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But as one retailer goes, it could create opportunities for those that remain to get a little stronger as the consumer choice reduces? Thus one would hope Dixons group are in a better place with comet gone, indeed at one point they were creating special recruitment drives for ex comet staff as those staff might already have knowledge of similar products.

Game group could benefit from HMV closure. There are now less high street stores selling anything other than the latest chart games. There seems to be, at least until the next generation of consoles where there might be some sort of transfer rights protection, a strong second hand, trade in, of old stuff that they do quite well. But Game are no doubt more threatened by many by increased download sales of software.

I suspect though for much of the high street, the problem is getting the consumer to see that the high street is not just for browsing and then buying it cheaper online. The high street needs to find a way that customers perceive any extra cost due to the store overhead is also added value to the customer service. Price alone won't be enough. Customer attitudes will need to change that if we are getting advice on what to purchase, we are having to pay in some way for that advice.