tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post3469520312974847609..comments2024-03-28T09:33:26.444+00:00Comments on No Rock And Roll Fun: HMV tries to claim less space for CDs means it's committed to musicSimon Hayes Budgenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07084524317888577404noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-40355895812403582912011-07-03T10:12:20.212+00:002011-07-03T10:12:20.212+00:00To be honest, it's not really a matter of what...To be honest, it's not really a matter of what I want them to do, and a lot of what I want them to do they should have done years ago.<br /><br />Like not deliberately undercutting independent retailers by selling chart records at a loss, putting hundreds of small record shops out of business.<br /><br />Like not having reduced their range of records to a bare minimum at a time when it became easy to order anything in print online, almost obliterating the point of having a physical record shop.<br /><br />Like not chasing after the games market - as the guy who ran Omega used to say, if it was logical for shops to sell computer games, why weren't they selling Monopoly in the 1980s?<br /><br />Like not reformating the shops as bloody unpleasant holes.<br /><br />Like not shoving the core product to one side.<br /><br />As to what I'd like them to do now? Personally, I'd like to see them change some of their smaller stores into the Fopp format, which feels like a shop that still welcomes people who want to buy CDs.Simon Hayes Budgenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07084524317888577404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-36004713163445658062011-07-02T02:50:21.766+00:002011-07-02T02:50:21.766+00:00What exactly would you like HMV to do?What exactly would you like HMV to do?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com