HMV to close 60 stores (Irish stores affected as well)

RobitTV · 05-01-2011 11:15PM

The Waltzing Consumer wrote: »

Do you work for HMV?

HMV has 379 stores in the UK and Ireland. If they are closing 60 of them, there may be a couple left so your panic attack is not needed.

Yeah but For people who have a Local HMV Spend your gift card etc..

Because when its closed You might have to travel to dublin or somewhere miles away.

RobitTV · 05-01-2011 11:23PM

The worst thing about this is That more job losses, and retail closures, this has been the worst New year so far 5 days in and Loads of shops closing and job losses.

RobitTV · 05-01-2011 11:26PM

HMV Announced a while Ago that there flagship Store in oxford street will close.

OPENROAD · 05-01-2011 11:31PM

RobitTV wrote: »

HMV Announced a while Ago that there flagship Store in oxford street will close.

Seriously :eek:

ThisRegard · 05-01-2011 11:33PM

CorkMan wrote: »

That is a weeks shopping like!

So that's when talking and typing stuff on the interweb, do Cork people even put the word 'like' after every thought running through their mind like ?

JONJO THE MISER · 05-01-2011 11:35PM

In the past i would rarely buy dvd's or boxsets and i would of never brought them in H.M.V, i never download just stream but recently i have been buying movies and books from Amazon and i can not believe the value, if only more brick and mortar stores were like them instead of trying to rip people off then they would survive.

kensutz · 05-01-2011 11:35PM

RobitTV wrote: »

HMV Announced a while Ago that there flagship Store in oxford street will close.

Meh!

RobitTV · 05-01-2011 11:42PM

OPENROAD wrote: »

Seriously :eek:

Yeah, thats how bad things are For them at the moment!! :cool:

ThisRegard · 05-01-2011 11:43PM

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

In the past i would rarely buy dvd's or boxsets and i would of never brought them in H.M.V, i never download just stream but recently i have been buying movies and books from Amazon and i can not believe the value, if only more brick and mortar stores were like them instead of trying to rip people off then they would survive.

Basic economics, they're two completely different business models, if Amazon opened bricks and mortar stores they'd no longer be as cheap.

kensutz · 05-01-2011 11:44PM

279 stores between Ireland and the UK. Doesn't exactly say that all the Irish stores are closing!

ScumLord · 05-01-2011 11:44PM

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

if only more brick and mortar stores were like them instead of trying to rip people off then they would survive.

But Amazon is just a warehouse off a motorway somewhere. The only reason it's cheap is because they don't have to deal with customers and can pack stuff in to the rafter and let machines do all the work of stacking and shipping.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AVpuCMIk2A

That factory isn't that advanced ebuyers looks better but as you can see it's not a customer friendly place.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1aNPfNEGRQ

Meself · 05-01-2011 11:51PM

General Zod wrote: »

do you live in OHHHH VIENNAAAAAA (du du du)

Take a bow my good man, that was fabulous !

RobitTV · 05-01-2011 11:52PM

kensutz wrote: »

279 stores between Ireland and the UK. Doesn't exactly say that all the Irish stores are closing!

we need a List of the store Closures in Ireland, Then we can see what the situation is, But no annoucemnts have been made at the Moment, hopefully there will be a list soon.

LizT · 05-01-2011 11:56PM

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

In the past i would rarely buy dvd's or boxsets and i would of never brought them in H.M.V, i never download just stream but recently i have been buying movies and books from Amazon and i can not believe the value, if only more brick and mortar stores were like them instead of trying to rip people off then they would survive.

In fairness, Amazon can afford to do it cheaper because (afaik and correct me if I'm wrong) they just have the one warehouse and they ship all their goods from there. HMV have to pay rent, utilities etc on all their shops so that will push up the price.

I like HMV myself. Usually I just download from iTunes but if there's a particular album I want, I would usually buy it from HMV. Their DVD prices have definitely come down, although I still use amazon. But if I was in town anyway I wouldn't mind spending an extra few euro to get the cd/game/ dvd I wanted as opposed to waiting for it to arrive from amazon.

OPENROAD · 05-01-2011 11:57PM

lizt wrote: »

In fairness, Amazon can afford to do it cheaper because (afaik and correct me if I'm wrong) they just have the one warehouse and they ship all their goods from there. HMV have to pay rent, utilities etc on all their shops so that will push up the price.

I like HMV myself. Usually I just download from iTunes but if there's a particular album I want, I would usually buy it from HMV. Their DVD prices have definitely come down, although I still use amazon. But if I was in town anyway I wouldn't mind spending an extra few euro to get the cd/game/ dvd I wanted as opposed to waiting for it to arrive from amazon.

I assume you do a price comparison first?

LizT · 05-01-2011 11:57PM

ThisRegard wrote: »

Basic economics, they're two completely different business models, if Amazon opened bricks and mortar stores they'd no longer be as cheap.

ScumLord wrote: »

But Amazon is just a warehouse off a motorway somewhere. The only reason it's cheap is because they don't have to deal with customers and can pack stuff in to the rafter and let machines do all the work of stacking and shipping.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AVpuCMIk2A

That factory isn't that advanced ebuyers looks better but as you can see it's not a customer friendly place.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1aNPfNEGRQ

Point i was trying to make, but said better.

RobitTV · 05-01-2011 11:58PM

This is the Latest---

"The stores closures have not been decided yet but HMV Group spokesman Heather Murdoch said the axe will fall on areas where there are many stores in close proximity"

... So this basically means Areas such as Dublin and cork may Face the worst of it, But ireland has Less then 20 hmv stores And They dont make the same amount of profit compared to the UK Ones. so i say a few Hmv,S in ireland may close, but who knows until we get the list.

Also the HMV Store in Brighton,UK has been saved from the Axe i think.

LizT · 06-01-2011 12:01AM

OPENROAD wrote: »

I assume you do a price comparison first?

Nope. If I want the item and it's reasonably priced, I'm happy enough buying it. HMV are usually not that much more expensive than other shops. I'd only buy new release album that I wanted, or a cheap DVD or two and maybe a game (not altogether!). Those kinds of items would be similarly priced everywhere.

If it was something like a box set, I normally wouldn't pay over 10-20 euro (depending on the show) when it first comes out, because the price will always be reduced.

LizT · 06-01-2011 12:02AM

RobitTV wrote: »

This is the Latest---

"The stores closures have not been decided yet but HMV Group spokesman Heather Murdoch said the axe will fall on areas where there are many stores in close proximity"

... So this basically means Areas such as Dublin and cork may Face the worst of it, But ireland has Less then 20 hmv stores And They dont make the same amount of profit compared to the UK Ones. so i say a few Hmv,S in ireland may close, but who knows until we get the list.

Also the HMV Store in Brighton,UK has been saved from the Axe i think.

Grafton Street and Henry Street stores are in close proximity. One of them may be in trouble...

OPENROAD · 06-01-2011 12:02AM

RobitTV wrote: »

Yeah, thats how bad things are For them at the moment!! :cool:

Have to say am surprised with that.

OPENROAD · 06-01-2011 12:05AM

lizt wrote: »

Nope. If I want the item and it's reasonably priced, I'm happy enough buying it. HMV are usually not that much more expensive than other shops. I'd only buy new release album that I wanted, or a cheap DVD or two and maybe a game (not altogether!). Those kinds of items would be similarly priced everywhere.

If it was something like a box set, I normally wouldn't pay over 10-20 euro (depending on the show) when it first comes out, because the price will always be reduced.

Have to say I can't remember the last cd/dvd I bought in an store.

I always pop in just out of curiosity to compare prices, last cd I bought was 18 euro V 10 Euro online, obviously I bought it online

thetonynator · 06-01-2011 12:05AM

Dan Dare wrote: »

As do I.

Me three!

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

In the past i would rarely buy dvd's or boxsets and i would of never brought them in H.M.V, i never download just stream but recently i have been buying movies and books from Amazon and i can not believe the value, if only more brick and mortar stores were like them instead of trying to rip people off then they would survive.

They dont have a fraction of the costs . . prime retail space rents aren't cheap, and neither are staff and security and everything else they have to pay for . . .

RobitTV · 06-01-2011 12:06AM

lizt wrote: »

Grafton Street and Henry Street stores are in close proximity. One of them may be in trouble...

I Think henry street HMV Will be closed.

Reason: People have reported in the past That the Grafton street Store is usually quite busy, So they must make a good profit then i suppose.

The thing about the Henry street store is that Many people might not know its even there, Because grafton street store is so near.

kensutz · 06-01-2011 12:07AM

And living in the north side and shopping on that side it's handier to get to Henry Street.:rolleyes:

RobitTV · 06-01-2011 12:07AM

OPENROAD wrote: »

Have to say am surprised with that.

So am i, They only released the Figures this morning, I Was watching sky news and heard They were closing 60 stores in UK And ireland!

LizT · 06-01-2011 12:10AM

RobitTV wrote: »

I Think henry street HMV Will be closed.

Reason: People have reported in the past That the Grafton street Store is usually quite busy, So they must make a good profit then i suppose.

The thing about the Henry street store is that Many people might not know its even there, Because grafton street store is so near.

Henry Street store would be my default store when I'm in Dublin, but that's because I usually would shop around there. Grafton Street is nicer because it's not as cramped but apart from that it's much of a muchness!

OPENROAD · 06-01-2011 12:11AM

RobitTV wrote: »

So am i, They only released the Figures this morning, I Was watching sky news and heard They were closing 60 stores in UK And ireland!

Yup have been reading about it for the last few weeks in some Investment magazines who had them down as a sell on the stock market.

Just surprised they would close the Oxford Street one, they do have a store further up Oxford Street, beyond Oxford Circus and they are in Selfridges also.

RobitTV · 06-01-2011 12:13AM

OPENROAD wrote: »

Yup have been reading about it for the last few weeks in some Investment magazines who had them down as a sell on the stock market.

Just surprised they would close the Oxford Street one, they do have a store further up Oxford Street, beyond Oxford Circus and they are in Selfridges also.

Yeah just saw it on a Article there closing the oxford street one, i was very shocked by this, Because if you have a shop in Oxford street you will litteraly have Money pooring out of your ears

RobitTV · 06-01-2011 12:17AM

Dieing to know Which ones will be Closing. :cool:

Oranage2 · 06-01-2011 12:21AM

RobitTV wrote: »

I Think henry street HMV Will be closed.

Reason: People have reported in the past That the Grafton street Store is usually quite busy, So they must make a good profit then i suppose.

The thing about the Henry street store is that Many people might not know its even there, Because grafton street store is so near.

grafton street has the highest rents in all of Dublin, I'd have money on the grafton street HMV one closing

HMV to close 60 stores (Irish stores affected as well)

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