John Marwood
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Music market value 2005 £1.8billion
Music market value 2013 £1.1billion
Shot by both sides
Music market value 2013 £1.1billion
Shot by both sides
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He's always circling, but never seems to put his hands in his pocket. Publicity whore?John Moulton
He's always circling, but never seems to put his hands in his pocket. Publicity whore?
Who buys CDs and DVDs from a shop nowadays?
ME
The one and only time I bought a CD on line was from Asda. The next day delivery never happened....ended up waiting in 4 weeks for the bloody thing to arrive!
I'd rather walk down to HMV , buy what I want and take it home with me that day
I've never believed in gift tokens either. The few times I've received one I've hot-footed it down to the shop as soon as I can to get it spent, just in case .
I wasn't for a moment suggesting that the Supermarkets aren't guilty of "offshoring" all I was saying is that they too are having to adapt to the way they operate in an ever changing retail landscape. Of course they have broad shoulders to do this but will probably close some store in the process as they focus more on online activity - if they do this it will mean putting people out of work, just like with HMV.'.
You mean something like County Woodware? It would have been somewhere near where the perfume shop is now...Ooh and how about a really handy DIY shop, right in the centre of town, where people who work there could pick up a few odds and ends instead of being drawn out to the retail parks all the time?
Exactly like County Woodware.You mean something like County Woodware? It would have been somewhere near where the perfume shop is now...
It appears to have been expunged from history - a search only came up with one reference - Mr Marwood's previous mention of it on here - I wonder if it really was there..?Exactly like County Woodware.
Ooh and how about a really handy DIY shop, right in the centre of town, where people who work there could pick up a few odds and ends instead of being drawn out to the retail parks all the time?
Disagree, certainly in the case of Tesco's, Internet buying has one major issue called the "Last Mile" problem, This is the delivery of the goods. Most people are not available all day to receive goods they have purchased. Tesco and other supermarkets are not opening their convenience stores just to sell sandwiches, they will become the location where you can choose to go to pick up your internet purchases bought on their site. Those companies with just an internet presence are very afraid of the dominance the supermarkets could create by their ability to offer this service "on every street corner". In fact many of them warned of this when the post office closures took place, as the post offices would have made a perfect 3rd party solution to this problem, but for some reason the government seemed to think that allowing the major supermarkets to control the whol process was better.
Wilkos is (far) better than nothing, but County Woodware was like this..Like Wilkos?
You're right - Wilkos is great and never fails to surprise me with how many different things it sells. I suppose I am just being nostalgic for how things were in Stafford before the Guildhall was built to accommodate all the multiples, like HMV, whose failure has left a big hole in the town centre. I loved the atmosphere of the old market hall and of the arcade entrance with the big, swinging doors. I loved the little streets behind it, flattened for its car park. My dentist stood roughly where the shop next to the Perfume Shop is now and even as a child, I used to like going into County Woodware and wondering what everything was for! You used to be able to do a 'drive by' round the back of the market, too, meaning that people could be picked up right outside with all their shopping or, in December, with a Christmas tree conveniently stacked outside.Like Wilkos?