High Street chain collapse sweepstake

WillPS · Wed 13 May, 2015 09.59

stu wrote:And here it is, in a shot I took in 2012, looking delightfully 90s http://up.metropol247.co.uk/stu/IMG_0626.jpg

At xmas I went into the new That's Entertainment (terrible selection of CDs), which is right next to the recently moved Fopp. When did fopp stop being a place for bargains? Cheaper than HMV though.

That 'new' That's Entertainment has now closed. I hope you enjoyed the ancient John Menzies logo on display on the stairs in there though.

manxy · Wed 13 May, 2015 12.04

stu wrote:And here it is, in a shot I took in 2012, looking delightfully 90s http://up.metropol247.co.uk/stu/IMG_0626.jpg

At xmas I went into the new That's Entertainment (terrible selection of CDs), which is right next to the recently moved Fopp. When did fopp stop being a place for bargains? Cheaper than HMV though.

Basically fopp has the same pricing structure as HMV, apart from some of its own specialist promotions. However overstocks that HMV can't shift get transferred to fopp and sold off dirt cheap. Also a lot of warehouse overstocks from suppliers end up in fopp at massively discounted prices, like new blu-rays for £2 or £3

james2001 · Wed 13 May, 2015 21.23

WillPS wrote:I hope you enjoyed the ancient John Menzies logo on display on the stairs in there though.

Damn, I was in there a few times when it was open and never noticed that!

WillPS · Thu 14 May, 2015 09.54

james2001 · Thu 14 May, 2015 23.51

I still have some John Menzies branded stuff I bought in the late 90s, funnily enough they were still selling stuff with the 80s logo then! I'm pretty sure I bought it after the WHSmith takeover too.

JAS84 · Fri 15 May, 2015 19.52

Found out what happened to the Hull branch of That's Entertainment. Another company, Pep&Co, offered higher rent, so the landlords gave them the boot without giving them the chance to match it. I hope Pep&Co, which is a new business, fails. Their evil gazumping tactics shouldn't be allowed - TE's lease wasn't even due for renewal yet (it opened September 2013, so I assume September was when it was due for renewal).

WillPS · Sun 17 May, 2015 19.04

JAS84 wrote:Found out what happened to the Hull branch of That's Entertainment. Another company, Pep&Co, offered higher rent, so the landlords gave them the boot without giving them the chance to match it. I hope Pep&Co, which is a new business, fails. Their evil gazumping tactics shouldn't be allowed - TE's lease wasn't even due for renewal yet (it opened September 2013, so I assume September was when it was due for renewal).

I believe it's That's Entertainment policy to seek units on low rent/no commitment type deals (which are attractive to shopping centres looking to decrease their vacancy rate/council rates liability without turning stores over long term to companies with no interest in doing them up).

manxy · Fri 12 Jun, 2015 03.57

Although they went bust almost 2 and a half years ago, hmv relaunched its home delivery website today (its store.hmv.com). They seem to be back to where they were before the collapse but in a much better overall position. Next step apparently is to introduce a free digital copy when you buy the physical album

Martin Phillp · Fri 12 Jun, 2015 17.45

The returns address for the new HMV online store is in Erdington, where I think hmv.com orders were handled under the old owners?

Martin Phillp · Mon 15 Jun, 2015 23.46

nodnirG kraM wrote:We're getting an Argos Digital stuck in the corner of our Homebase. What is an Argos Digital?

If I recall, the Argos Digital stores are the ones where staff and customers use tablets to order goods, just like this one in Old Street, London.

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/ArgosProm ... street.htm

barcode · Tue 16 Jun, 2015 10.43

My main Argos store is already one of those, no pens or books etc. If there was every a power cuts there be ......