#584

Theyve managed to save 9 additional stores after negotiating with landlords

#585

@thesewoodenideas @pinkybrain

not only is HMV going nowhere after all, but also:

#586

was gonna give yous a shout about that - if its even half as good as their gig booking itll be class!

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#588

Glasgow Byres Road Fopp in trouble againā€¦

#589

Not in trouble again, just went back in on a temp lease, until the landlord gets a proper tenant. All the re-openings are along those lines.

#590

the bar for things to be ā€œiconicā€ is pretty low these days isnā€™t it?

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#591

Will have to check it out next time Iā€™m there for workā€¦

#592

what with increases in streaming and rising city centre rents, Iā€™m surprised it hasnā€™t gone under!

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#593

:thinking:

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#594

Iā€™m sure stocking 80,000 CDs will turn out to be a canny business move that will reap dividends in the year of our lord 2019.

(this shouldā€™ve been in reply to @guntrip)

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#595

why would you put this in Birmingham and not in a good city

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#596

80,000 cdā€™s: all Peaky Blinders Soundtracks and associated bands. All DVDs and BluRay are seasons of Peaky Blinders. All staff must dress like the Peaky Blinders.

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#597

The company has already achieved Putmanā€™s aim of introducing more vinyl into its outlets. Each now stocks 3,000 to 7,000 albums, up from an average of just 500 before.

tbf Iā€™m highly likely to end up buying a record or two if theyā€™re now stocking way more vinyl in all stores

#598

Itā€™s Europeā€™s biggest Birmingham-based entertainment store, it has to be in Birmingham otherwise itā€™s just Europeā€™s biggest entertainment store outside Birmingham

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#599

HMV in Guildford is mainly vinyl now, told them they should do that at my interview there in 2007

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#600

*The company has already achieved Putmanā€™s aim of introducing more vinyl into its outlets. Each album now costs Ā£30 to Ā£70, up from an average of just Ā£15 before

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#601

I actively avoid buying vinyl in HMV. They can kiss my ass at the prices they charge.

#602

oh god theyā€™re gonna put themselves under again with this arenā€™t they?

whyyyyyyyy?

#603

tbh iā€™ve found them to be largely the same price as the local indie(an) and occasionally cheaper - thereā€™s occasional bargains like certain records only being Ā£10.99 or whatever (got a Sleater-Kinney record for that price)

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#604

Not sure thatā€™s the case here. And Iā€™m still pissed off that they completely stopped selling it when it wasnā€™t ā€˜inā€™ and then jumped back on the bandwagon when it was cool. Yeah I know, that was probably good business sense on their part but still, fuck em :slight_smile: