Another home entertainment chain goes..

[Stuart]

Choices UK, the second largest DVD/Video rental chain in the country has gone into administration.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/08...cesuk_bellyup/

Sadly it is not the only national music/video chain to go into Administration. In the past four years, we have had Fopp (OK, that was only a small one), MVC, Tower Records (yes, the international chain folded soon after selling their UK stores to Virgin) and Music Zone.

It seems the only specialist national high-street music/video sellers are Virgin and HMV.

Apparently the chains are having problems for two main reasons. One is the fact that supermarkets are selling DVDs and CDs of the chart stuff (any economics students will tell you that a shop needs a few best sellers to draw the punters in, who will then hopefully see and buy other stuff they wouldn't necessarily have gone there for, and the supermarket are cherry picking these CDS and undercutting everyone).

The other is internet shopping.

Sad, but on the on the other hand not so sad, more simple inevitability really. Nobody mourns the loss of hat shops from the high street. If you want a hat, you either go to a large outlet (e.g. M&S, or John Lewis), or you seek out a boutique.

Similarly with CDs - you can pick up the popular stuff in a large shop like Asda, if you want something more specialist (which is often the case for me, as I'm looking out for Christian music) then it's the internet or a specialist retailer, usually located outside of the core of a town centre.

Your grandfather may have mourned the closure of his favourite hat shop, but you and I just wonder what the fuss is about. A future generation will wonder the same if they come across archive coverage of record shops and DVD rental stores closing down.

[Mr_love_monkey]

damn - I didn't know mvc had gone - I'd best get rid of my card for it then

[etccarmageddon]

Originally Posted by Stuart C

...The other is internet shopping.

and the 3rd reason for me is poor service in relation to some of these retailers.

[Raistlin]

Not so upset ubout Choices, was never really a fan. Always had a soft spot for MVC (which I didn't realise had gone). Was really fed up to find out that Fopp had gone though, really enjoyed shopping in the one near me - helpful staff, great value, and a fantastic choice as well. Certainly nothing that TesAsdTrose can match

Daaaa! Who needs a physical product in their grubby mits! There's nothing like a nice 320kbps encoded MP3 sitting on you hard disk - that get me going....go on give me more! More! MORE!!!!

[King Of Fools]

Originally Posted by Mr_love_monkey

damn - I didn't know mvc had gone - I'd best get rid of my card for it then

You did not need a MVC card for a long time before they went bust!

I still have my original bar-code one!

[Mr_love_monkey]

Originally Posted by King Of Fools

You did not need a MVC card for a long time before they went bust!

I still have my original bar-code one!

I moved about 4+ years ago, to an area where there wasn't one...