HMV Buys Zavvi Stores

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So, HMV are buying 9 zavvi stores in the UK. Does anyone know which ones yet?

I reckon 6 of them will be:
loughborough
hereford
taunton
camberley
dartford
hastings
as these are the 6 places where Zavvi has a store but HMV does not.

Thoughts?

etyek

According to MCV, it's:
Bournemouth Castlepoint (18 staff)
Crewe (12)
Glasgow Fort (23)
Glasgow Silverburn (20)
Peterborough (20)
Plymouth (Drake Circus) (23)
Salisbury (16)
Southend (15)
Stockton-on-Tees (12)

...plus 5 stores in Ireland.

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/32949/HMV-saves-269-jobs-at-Zavvi

King_Of_Fools

This was reported yesterday by the BBC:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7829339.stm

ZAVVI STORES BOUGHT BY HMV:

• Bournemouth Castlepoint
• Crewe
• Dundalk
• Dundrum
• Glasgow Fort
• Glasgow Silverburn
• Liffey Valley
• Limerick
• Newbridge
• Peterborough
• Plymouth (Drake Circus)
• Salisbury
• Southend
• Stockton-on-Tees

littlem00

We already have an HMV in Southend, I think the Zavvi store is larger
than the HMV one, so I wonder which one they might keep open.

King_Of_Fools

littlem00 wrote: »

We already have an HMV in Southend, I think the Zavvi store is larger
than the HMV one, so I wonder which one they might keep open.

I guess that HMV would not have bought the Zavvi store if it intended to keep the other one open as it is only around the corner but smaller and a reasonable walk from the High Street so passing trade may not know it is there.

1012donna

I'm so glad they have bought they Salisbury store as now Woolies have gone there was no other 'music and games' store.

spaceboy

1012donna wrote: »

I'm so glad they have bought they Salisbury store as now Woolies have gone there was no other 'music and games' store.

You dont really need a music and games store these days though - buy online from play.com or HMV online.

robbies_gal

i know wot u mean though-i like to look round sometimes evn if i dont buy anything

hmv haver got much better with their prices these days but i usually get mine online

i wasnt bothered by zavvi going but feel sorry for everyone who lost their jobs

spaceboy

I knew Zavvi would struggle as soon as they appeared. Stupid name too, imo.

DCFC79

gabbyevs wrote: »

i know wot u mean though-i like to look round sometimes evn if i dont buy anything

hmv haver got much better with their prices these days but i usually get mine online

i wasnt bothered by zavvi going but feel sorry for everyone who lost their jobs

but then the people who worked fro zavvi could get a job at a hmv if its opening in the old zavvi shop space

zenseeker

DCFC79 wrote: »

but then the people who worked fro zavvi could get a job at a hmv if its opening in the old zavvi shop space

That much is certainly true of the ones being bought out, HMV will do their best to retain the current staff.