HMV to close ?

[eFestivals]

The annoying thing is that prick has probably given some poor sod who is likely to lose their job a right load of grief and hassle and embarrassed them in fornt of other customers and come away from it thinking that he's fighting the man and taking on the system, all the while setting a great example to his grandson that if things aren't going your way then just make a public scene and a bit of noise and you'll get away with anything.

well, if you work fort a rip-off employer then it's not going to be any surprise if they rip you off and not just their customers.

The simple fact is that employees put themselves in the position of getting sacked like that by never standing up to their bosses in the first place.

Of course I realise it's unfortunate for that individual, but that will always be the case unless individuals start to band together to use the power that they have. What goes around comes around, as they say.

[jump]

http://www.nme.com/news/miscellaneous/68344 Upto half of the HMV could be turned into supermarkets apparently. I'm more intrested in knowing if they intend to kill off the existing HMV Curzon idea, as a year ago I remember reading it was profitable and they expected to introduce more of them in the future.

[metallimuse]

Popped into my local store while out and about today and the shelves are pretty bare.

[atomised]

when I first got into music hmv was all I knew and over the years I have moved more towards independent stores or the internet. I've still used hmv for gift buying purposes though and will be sad if it does go

[lharris92]

anyone see about the tweets by someone who was getting sacked... the tweets made me laugh but feel bad for the people who got the sack

http://biztechreport.co.uk/2013/01/sacked-hmv-social-media-director-goes-rogue/

[lost]

confirmed the stores that are closing:

Ashton-under-Lyne, Ballymena, Barnsley,

Bayswater, Belfast Boucher Road, Belfast

Forestside, Bexleyheath, Birkenhead,

Birmingham Fort, Blackburn, Boston,

Bournemouth Castlepoint, Bracknell,

Burton-upon-Trent, Camberley,

Chesterfield, Coleraine, Craigavon, Croydon

Centrale, Derry, Dumfries, Durham,

Edinburgh Fort, Edinburgh Gyle Centre,

Edinburgh Ocean, Edinburgh Princes Street,

Edinburgh St James, Falkirk, Fulham,

Glasgow Fort, Glasgow Silverburn,

Glasgow Braehead, Huddersfield, Kirkcaldy,

Leamington Spa, Leeds White Rose, Lisburn,

Loughborough, Luton, Manchester 90,

Moorgate, Newry, Newtonabbey, Orpington,

Rochdale, Sc**thorpe, South Shields, Speke

Park, St Albans, St Helens, Stockton-on-

Tees, Tamworth, Teesside, Telford,

Trocadero, Wakefield, Walsall, Walton-on-

Thames, Wandsworth, Warrington, Watford,

Wellingborough, Wigan, Wood Green,

Workington, Wrexham.

[jump]

confirmed the stores that are closing:

Ashton-under-Lyne, Ballymena, Barnsley,

Bayswater, Belfast Boucher Road, Belfast

Forestside, Bexleyheath, Birkenhead,

Birmingham Fort, Blackburn, Boston,

Bournemouth Castlepoint, Bracknell,

Burton-upon-Trent, Camberley,

Chesterfield, Coleraine, Craigavon, Croydon

Centrale, Derry, Dumfries, Durham,

Edinburgh Fort, Edinburgh Gyle Centre,

Edinburgh Ocean, Edinburgh Princes Street,

Edinburgh St James, Falkirk, Fulham,

Glasgow Fort, Glasgow Silverburn,

Glasgow Braehead, Huddersfield, Kirkcaldy,

Leamington Spa, Leeds White Rose, Lisburn,

Loughborough, Luton, Manchester 90,

Moorgate, Newry, Newtonabbey, Orpington,

Rochdale, Sc**thorpe, South Shields, Speke

Park, St Albans, St Helens, Stockton-on-

Tees, Tamworth, Teesside, Telford,

Trocadero, Wakefield, Walsall, Walton-on-

Thames, Wandsworth, Warrington, Watford,

Wellingborough, Wigan, Wood Green,

Workington, Wrexham.

[hot_ice]

Not surprised by Wood Green & Trocadero both closing Wood Green is never that busy and Trocadero is losing £200k a year apparently due to it's massive rent but I do like that it's open til midnight. The Croydon store is a surprise tho as it's constantly busy and has no competetion on that high street.

[atomised]

Guess this is the first swathe as well. Be interesting to see how it helps. Feel sorry for those who've lost their jobs today

[G-Stud]

All the stores in Edinburgh? Ouch.

[Paul ™]

All the stores in Edinburgh? Ouch.

[G-Stud]

Looks like Play is closing down it's retail arm, moving specifically to a "marketplace":

Play.com is closing its retail operations in March as it transitions into a marketplace-only website, a move that is resulting in 214 employees losing their jobs. The Jersey-based company, one of the first online retailers to sell video games to the UK, told the BBC around 200 people are keeping their jobs at the new base of operations in Cambridge, England.

Full story here.

This is relatively old news, but I'd heard nothing about it.

Edited February 7, 2013 by G-Stud

[metallimuse]

Watford is shutting aswell.Big signs up.Not surprised.I popped in and had a look and House series 4 is £45.I'm hoping the complete ER boxset gets well cheap.

[metallimuse]

Oh sorry,just noticed you listed Watford.

[Rufus Gwertigan]

Manchester is closing but there is no mention if the Fopp a hundred ir so yards away. Fingers crossed for them.

[Sparticus]

Manchester is closing but there is no mention if the Fopp a hundred ir so yards away. Fingers crossed for them.

[A-Rob]

Is it the big one in Market street closing ?

[G-Stud]

37 more stores to close:

Ashford, Basildon, Bolton, Cheltenham, East Kilbride, Enfield, Folkestone, Glasgow Argyle, Gloucester, Grimsby, Hatfield Galleria, Heathrow Terminal 5 - Departure Level, Heathrow Terminal 1, Heathrow Terminal 3, Heathrow Terminal 4, Hemel Hempstead, High Wycombe, Isle of Wight, Lancaster, Leadenhall, Mansfield, Middlesbrough, Newbury, Newcastle Silverlink, Newport, Nuneaton, Redditch, Salisbury, Scarborough, Southport, Stafford, Staines, Stockport, Swindon, Taunton, Torquay and Woking.