What types of business wont be around in 10 years time?

IvaBigWun

I would say High Street estate agents days are numbered. These will all be internet middle men in a few years time.

With the advent of technology and online shopping or just changing tastes what types of business wont be around in 10 years time?

crazygeryy

hmv

Cee-Jay-Cee

News agents will probably be few and very far between in 10yrs.

Sorry, I couldn't think of anything smart arsed to say, sorry.

Sir Humphrey Appleby

Dublin Bus, hopefully.

Chattastrophe!

Travel agents

Specialun

CJC999 wrote: »

News agents will probably be few and very far between in 10yrs.

Sorry, I couldn't think of anything smart arsed to say, sorry.

Its the taking part that counts

The Backwards Man

Pubs, taxis and independent supermarkets will all have gone the way of the dodo.

Gmol

Banks it will all done on the interweb

dark crystal

High street travel agents.

Sinfonia

Travel agents maybe?

Edit: bah.

greensausage

Anything that can be downloaded, books, music, computer games etc

akura

Stupid juice/smoothie bars

alchemist33

Tlachtga wrote: »

Travel agents

Anybody remember when you went to a travel agent to book flights?

humbert

Publishing companies.

Sinfonia

alchemist33 wrote: »

Anybody remember when you went to a travel agent to book flights?

Think I only ever did that when a group of us were booking a package deal for our 6th year holiday.

IvaBigWun

Gmol wrote: »

Banks it will all done on the interweb

Yes but will we trust a completely faceless online money system? Sounds ripe for a hacker to prove themselves.

cantdecide

akura wrote: »

Stupid juice/smoothie bars

I ****ing ****ing ****ing ****ing hate that word. Love the drink hate the ****ing name for it.

Micky Dolenz

Undertakers. Business will be dying out. In 10 years we will have the knowledge to regrow body parts and live forever.

cantdecide

Payday loan companies. Bottom-feeders they are.

Legs.Eleven

Bookshops.

IvaBigWun

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

Undertakers. Business will be dying out. In 10 years we will have the knowledge to regrow body parts and live forever.

Maybe 50, but I like your optimism

Paddy Dangerfield

Legs.Eleven wrote: »

Bookshops.

I've a half-baked theory that independent stores will survive... and possibly even thrive.

dark crystal

Insurance offices. I'd say most people now buy their motor, house and health insurance online.

Baked.noodle

Politics

cantdecide

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

In 10 years we will have the knowledge to regrow body parts and live forever.

For now, I'd accept regrowing my luscious curls!

IvaBigWun

dark crystal wrote: »

Insurance offices. I'd say most people now buy their motor, house and health insurance online.

Surely no one buys life insurance anymore?

Wacker The Attacker

Schools and Hospitals.

dark crystal

IvaBigWun wrote: »

Surely no one buys life insurance anymore?

Ah some would I'd say, especially when taking out a mortgage with a bank or building society. The Credit union would do life insurance as well.

IvaBigWun

Wacker The Attacker wrote: »

Schools and Hospitals.

How? Both are essential and almost impossible to replicate online

Baked.noodle

IvaBigWun wrote: »

How? Both are essential and almost impossible to replicate online

Birth certificates and death certificates. School.com. They will level the buildings and build internet cafes.

gammygils

Facebook and Twitter
Hopefully!!!!!

MadsL

Turf cutting contractors.

Old man pubs

IvaBigWun

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Pubs

Pubs and alcohol will now and forever be a staple of Irish culture. I think the amount of them will decrease but even Ballygobackwards towns will still have at least a few

NuckingFacker

Cup Cake shops. Hopefully. Every time I see one, I go "Why?".

mikemac1

alchemist33 wrote: »

Anybody remember when you went to a travel agent to book flights?

Last time I did that it was 1999!

Then I started booking Ryanair myself.

Hah, booked the flight over the phone and then had to post in a cheque And ring up a few days later to confirm receipt. They gave me a code I could give to the girl on the desk at the airport at the Ryanair desk

Seems old fashioned now but that's how people did it back then

Paddy Dangerfield

Paddy Dangerfield wrote: »

I've a half-baked theory that independent stores will survive... and possibly even thrive.

I'd like to think so, but I don't think they'd sell enough to survive, even if people were drawn into them to browse.

I like the atmosphere of a bookshop and like browsing the shelves, but still 95%+ of the books I buy are on Kindle.

I couldn't go back to the days of using a big chunk of my baggage allowance on reading material for holidays, or carrying around what might be a big book to read on the train.

Legs.Eleven

Paddy Dangerfield wrote: »

I've a half-baked theory that independent stores will survive... and possibly even thrive.

Hmmmm. We'll see. Independent bookstores have been closing all over the place with the opening of larger chains. I haven't bought an ebook yet myself but I buy my books online (but I don't live in an English-speaking country). I used to work as a bookseller and a librarian in London and it'd be a real shame to see them go for good. I suppose there'll be the few hangers on and perhaps some retro revival down the line but enough to keep bookstores afloat? I dunno.


And you can't beat an auld sniff of a good book. Sticking the page right up to your face and breathing in the scent. Great stuff.

Sh1tbag OToole

The metro herald hopefully. Though they will find some other way of pushing it on you first. At least not so many trees will be wasted on it

IvaBigWun

I would say bricks and mortar jewellery stores are fcuked, those in the business with some smarts started making moves online years ago

Femme_Fatale

Banks still need to exist for cash (unless cash gets eliminated).

Manufacturing - 3D printing gonna kill that I'd say.

All the functions offered by phone, e.g. timepieces, calendar... these look like becoming specialist items.

IvaBigWun

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

All the functions offered by phone, e.g. timepieces, calendar... these look like becoming specialist items.

The watch market must be fcucked by now surely. Until Apple give us that iWatch they registered last year

Sinfonia

cantdecide wrote: »

I ****ing ****ing ****ing ****ing hate that word. Love the drink hate the ****ing name for it.

What would you pitch as an alternative?

Spring Onion

cantdecide wrote: »

I ****ing ****ing ****ing ****ing hate that word. Love the drink hate the ****ing name for it.

I bet you're fairly easy going...

Spring Onion

Sinfonia wrote: »

What would you pitch as an alternative?

cock?

NuckingFacker

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

Banks still need to exist for cash (unless cash gets eliminated).

Manufacturing - 3D printing gonna kill that I'd say.

All the functions offered by phone, e.g. timepieces, calendar... these look like becoming specialist items.

It's ok for prototyping but for mass production, doubtful. I'll have a 200 ton sheet metal press, you get some printers..I'll race ya.

Blisterman

IvaBigWun wrote: »

I would say bricks and mortar jewellery stores are fcuked, those in the business with some smarts started making moves online years ago

I would have thought Jewellery is one thing you'd definitely need to see in person before buying.

What will be gone is electronics chains like Dixons. Much cheaper to buy online.

Survivors will be places like the Apple or Bose stores, which act more as a showroom for the projects than a place to make money from selling stuff. If you play around with an iPad in their shop, and then order it online, Apple profit either way.

Sonnenblumen

gammygils wrote: »

Facebook and Twitter
Hopefully!!!!!

Not if Paddy Power gets his way!

shopaholic01

Baked.noodle wrote: »

Birth certificates and death certificates. School.com. They will level the buildings and build internet cafes.

Regional health board offices issue birth and death certificates, not hospitals.

Hospitals will always be needed - you can't have diagnostic tests and scans, medical treatment and surgery online.

Primary and second level schools will always be needed - children need to learn to socialise as well as receive an education.

Most retail high street shops will probably die out, a lot of cafes and restaurants will probably follow as many rely on the footfall of shoppers.

Cinemas will probably struggle too.

madness98

I think there will be a net downfall in manual labourers/workers soon enough. Robotics just keeps replacing more and more workers in more and more fields.

doolox

As for manual workers, this has already happened. Many service related cleaning and security jobs are also on the way out as shop assistants are now expected to take up these roles after they close shop for cleaning and are expected to monitor CCTV etc while also dealing with customers in the smaller shops. The days of manual manufacturing are well gone in Ireland except maybe for meat processing and other jobs relating to our naturally occuring resources. Many shelf packing jobs in supermarkets are now being done by delivery and transport people as supermarkets and shops seek to pass expenses down the supply chain, those who refuse to comply lose the business. Flexibility and multiskilled are the demands of todays workplace with little or no extra cash reward.

Many other material related jobs are being heavily undercut by foreign workers willing to work for small wages, usually until they find out for themselves how dear it is to live in Ireland.

Many come initially to the low payers until they get experience and enough language skills etc to move to the higher payers or higher paying sectors of the labour market.

It seems that the recent slowdown in EU enlargement will lead to a levelling off in downward pressure in wages here if we can keep our borders sealed off from further outside labour competition. Our undeniably high unemployment, decreasing benefits, and increasing taxation and increasing costs of living need to be published loudly and clearly to the rest of the world to act as a deterrant to other aspiring entrants to the moribund Irish labour market. Lets hope that recent news of high emigration, high unemployment etc goes someway towards dampening demand for people to come to Ireland.

Hopefully this will give the natives a slightly bigger chance of getting work and earning a living.