and neither does my main tower, or any of the nettops we use in work as network clients. For those 2-3 times a year I need to use an optical drive I have a USB one in a cupboard next to a USB floppy drive and my USB Zip drive.
A little OT but just to correct you, they didn't, that's the problem with TB uptake, Intel gave them a 1 year lockout on it and they did nothing with it. Their 2012 systems now have USB 3.0 because its now part of the Intel chipset used on them, the chipsets used in the 2011 line didn't have USB 3.0
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Was always going to happen what with first LoveFilm getting the mail rental right and now people like netflix, sky on demand etc getting the streaming right, who would drive to a shop to rent something then have to take it back 3 days later.
Are book retailers safe with the rise of kindles etc?
Are book retailers safe with the rise of kindles etc?
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Impressed they lasted this long.
That said, we tried their online rental service once and they happily competed with LoveFilm. They'd adapted more than Jessops/HMV. HMV certainly considering they're in 'similar' markets. I hadn't been in one before, but yeah, their online rental service was just as good as LoveFilm. They just didn't advertise it as heavily, so people didn't know, and they didn't kill the stores fast enough.
Might have to pop down to one to see if I can nab some Dvds etc.. cheap.
Anyone else find it amusing how retailers going into administration are like buses...
kd
That said, we tried their online rental service once and they happily competed with LoveFilm. They'd adapted more than Jessops/HMV. HMV certainly considering they're in 'similar' markets. I hadn't been in one before, but yeah, their online rental service was just as good as LoveFilm. They just didn't advertise it as heavily, so people didn't know, and they didn't kill the stores fast enough.
Might have to pop down to one to see if I can nab some Dvds etc.. cheap.
Anyone else find it amusing how retailers going into administration are like buses...
kd
