Albear wrote:Was sat in Exeter couple months back and said to the GF I reckon Debenhams would be next. Saturday afternoon a d hardly anybody went in.
I still remember the old Exeter Debenhams, on the last weekend of opening in 2007, i headed up to the cafe to check out the view one final time.
The building of course, is now John Lewis, but they don't use the upper floors in the way that Debenhams did (the latter also had a branch of Game in the basement).
Moggy wrote:But a lot of the big name stores are going to disappear. Electrical and entertainment shops are utterly doomed, places like HMV, Game and Currys just can’t compete with streaming, downloading and good being delivered.
HMV is often quite busy when i visit, also, i pre-order all my new releases from their online store.
Since the business was rescued, the shops themselves have improved, the purehmv card offers up some great rewards from time to time, and with the demise of their main high st competition (Woolworths/Zavvi etc), they are one of the only places where you can find a decent range of physical media.
Currys still have a place in the market too, especially when it comes to large goods such as fridges or washing machines.