T soprano
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The only record shop I go in now is Wax Factor down Trafalgar street , spend hours in there browsing through the massive Vinyl collections , don't bother with CDs anymore just downloads or good old fashioned Vinyl
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HMV into admin tomorrow. Who next?
- Thread starter Berty23
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The only record shop I go in now is Wax Factor down Trafalgar street , spend hours in there browsing through the massive Vinyl collections , don't bother with CDs anymore just downloads or good old fashioned Vinyl
JCL666
absurdism
- Sep 23, 2011
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Not sure about travel agents. I did some analysis for one of the largest long haul ones and their high street shops were a growth area. In fact areas where they opened a new one saw a rise in sales on all channels (eg people from the area buying online and on the phone).
Plus some of the companies use their high street stores to take phone bookings as well.
If they go under it'll be because they're so badly managed.
Paskman
Not a user
They now won't accept vouchers or gift cards - one of my lad's Xmas presents up the spout!
There is nothing controversial in saying that the internet, with it's multitude of cost saving features, is going to be the death of the high street in this country. People in this country are very price sensitive in most areas of shopping. I wonder whether there will come a point when shops are going to start charging for entry? Unlikely of course, so perhaps we'll end up subsidising stores through our council taxes? Most people would object, but do we really want a high street of boarded up premises indispersed with poundlands and a handful of McHighstreet conglomerates? Even the coffee shops will lose their appeal if that happens as there will be no reason for people to go there.
It really is sad to see shops like Woolworths and now HMV disappear off our high streets forever.
It really is sad to see shops like Woolworths and now HMV disappear off our high streets forever.
pornomagboy
wake me up before you gogo who needs potter when
So us men can go to football with out the wife moaning as she can go ahopping
beorhthelm
A. Virgo, Football Genius
- Jul 21, 2003
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is the question people seem to overlook. what is the purpose of the high street, is it a place to purchase products and services or is it a destination for leisure in its own right. the former is dealt with by online retail, the latter is in demand and will ensure some core high street, and large shopping centres, will continue.
I reckon most on here will say they did most of their Christmas shopping on-line. I certainly did. However, I do find myself on the local highstreet fairly regulalrly. Sometimes it is easier just to go and collect a few cheap bits and bobs from the highstreet rather tha faffing about on a computer, and then once I'm there I might browse some of the shops until I get bored and go home. I don't enjoy that anyway as I already spend my working life at a computer screen.
I'm not sure what percentage of the population uses the high street like this, but I'd certainly miss it if we didn't have it.
I'm not sure what percentage of the population uses the high street like this, but I'd certainly miss it if we didn't have it.
No one used it. And their website is HORRIBLE.
Austrian Gull
Well-known member
A sad day for the British high street whatever you think about HMV's business model.
If and when Waterstones goes belly up, they'll be no shop left to drag my sorry arse to any town centre.
If and when Waterstones goes belly up, they'll be no shop left to drag my sorry arse to any town centre.
Corrected for you.
Common as Mook
Not Posh as Fook
- Jul 26, 2004
- 5,634
Clothes.
There will always be a need for clothes shops because you can't try things on online. That's what our high streets will look like in the future - restaurants, bars and clothes shops.
There will always be a need for clothes shops because you can't try things on online. That's what our high streets will look like in the future - restaurants, bars and clothes shops.
Apparently Tesco have got their own "independent" coffee shop chain now so I imagine that would be dotted around too.I used to be able to spend ages wandering around town looking in shops (I know, I'm a bit of a GIRL). These days going into town is a fairly short-lived experience because there are far fewer shops that I actually want to go in. Decent and affordable men's clothes shops seem to be a dying breed unless I want to dress like a 14-year old.
I used to be able to spend ages wandering around town looking in shops (I know, I'm a bit of a GIRL). These days going into town is a fairly short-lived experience because there are far fewer shops that I actually want to go in. Decent and affordable men's clothes shops seem to be a dying breed unless I want to dress like a 14-year old.
For me it's a short one if I'm round the Churchill Square area, but there's still a fair bit to see in The Lanes/North Laine/The Laines/The North Laine/Laine/Pedants.
Or, as I once heard some American tourist describe it, "The Laneways".
Yoda
English & European
I hate it the way they are allowed to get away with this. It's like they are saying, 'We've got your money, we don't care if you have anything to show for it'.
I was given one for my birthday at the end of last month, was going to use it to get an xbox game when I got paid next week. f*** em now if that's their attitude.
KZNSeagull
Well-known member
What will these core high street and large shopping centres sell then? There is only so much coffee one person can drink. Job creation is a rather important role of the high street and it is the best way of keeping communities alive by circulating your hard-earned, locally. This should not be underestimated.