HMV Finally closing down for good?

My predictions for the high street of tomorrow:

Food shops (big retail only, Sainos/Tescos etc.)
Restaurants
Coffee shops
Clothes shops (expect a couple of higher end and independent shops to go first)
Cinemas and bowling complexes
Charity shops
Sub £2 shops like Poundland.
Betting shops
Banks (probably with less branches, and reduced opening hours due to less footfall)
Jewelers (although will probably die off when the price of gold drops)

In short any specialist shop that doesn't have an online or supplicating source of income will most likely perish.
 
I wonder how many of people saying they're sad to see HMV go and lamenting the end of the high street actually made an effort to shop there primarily. How many can say they've never used Amazon or similar because it was cheaper?

It's hilarious, we are on a forum of a e-tailer who themselves are in the business of taking custom from the likes of Currys, PC World, Dixons etc and we're glad OCUK exists; so let's not start crying and stamping our feet when our choice to use sites like overclockers for our purchases result in highstreet names closing down.
 
Radio just said they are looking for a buyer and stores will remain open for now. The website is down though.
 
Gutted, was gonna go on yesterday to redeem a gift card but decided not to and go in today instead.

I use them quite a bit as I prefer to buy stuff there and then so will be sad to see them go :(
 
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Press starting to hover around at the Oxford Street store.
 
Might pop in today and see if they've got anything.

I genuinely will miss HMV if they close. We used to spend hours in there when we were at university.

I also really don't think their pricing is way off at all, they clearly just have a lot of debt/bad management/too much floor space/a mixture of everything.

I only bought some stuff in there the other day. Bought the Star Wars Blu-ray collection for £59 and Band of Brothers Blu-ray tin for £12.50 (buy one boxset, cheapest half price). Both of these prices are the same as online and I got them via an Amex offer which gave me another £15 off as well.
 
atpbx said:
There is this.

If you don't live in the town center you not only have the increased price of the product vs internet, you've got a couple of quid parking, petrol.

Short term thinking and greed from the authorities.
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Agreed, people have been driven away from the high street, it doesn't help that the same stores (Gamestation for example) would sell items cheaper on their own website than inside their stores, there is simply no benefit to high street shopping unless you want an item on that very same day and are willing to pay £5 or more extra for it.

The papers are suggesting that digital downloads have killed HMV but it's more the fact that online is cheaper for physical copies as well, especially when you take into account the soaring travel costs.
 
IMO.

HMV are idiots, the ONLY high street record store and they messed it up.

Put rubbish in their stores.
Staffed with idiots that looked "cool" rather than worked hard.
Stores where messy/hot.
Could find a DVD for £3 in one area and £10 in another.
Started selling electronics...why?
Tried to charge inflated prices thinking they could get away with it and that people would stay loyal in a recession.

It could be profitable so easily.

I hope some independent stores open up and get a chance.
 
estebanrey said:
I wonder how many of people saying they're sad to see HMV go and lamenting the end of the high street actually made an effort to shop there primarily. How many can say they've never used Amazon or similar because it was cheaper?

It's hilarious, we are on a forum of a e-tailer who themselves are in the business of taking custom from the likes of Currys, PC World, Dixons etc and we're glad OCUK exists; so let's not start crying and stamping our feet when our choice to use sites like overclockers for our purchases result in highstreet names closing down.
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agreed,
HMV sealed their own fate not the general public. They are expensive, they have too many stores, too many staff, not enough income, constant loans from the bank on the promise that it will be better tomorrow.

they have monkeys running the show, supported by more monkeys at the bank - the only difference is that the bank monkeys suddenly grew a brain and pulled the plug.

why on earth should I buy a product that considerably more expensive in a shop than online? In this day and age of youtube contains unboxings and decent reviews meaning I can get all the info I need on a product without ever walking into a shop and being greeted by needy unhelpful staff.

and jobs? Amazon create jobs far more than HMV and all these other yesteryear retailers

They wont be missed.
 
randal24 said:
My predictions for the high street of tomorrow:

Food shops (big retail only, Sainos/Tescos etc.)
Restaurants
Coffee shops
Clothes shops (expect a couple of higher end and independent shops to go first)
Cinemas and bowling complexes
Charity shops
Sub £2 shops like Poundland.
Betting shops
Banks (probably with less branches, and reduced opening hours due to less footfall)
Jewelers (although will probably die off when the price of gold drops)

In short any specialist shop that doesn't have an online or supplicating source of income will most likely perish.
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Many are high streets that are exactly that right now. Cheap tat and service industry.
 
mmj_uk said:
Agreed, people have been driven away from the high street, it doesn't help that the same stores (Gamestation for example) would sell items cheaper on their own website than inside their stores, there is simply no benefit to high street shopping unless you want an item on that very same day and are willing to pay £5 or more extra for it.

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i've a better one than that, i bought shoes from the ebay shop outlet of a clothing store. they were cheaper than on the mailorder section of their main website

they were sold as new with box so i'll be expecting them to be the same as on their main site. i know outlet stores normally sell discontinued stock etc but it seems a little odd
 
estebanrey said:
I wonder how many of people saying they're sad to see HMV go and lamenting the end of the high street actually made an effort to shop there primarily. How many can say they've never used Amazon or similar because it was cheaper?

It's hilarious, we are on a forum of a e-tailer who themselves are in the business of taking custom from the likes of Currys, PC World, Dixons etc and we're glad OCUK exists; so let's not start crying and stamping our feet when our choice to use sites like overclockers for our purchases result in highstreet names closing down.
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Well it's a buyers market: You'd have to be an idiot to buy stuff at their inflated prices. People are just sad that the business was so badly run that it can no longer compete with it's rivals. Personally HMV has been dead for years.

Not all media outlets have done as bad a job as HMV. Waterstones have actually done quite well in 2012 compared to previous years, despite the onslaught of the rainforest people.
 
Werewolf said:
With Argos, I suspect Homebase will the millstone around it's neck, as a retailer Homebase seems to be worse than HMV in prices, and in how quiet they are...


It's sad to see HMV go, as they are about the last highstreet dvd/cd retailer :(
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In some ways its sad to see them go, but in the last year 2 new CD/DVD/Games shops have opened in my nearest town, one an independant and the other some Entertainment chain.

The councils need to reduce cost of rent and parking in order to get more independant retailers into shop spaces.
 
Just went into central Bristol one and it was dead. Not much that I wanted in the Blue Cross sale and they still had a whole section of 5 for £30 Blu-rays which weren't discounted (same deal as before Christmas).

Still managed to pick up a Matrix Blu-ray boxset for £7.50.

anticonscience said:
What was the guy saying about the new Batman film?
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Using skewed figures to compare online and high street prices of a popular film I imagine.
 
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