And now Blockbuster UK (update).

[STONEISLAND]

I hope I get my £2 deposit back for GTA V only £2

Joking apart my local one is always busy

Originally Posted by BenMcr

I thought most of their stores were being dual branded anyway?

Dixons became Currys.Digital which became Currys PC World, other stores stayed as separate ones (AFAIK).

[Sirius]

Originally Posted by Stephen

Really?? They already closed all stores and are online only.

Shame about Blockbusters but then with online rental companies now ten a penny its not surprising really.

£5 for a DVD over night or 3 nights when £6 gets you unlimited streaming or £10 gets you unlimited DVD rentals posted out to you, not a tough choice really.

They have stores in airports, Manchester airport has one or did have last time i went through duty free

[BenMcr]

Originally Posted by Jameseh

Dixons became Currys.Digital which became Currys PC World, other stores stayed as separate ones (AFAIK).

The one in the Manchester Arndale that was Dixons and then Currys.Digital is now 'Currrys PC World' http://www.manchesterarndale.com/sto...=CurrysPCWorld

Maybe it's only some of them

Yeah, high street & shopping malls are former Dixons so both, retail parks being the single ones.

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On the topic of more redundancies, Staples are closing 20+ stores soon too.

[Hom3r]

Originally Posted by denphone

No perhaps Currys/PC World could be next.

Wouldn't surprise me as I went in there on saturday to by a Blu-ray player and the model I wanted wasn't there and the shelf was almost empty.

It seems to me they have only display stuff.

[v0id]

Everyone knows that Game is going to be next, it's just a matter of time before their new owners give in like they did with Comet and MFI

[MovedGoalPosts]

Dixons Group are probably doing alight judging by their Christmas Sales results up over 7% http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21055640

[BenMcr]

Originally Posted by Rob

Dixons Group are probably doing alight judging by their Christmas Sales results up over 7% http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21055640

Wonder how much that was down to the lack of Comet as competition?

[denphone]

Indeed Ben you have hit the nail on the head.

[MovedGoalPosts]

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.

[BenMcr]

Originally Posted by Rob

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.

I think the hybrid approach is the way it's going to be going forward i.e. use the shops as a browsing / collection link to your webspace.

I appreciate that it will have to mean that the prices between buying in store and via the website would have to be the same, but surely that's been have the problem as to why everything has moved online in the first place?

It's basically what Apple and Microsoft do with their stores anyway, plus Next do it to a certain extent

[Gary L]

I think one of the biggest things to impact everything is car parking. and car parking charges.
you can't go anywhere without having to find somewhere to park and having to pay to park.
even great big hospitals are designed to make it as difficult as possible to get there in a car. it's alright getting there in the car. it's just what do you do with the car once you get there. and how much it costs to park the bloody thing.

[wwe]

I'm very Surprised they lasted this long. I cart see them finding a buyer. But it does mean anorther empty store on the high streets. so many stores are going and they all are top names ones you would had thought would had never had gone

Mothercare aren't looking too good .I reckon the only companies going to do good this year are the likes of Deloit ,price waterhouse cooper ........

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18186466