itfciain said:fuzzybuzzytoys said:My money is on Blockbusters ... who on earht goes there these days with Love Fil, NetFlix and cheap dvds killing them stone dead surely
100% agree - think they have done well to get this far to be honest - I think it's only the games rentals that is keeping them in business
Another one sure to go soon is Little Chef - never see anyone stopped outside these anymore
theslider said:I think Argos will be safe - for a while anyway; they've just posted good profits for the last quarter. Eventually I can see them become more an online store with collection points out of towns.
WHSmiths is the one I fear for next, I get all my stationary from the one in the Arndale in Manchester and it's like a ghost town most of the time.
HMV were just badly managed IMO; they needed more focus on what they were best at - music - and not trying to sell MP3 players and headphones which have smaller margains anyway. If they'd stuck to their core business AND got into downloading/streaming in 2007 they'd be in rude health.