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#20479

Manager Man

Fopp goes !!! 17 Years, 11 Months ago
Another one bites the dust ......... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6252300.stm Enter code here Please note: although no board code and smiley buttons are shown, they are still usable.

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#20483

Big End

Re:Fopp goes !!! 17 Years, 11 Months ago
"the surging popularity of downloading music from the internet", says it all really. But what a horrible shock for the employees suddenly finding themselves out of work. I can only see more of this in the future. Enter code here Please note: although no board code and smiley buttons are shown, they are still usable.

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#20491

zooloo

Re:Fopp goes !!! 17 Years, 11 Months ago

It also says "...hit by the rise of supermarkets and online retailers selling CDs and DVDs".

Fopp did online sales themselves.

How much of this is using the Internet as the unspeakable monster to avoid the reality that, with recent large purchases of another company, this is just a business that expanded beyond it's own ability.

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#20498

Manager Man

Re:Fopp goes !!! 17 Years, 11 Months ago

zooloo wrote:

How much of this is using the Internet as the unspeakable monster to avoid the reality that, with recent large purchases of another company, this is just a business that expanded beyond it's own ability.

Spot on ! Fopp started out as a single market stall ... good at what they did. When they tried to be HMV they go out of business by expanding too much into their non-core area.

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#20501

The Cat

Re:Fopp goes !!! 17 Years, 11 Months ago
Have to confess I'd never heard of Fopp until now. Not sure how that happened. Enter code here Please note: although no board code and smiley buttons are shown, they are still usable.

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#20505

Mart

Re:Fopp goes !!! 17 Years, 11 Months ago
I hadn`t heard of them until now either, they must have been quite regionalised. Enter code here Please note: although no board code and smiley buttons are shown, they are still usable.

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#20508

emmapeelfanclub

Re:Fopp goes !!! 17 Years, 11 Months ago
Only Fopp store I ever saw was in Manchester city centre. Shame it's now dead and buried. It was a shop I enjoyed shopping in and many bargains were to be had. Enter code here Please note: although no board code and smiley buttons are shown, they are still usable.

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#20520

Manager Man

Re:Fopp goes !!! 17 Years, 11 Months ago
Check them out online - incredibly the site is still operating (with with a "we cannot take orders" message !) The Who "Live at Leeds" for Enter code here Please note: although no board code and smiley buttons are shown, they are still usable.

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#20546

critter

Re:Fopp goes !!! 17 Years, 11 Months ago
www.myspace.com/helpsavefopp Enter code here Please note: although no board code and smiley buttons are shown, they are still usable.

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