Zavvi - Reductions of upto 50% from 9th Jan

Poolie_Girl

anderson8 wrote: »

is this on the net? i work for zavvi and havent even heard this

Yes it was on the BBC site, it just surprises me the speed of the closures.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7829339.stm

musicboy

jayok wrote: »

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7829339.stm

Interestingly, 5 of those sites are not in the UK

What difference does that make ?

wendym

Apparently the Leicester branch has empty shelves, but today the Nottingham branch was full of stock, with small reductions.

sygonrima

maxtweenie wrote: »

HMV already have a store in Peterborough no more than 100 yards from the Zavvi, and are the only real competition to Zavvi. As the Zavvi store is in a much better location, my money's on HMV closing their original store and moving into the Zavvi site. I doubt the staff at Zavvi will have jobs for very long.

Exactly the same with the Southend store. HMV 100 yards away in a useless location will probably close.

jacmboys

maxtweenie wrote: »

HMV already have a store in Peterborough no more than 100 yards from the Zavvi, and are the only real competition to Zavvi. As the Zavvi store is in a much better location, my money's on HMV closing their original store and moving into the Zavvi site. I doubt the staff at Zavvi will have jobs for very long.

I don't think that they have the foresight to make one a specialist shop and the other the major store, saying that the same group still believes that the 2 waterstones can be open a 5 min walk apart.

jayok

musicboy wrote: »

What difference does that make ?

That HMV found the RoI stores more attractive

maxtweenie

jacmboys wrote: »

I don't think that they have the foresight to make one a specialist shop and the other the major store, saying that the same group still believes that the 2 waterstones can be open a 5 min walk apart.

I can't see how Waterstones make any money on either store with their prices. On another note, has anyone seen the TV advert for Virgin's 25th anniversary? It shows a lot of their various business identities over the years, but doesn't show Virgin Megastores. It does show Our Price Records though lol.

MandyQue

I'm assuming the Stockton on Tees store is actually the one at Teesside Park (technically Thornaby), as we don't have a Zavvi in Stockton. When will the takeover take place?

Poolie_Girl

MandyQue wrote: »

I'm assuming the Stockton on Tees store is actually the one at Teesside Park (technically Thornaby), as we don't have a Zavvi in Stockton. When will the takeover take place?

Yeah it is the Teesside park one and makes sense as one for a takeover as its a good position. My closest too so I'm pleased we're not loosing that kind of store completely.

musicboy

jayok wrote: »

That HMV found the RoI stores more attractive

I guess it's because we don't have so many sites over there so if good (and cheap!) ones come up in decent places then we'll go for it.