tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post4253970694988528841..comments2024-02-13T10:20:04.888+00:00Comments on David Hepworth's blog: Will Amazon be the Last Record Store?David Hepworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05973053694541321308noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-57264293533529893512012-12-17T12:28:44.554+00:002012-12-17T12:28:44.554+00:00Amazon won't be the last record store. Unfortu...Amazon won't be the last record store. Unfortunately that honour will go to iTunes.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18294687946114578336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-87132340334059021612012-12-14T21:52:37.620+00:002012-12-14T21:52:37.620+00:00Fair comment. I feel no affection whatsoever for H...Fair comment. I feel no affection whatsoever for HMV or any of the big record chains... the only record shops I remember are the really esoteric outlets like Rock On in Soho Market - otherwise it's always been pretty much a commodity business... loved the records, for sure, but the outlets? Rarely so much... ageing hipsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12647157883729105068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-54783254582512158742012-12-14T20:58:00.800+00:002012-12-14T20:58:00.800+00:00My memory is that High Streets all looked the same...My memory is that High Streets all looked the same in the 1980s and let's be honest,we didn't really need to look at and feel book covers and CD cases to buy them. If a High Street now is full of cafes, pubs, clothes retailers and a few esoteric food-shops (okay a lot of charity shops), is that worse than passing exactly the same Our Price as in every other town? And they never had what you wanted anyway. Axel Northhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11519068113787962618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-24621238308681166412012-12-14T13:11:05.026+00:002012-12-14T13:11:05.026+00:00I think that all major chain stores operate on tha...I think that all major chain stores operate on that basis David. <br /><br />Tiny margins demand demand massive and non-stop sales that's why companies like Comet go into administration quite suddenly.Andy Brimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01583748523594485211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-66575082042892019082012-12-14T11:05:41.573+00:002012-12-14T11:05:41.573+00:00Ive given up using amazon. If I cant source stuff ...Ive given up using amazon. If I cant source stuff locally I find it on amazon via an independent trader and go direct to the website. Amazon is not only killing out high street, it depriving out welfare system of the £s those independent traders used to pay in. mildboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06763494004363931618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-67192070610004729772012-12-14T10:12:35.648+00:002012-12-14T10:12:35.648+00:00whoops, 'Christmas shopping'...whoops, 'Christmas shopping'...ageing hipsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12647157883729105068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-7613735535674604192012-12-14T10:11:56.535+00:002012-12-14T10:11:56.535+00:00Last Record Store? Or just Last Store? How many pe...Last Record Store? Or just Last Store? How many people will have signed in to Amazon to do their Christmas and not felt the need to go anywhere else? ageing hipsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12647157883729105068noreply@blogger.com