HMV Goes in to Administration.
Discussion
Well, we all saw that one coming, but what a devastating loss.
I worked for HMV for 7 long, agonising years, through their massive expansion (that bit was alright) and some way into their inevitable demise (that bit was horrendous). A large number of my mates back home are going to lose their jobs... I'm absolutely gutted for them and genuinely gutted at the loss of probably the only place on the high street that actually meant something to me.
Bummer.
I worked for HMV for 7 long, agonising years, through their massive expansion (that bit was alright) and some way into their inevitable demise (that bit was horrendous). A large number of my mates back home are going to lose their jobs... I'm absolutely gutted for them and genuinely gutted at the loss of probably the only place on the high street that actually meant something to me.
Bummer.
shame, one of the few high street stores I liked 
but that said, the last time I went in there, they didn't have anywhere near the selection of CDs they used too.
So, where do people who still buy CDs get them from? One thing I can't understand: if the most-commonly cited reason for buying a CD is that treasured, special albums are best kept as physical things, that should mean that chart singles should be hit worse by online (who cares what format gangnam style is in? All it does as a CD is take up space until you car-boot/ebay it in a few years time). So how can supermarkets do so well out of the top 20? same for books really.
but that said, the last time I went in there, they didn't have anywhere near the selection of CDs they used too.So, where do people who still buy CDs get them from? One thing I can't understand: if the most-commonly cited reason for buying a CD is that treasured, special albums are best kept as physical things, that should mean that chart singles should be hit worse by online (who cares what format gangnam style is in? All it does as a CD is take up space until you car-boot/ebay it in a few years time). So how can supermarkets do so well out of the top 20? same for books really.
hollydog said:
Its just like dominoes falling . Who's the next to fall.
Time of year. If your business isn't bolstered by the most profitable time of year for retail, you're finished.Feel for all the people affected but can't say the loss of HMV means much to me and don't understand much of the hoo-haa. Have to laugh at people saying HMV needs to offer more specialized services and products - I Started buying music online in the mid-late 90's evan before amazon was a big player. Mostly because stuff I wanted was cheaper and instantly despatched and actually avaliable when the likes of HMV & co didn't much care for the effort of flogging you anything that wasn't already on the shelf back then. HMV were flogging "imported" CD's like the importion was something hallowed at around £18-27 each when you could buy from america for less than £10 shipped. And you didn't have to listen to bellowing loud s
tty chart music while browsing. Now the masses flock to itunes to obtain their musiproduce in the easiest manner, who's left?Like I say, a shame to see any business fail and people made redundant, but it affects me as a music lover no more than the loss of comet affects me as owner of upmarket hifi kit.
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