HMV

jarri

Is it opened or closed in Cork?

the beer revolu

jarri wrote: »

Is it opened or closed in Cork?

Well closed.

350125GO!

I hope the Pav expand into the current HMV building and turn it into a huge super-pub/cafe/gig venue.

I have fond memories of HMV. Going in as a teenager and scanning all the cd's one by one. That familiar sound of... click click click click click click click vloop click click click click click click click vloop click click click click click click click vloop.... as you go through each cd by moving it forward to see the one behind it the flicking the whole pile back and stating again at the next pile.

Sadly that world is now firmly in the past.

the beer revolu

350125GO! wrote: »

Sadly that world is now firmly in the past.

No it's not.
Go to Plugged records and flick through CDs to your hearts content.

Flesh Gorden

350125GO! wrote: »

Sadly that world is now firmly in the past.

+ Charity shops; Cd's at a much fairer price.

I do my cd shopping form the likes of Zoverstocks on Amazon, £1.81 inc delivery.

A lot of the cd's I've bought that they consider to be in used condition have had cases in better shape than ones I bought new from HMV over the years

Hogzy

the beer revolu wrote: »

No it's not.
Go to Plugged records and flick through CDs to your hearts content.

There was alot more to HMV than just music.

run_Forrest_run

Hogzy wrote: »

There was alot more to HMV than just music.

which is why I, as a music lover hated HMV.

Hogzy

run_Forrest_run wrote: »

which is why I, as a music lover hated HMV.

lol. Too cool eh?:rolleyes:

the beer revolu

Hogzy wrote: »

There was alot more to HMV than just music.

The person I was replying to was lamenting the act of flicking through racks of CDs, not HMV generally.
HMV were rubbish for music anyway!

evilivor

300 staff at HMV Ireland to lose jobs

The receiver to HMV Ireland has confirmed that 300 staff will be made redundant and 16 stores will remain closed.

David Carson of Deloitte said all stores were loss making and it was not possible to attract a buyer.

The staff had been temporarily laid-off when the company went into receivership last month.

Competition from web-based retailers and digital downloads, compounded by other factors including high rents, were blamed for the company’s financial difficulties.

Splainc

evilivor wrote: »

300 staff at HMV Ireland to lose jobs

The receiver to HMV Ireland has confirmed that 300 staff will be made redundant and 16 stores will remain closed.

David Carson of Deloitte said all stores were loss making and it was not possible to attract a buyer.

The staff had been temporarily laid-off when the company went into receivership last month.

Competition from web-based retailers and digital downloads, compounded by other factors including high rents, were blamed for the company’s financial difficulties.

Friends of mine who worked there find this stuff out via the papers. No official word from anyone. It's shocking how people are treated

evilivor

Splainc wrote: »

Friends of mine who worked there find this stuff out via the papers. No official word from anyone. It's shocking how people are treated

The announcement was only made this afternoon - statutory redundandancy only.

Splainc

the beer revolu wrote: »

No it's not.
Go to Plugged records and flick through CDs to your hearts content.

Best place in the city. Great record store that puts on gigs. Amazing cafe called Gulpd downstairs that also has an alcohol license. Indie cinema in the refurbished church. Incredible how many folks dont know it exists

Splainc

evilivor wrote: »

The announcement was only made this afternoon - statutory redundandancy only.

The announcement was made to the papers and not to the staff. The public find out before they do with no details on what they are supposed to do. Same as when they closed the stores. It's just how these horrible places care so little for people and we have a government fighting to bring more of them in

kittytwister

Staff at HMV were always pleasant and helpful in my opinion . Wondering will there be a fire sale of the stock.

Flesh Gorden

kittytwister wrote: »

Staff at HMV were always pleasant and helpful in my opinion . Wondering will there be a fire sale of the stock.

I reckon it would go back to the supplier for credit, actually the stock might have been on credit to begin with.

Dan Dare

I too found the staff at HMV very helpful and interested in what they did. For all the people slagging off HMV as a music store, I suggest you try Golden Discs or Tesco as an alternative. I think the closure of HMV in Cork is a disaster for the city.

the beer revolu

Dan Dare wrote: »

I too found the staff at HMV very helpful and interested in what they did. For all the people slagging off HMV as a music store, I suggest you try Golden Discs or Tesco as an alternative. I think the closure of HMV in Cork is a disaster for the city.

For the sake of clarity : I was slagging off HMV as a music store, not the staff who I, too, found to be pleasant and helpful. The fact that Golden Discs is/was worse is saying little. Tesco is a supermarket not a music shop.

I have huge sympathy for the staff who as usual, in these circumstances, were treated awfully by being kept in the dark until the public announcement.

Herb Powell

I have to plug Plug'd, really the only place in town for ceol, and what an amazing selection it has. Whatever kind of music you're into, they'll more than likely have it.

upstairs for coffee

Herb Powell wrote: »

I have to plug Plug'd, really the only place in town for ceol, and what an amazing selection it has. Whatever kind of music you're into, they'll more than likely have it.

Is plug'd the record shop in Triskel?

Herb Powell

That's the one

the beer revolu

upstairs for coffee wrote: »

Is plug'd the record shop in Triskel?

Yup

Corholio

Are Golden Discs moving into the HMV store?

Passed there today and they were doing it up inside and some Golden Discs rectangular posters were lying on the floor inside.

evilivor

Corholio wrote: »

Are Golden Discs moving into the HMV store?

Yes.

Steoob

O god

razorblunt

Steoob wrote: »

O god

fingers crossed they retain the HMV crew!

lisasimpson

Nice to see something going in there instead of another empty building at that end. Arent they an irish company? hope it works out

theglobe

wow shocked at that. Anyone know when its opening?

ussjtrunks

wow shocked at that. Anyone know when its opening?

Would love to know this too shocked at how there doesnt even seem to be 1 news article about this and shocked at how goldendiscs can afford such a big shop though If its like there Mahon store it could be good

evilivor

ussjtrunks wrote: »

Would love to know this too shocked at how there doesnt even seem to be 1 news article about this and shocked at how goldendiscs can afford such a big shop though If its like there Mahon store it could be good

ussjtrunks

thanks for the article I do hope it has as good a selection as the Mahon store. Still don't see how they can afford the rent but at least we should have a decent media store in the city now the one in Merchants Quay is rubbish

Itssoeasy

I'm glad that the store is opening again but ill hold off saying its good as golden discs have never been a music store that I ever liked or had that good of a selection.

JP Liz V1

theglobe wrote: »

wow shocked at that. Anyone know when its opening?

Think it will be opening quite soon

rob316

Article i read last week indicated they were hoping to open this friday/saturday.

KCAccidental

friday according to the Echo today. walked passed it earlier and they were putting stock on the shelves in preparation.

I used to work for them, so always have a soft spot due to old work colleagues etc. I wish them the very best! glad something is going into that building, it was depressing to look at when empty.

hoodwinked

i for one am really looking forward to havng a look around in there, im interested to know will it just be the ground floor or will they keep the upstairs open too.

JP Liz V1

On Friday (28th June) at 9am, Golden Discs will open the doors to its new
flagship store in the iconic 5,000 square foot building on Patrick Street, Cork
with an official launch event following at 12 noon.

From GD facebook page

SpaceTime

Upstairs appears to be closed.

Corholio

It's the exact same shelving set up pretty much, except where the counter is now against the wall.

Although it's good to have something like that there, it seems soulless or something, can't put my finger on it, I think it's the upstairs now being closed. You kind of always had a second option if there wasn't anything that interested you downstairs, now it's just back out the door.

hoodwinked

SpaceTime wrote: »

Upstairs appears to be closed.

im hoping they'll open it up during the big sales like after christmas, makes sense because they could set everything up while its closed and only open it on sale days,

or maybe its an accessibility issue, how do you get customers in wheelchairs upstairs?

evilivor

hoodwinked wrote: »

or maybe its an accessibility issue, how do you get customers in wheelchairs upstairs?

How do you get them in the front door and up those steps in the first place?

deRanged

evilivor wrote: »

How do you get them in the front door and up those steps in the first place?

using the lift installed inside the door.

I spoke to the staff in there this morning - the're hoping to open upstairs soon
but it'll stay closed for now. it was nice to see the place open again - I hope it does well.

Gamayun

I'm very disappointed with the music selection in there thus far, there's no dedicated genre sections, just a wall of chart music and some oldies/Irish stuff.

In HMV it was nice to be able to pick up relatively left-field stuff, be it jazz/metal/dance or whatever, in a bricks and mortar shop without having to resort to ordering it online.

The DVD selection has no dedicated World Cinema section either.

Hopefully if/when the upstairs opens they may branch out a bit.

SpaceTime

Yeah, I'd have to say the same. I walked in and it was just like, eh this is just a really large Golden Discs with nothing really amazingly different to offer.

They won't do well if they don't have a quirkier stock. Chart music is bought online.
Music stores have to offer an alternative to iTunes, Spotify and Google Play store.
I wish them luck and hope they do well, but I really think they need to have a somewhat edgier stock of CDs and definitely need the genres back.

I'd say the way forward would be things like :

Open a space for small, exclusive, in-store ticket-only gigs.
If you purchase say €50 of goods on the clubcard every 6 months - you get a right to register for these.

Bring in some indie movie collections, have people in to discuss new releases - e.g. if a new Irish movie comes out, bring the director in for a chat to your ticket-only crowd.

There's loads of stuff you could do with a music store to make it work, other than just stacking CDs on racks.

You have to make it an experience, a lifestyle and more than just a source of discs.

Gonzo

im in my 30s and Golden Discs has been around a long time, they have always been rubbish and never changed with the times, every store is just 'general music' listed A to Z, no categories, crap listings, mostly chart music, some irish music and country.... forget about anything obscure or entire discographys of bands..... we did not realise how lucky we were when HMV and Virgin were about. Theres a new Golden Discs opened up in Blanchardstowns and it's the same, really bad selection. Ive a more interesting playlist on m iTunes than what they sell in there..... seriously cannot wait for HMV to open back up....

SpaceTime

The problem though is that extensive catalogs are actually really expensive to build up. That's why the likes of HMV and Virgin Megastores had wonderful collections of music, they're huge organisations (or they were at their peak). Stock that wasn't selling in some shopping centre outlet could be moved to a major store like Grafton Street or Patrick's Street and Irish stores probably had access to UK stock too so all that stuff was moved around as needed.

There are very few companies can do that on that scale anymore.

Most of those companies have completely transformed though. In France for example, FNAC which is their equivalent of HMV, has kind of morphed into a huge electronics and digital lifestyle store and spends a lot more time on obscure music and vast selections of DVDs than it does on chart stuff and that seems to have saved them from going under. It also stocks a lot of books.

Judes

I went in Fri lunchtime purely to support them and bought a couple of CDs (so I'm an old fashioned girl). I thought the staff really friendly and helpful and the atmosphere relaxed. Give it a chance it's just opened - I suppose if they don't stock what you want you can ask them to order it? I mean HMV was fantastic but sometimes I had to request they ordered CDs or DVDs for me also - so big shop vs little shop - there's always something that you'll want that they won't have I'm just so happy that the store is opened. In the 80s I bought all my vinyl from Golden Discs (2 on Patrick Street at the time) and I used to get discounts. Hopefully they will introduce something like a loyalty card to keep us customers coming through the doors vs. ordering on-line. Best of luck to all concerned! J

Sam Mac

Well they finally opened the upstairs and its just full of 2 for 12euro DVDs.

JP Liz V1

Sam Mac wrote: »

Well they finally opened the upstairs and its just full of 2 for 12euro DVDs.

Is HMV opened in Cork again?

Sam Mac

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Is HMV opened in Cork again?

Talking about the Golden discs Patrick St. store.

KCAccidental

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Is HMV opened in Cork again?

HMV as it was doesn't exist any more. Xtra Vision bought the brand and use it in their blackpool branch and a couple of others I think.

A shop like the old HMV will never exist again, it's economically nonviable.