The HMV Thread

ayase said:
HMV retail stores are screwed because they abandoned their core market for gimmicky tat. The music section in Leeds HMV is about a quarter of the size it used to be - it's now full of t-shirts, mobile phones, discount books and football memorabilia.

Did HMV not notice that there are far more successful businesses on the high street already selling this stuff cheaper, and with greater choice? In a changing market you have to evolve or die, it's true; but HMV's idea of diversification has been just plain bizarre.
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That's because they probably moved a lot of it to Fopp.
 
This sounds like it will lead to an even worse situation, surely? It's not like they're suddenly going to start making a load more money.
 
ilmaestro said:
When people refer to "cable" TV in this country, I automatically assume they mean "more channels than terrestrial, but not provided by Sky".

But let's put it this way, from the point of view of someone who lives in a major city suburb - I literally can't believe you didn't know that there was cable TV in the UK. Literally. So perhaps that confirms your theory.
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I assumed there was cable in the major cities nowadays, because I have seen adverts for cable broadband. Was there cable TV in cities ten years ago though, which judging by the post that started all this, it the kind of time in question?

Sparrowsabre7 said:
See I never had cable (still don't) so I only got Pokémon, Digimon etc. I wouldn't say those necessarily create fans either, while I knew it was called anime, I just thought of it as "another cartoon" rather than part of something bigger and it didn't get me into anime, though it was the first I watched.
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It's the only way they'll attract back customers in my humble opinion, or some very aggressive advertising for some exclusive deals and ****
 
animefreak17 said:
hey does anyone know if the hmv website will still be up if hmv stores does go bust
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Depends, it could end up like Zavvi where The Hut took over it on the website side.
 
It depends if someone is willing to buy it. If the website is doing well for itself, it might be worthy for take over. The Hut already have Zavvi, Argos, WHSmith etc...
 
reborn said:
It depends if someone is willing to buy it. If the website is doing well for itself, it might be worthy for take over. The Hut already have Zavvi, Argos, WHSmith etc...
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i knew jubba was up to no good again..............lol get it
 
Maxon said:
ayase said:
HMV retail stores are screwed because they abandoned their core market for gimmicky tat. The music section in Leeds HMV is about a quarter of the size it used to be
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That's because they probably moved a lot of it to Fopp.
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I wouldn't know. There are what, eight Fopp stores in the entire country?
 
ayase said:
HMV retail stores are screwed because they abandoned their core market for gimmicky tat. The music section in Leeds HMV is about a quarter of the size it used to be - it's now full of t-shirts, mobile phones, discount books and football memorabilia.

Did HMV not notice that there are far more successful businesses on the high street already selling this stuff cheaper, and with greater choice? In a changing market you have to evolve or die, it's true; but HMV's idea of diversification has been just plain bizarre.
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Haha, my local HMV is the same way; Twilight board games, gamer t-shirts and comedy mugs line the walls but if you want an actual DVD, game or CD you're unlikely to find it. Which is sort of annoying as there aren't any other media shops at all in my town, whereas there are tons of places to buy blinged out Justin Bieber hoodies if I decide I really want one*.

I don't mind paying a few pounds extra for the convenience of just grabbing stuff on the high street, but nobody seems to want to sell anything to me these days :(

R

* not likely
 
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