John Lewis......should be allowed :)

irishjohn

You and Yours BBC Radio 4 today - Link below - item is 31 minutes in and first three minutes of Mr Manning's comments are relevant.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01qdxwq

Interesting interview with Lee Manning of DeLoite, currently the administrators for Blockbusters. Interesting comments on whether the terminal decline of the Town Centres can be reversed. He speaks about what the retailer has discovered about shopping habits in the here and now and what the customer expectations are. If he is correct then the Royal Exchange proposition for Belfast is a waste of investment and we should chase after John Lewis and get them established in a Shopping centre in Sprucefield without further delay. I wonder if Mr Attwood or any of our politicians were listening ??

GlynD

irishjohn wrote: »

You and Yours BBC Radio 4 today - Link below - item is 31 minutes in and first three minutes of Mr Manning's comments are relevant.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01qdxwq

Interesting interview with Lee Manning of DeLoite, currently the administrators for Blockbusters. Interesting comments on whether the terminal decline of the Town Centres can be reversed. He speaks about what the retailer has discovered about shopping habits in the here and now and what the customer expectations are. If he is correct then the Royal Exchange proposition for Belfast is a waste of investment and we should chase after John Lewis and get them established in a Shopping centre in Sprucefield without further delay. I wonder if Mr Attwood or any of our politicians were listening ??

I don't know that Blockbusters is a good example, anymore than HMV would be. Buying habits for music and video are more dramatically affected by internet buying habits than loaves of bread or suites of furniture. The demise of Blockbusters and HMV is a change of the times we live in. Just the same as public phoneboxes are being reduced in number and we can no longer send a telegram.

irishjohn

GlynD wrote: »

I don't know that Blockbusters is a good example, anymore than HMV would be. Buying habits for music and video are more dramatically affected by internet buying habits than loaves of bread or suites of furniture. The demise of Blockbusters and HMV is a change of the times we live in. Just the same as public phoneboxes are being reduced in number and we can no longer send a telegram.

Did you listen to the interview Glyn?- Before talking about what he was doing for Blockbusters he spoke well about general town centre decline - increase in out of town, on line, order and collect etc and how the consumer was expecting a different way of shopping and how the retailers were more inclined to site themselves in out of town shopping centres and why - none of this was Blockbuster specific - he was speaking from his experience as an administrator for a number of businesses.