High Street chain collapse sweepstake

gottago · Fri 10 Jan, 2014 21.13

thegeek wrote:
Alexia wrote:Interesting. I must now find a Wimpy.
There's a lot more of them about than I'd have thought. They also seem to have changed their logo since I last saw it - best post in the other thread.

Some crazy items on their menu there. The "open burger" is inspired!

all new Phil · Fri 10 Jan, 2014 22.51

Nothing like a good Pork Bender too.

barcode · Sun 12 Jan, 2014 20.18

Semi chem, is on the way out aswell it seem: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-s ... s-25685147

Martin Phillp · Tue 14 Jan, 2014 17.27

The Oxford Mail may have got the wrong end of the stick, confusing the HMV Oxford Street, London closure with speculation that the Oxford store will be closing in this editorial from today.

http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/109340 ... _for_city/

wells · Tue 14 Jan, 2014 18.03

Here is another article from the same publication are you sure they're not closing in Oxford too?
http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/109340 ... rs/?ref=mr

madmusician · Wed 15 Jan, 2014 18.28

I can confirm that HMV in Oxford is currently holding a closing down sale. Very saddening indeed.

WillPS · Wed 15 Jan, 2014 20.31

I wouldn't worry. It's not like they were any good. Even in the days when you had a choice of a dozen or so places to buy records, they were always overpriced and generally crap.

Chris J · Sat 18 Jan, 2014 11.46

HMV.com appears to have closed their online store within the past few days, with the site seemingly now a music news site.

JAS84 · Sat 18 Jan, 2014 14.34

Well, someone didn't see Morrisons' recent sales figures then. They've been losing ground on the other supermarkets due to their website not having an online store... so which idiot at HMV thought getting rid of theirs was a good idea? I think this is a sign of trouble. They also tried to fob off my Mum recently by saying that season 16 of The Simpsons (which came out last month) wasn't even scheduled to be released any time soon and that season 15 (which came out in December 2012) had only just been released. I bet they couldn't get any new releases from 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment.

all new Phil · Sat 18 Jan, 2014 15.45

Not suggesting they are necessarily in any sort of trouble, but I was in TK Maxx the other day and they seemed to be carrying significantly less stock than usual. Everything seemed to have been moved around as though they were trying to disguise said less stock (like HMV have done).

It could just be that they have ditched a load of stock (they must carry some for ages given how out of date some of it looks). Can't say the shop has ever appealed to me to be honest, seems to be a mixture of a load of tat hiding more expensive stuff.

gottago · Sat 18 Jan, 2014 16.20

I had a look round that HMV Oxford St store last week. It felt like once upon a time it was probably a pretty exciting shop. I'm guessing they used to have an in house radio station because there was an old studio behind some Olly Murs calendars. Also in the basement not only was there the remains of a classical room but also a jazz room which I've never seen before. Do many HMVs still have a classical section? They had a big but desperately old LED (or whatever) screen which was trying to display the fugly generic clearance signs on it above what looked like a possible performance space. I bet in the 90s this was the place to be.

Not sure if it's still open but if it is hurry down there for a seemingly neverending supply of N Dubz DVDs, X Men 2, Mrs Brown's Boys and similar dross with a marked down price of only about 10% off.