escort1 Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Book shops will be next with the likes of Kindles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willman Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 threads merged Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staffy23 Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 I was surprised blockbuster lasted this long tbh We stopped going when they started stocking porn I stopped going to blockbusters when i realised i could get my porn from the internet for free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodmally Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Book shops will be next with the likes of Kindles. No as those that use a kindle ie me are not book lovers. I have read more books since the kindle came out. Also there is a large group of people that prefer hard copy books and will never change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glennis Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 What put the top hat on it was their 'Starlight' charity stuff The Starlight thing appeared around the same time as the porn. Kids charities and porn don't make good bedfellows I can hardly believe Blockbuster stocks porn. A bit shocked to be honest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteMorris Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 What put the top hat on it was their 'Starlight' charity stuff The Starlight thing appeared around the same time as the porn. Kids charities and porn don't make good bedfellows That's a rather 'unfortunate' phrase you used there strix.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penistone999 Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 It'll soon be all pound shops Dont forget Greggs and Cash Convertors :hihi: ---------- Post added 16-01-2013 at 15:57 ---------- Merry Xmas from landlords eh. Quarter rent day seems to have pushed quite a few companies over the edge. Fear not though, the government is forcing housing rents to rise. GDP will go up! Its nowt to do with the rent. Its the fact that HMV and Blockbusters havnt moved with the times to compete with the online shopping market. If you dont adapt your business to move with the times ,you will go under. Also , supermarkets undercut HMV and Blockbuster . simple as that. Nothing to do with rent , sorry to spoil you rent rant. ---------- Post added 16-01-2013 at 15:58 ---------- I can hardly believe Blockbuster stocks porn. A bit shocked to be honest. It must be under the counter ,as ive never seen it on the shelf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteMorris Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 I can't remember the last time I actually rented a video from a shop! It was a lot of years ago I know. I've bought the odd second hand movie from BB, but even that was ages ago. As far as I can see, a lot of them just turned into 'glorified' second hand film shops. It's not surprising they've gone to the wall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quisquose Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 "Stick to your knitting" is an oft used business phrase, and with good justification. Just as most start up businesses fail, so do many established ones when they change their business model, or when they don't change it. It's difficult being right. Try and think of businesses over a hundred years old, and you won't think of many. With this in mind I find some of the negative comments directed at HMV and Blockbuster's management somewhat simplistic. If it was easy being Amazon, then Amazon wouldn't exist. Blockbuster's market belonged in the 80's and 90's and was always in decline since. I think the management did quite well to keep it going as long as they did. It's easy to shout "they should have modernised" at HMV and Blockbuster from the sidelines, and sure they could have changed to be the first and biggest online shopping and rental brands on the market, but with just as much likelihood as being the largest travel agency business. I think the change is just as dramatic. The success of online businesses are far more dependant on IT expertise than historical retail knowledge imho. You have it or you buy it, and HMV and Blockbuster had neither no matter who was in charge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Blockbuster, HMV, Comet, JJB etc grew at the expense of jobs within small independents - nobody to blame, it's history repeating itself, it's called progress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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