And now Blockbuster goes Bust

[allan harper]

That's a shame, I quite liked that TV show.

 

[BoyBlue_1985]

Another space for Poundland to "expand" in to. In about 20 years the high street will be call the pound street

 

[andy h]

as someone said, mostly, these companies that are folding are dinosaurs being brought to a quicker rather than slower death by thie economic whirlpool we are trapped in

And to think that only 10 years or so ago there were arguments whether out of town retail parks were killing the high street retailers.

 

[york away to this!]

That's a shame, I quite liked that TV show.

bastard, bastard, bastard. beat me to it!

 

[paphos-mcfc]

Well it was never the same when Bob Holness died.

^^as above

 

[andy h]

SHBDI - What well known phrase is regularly used on Bluemoon?

 

[paphos-mcfc]

SHBDI - What well known phrase is regularly used on Bluemoon?

Was it reference to Sir Sa-vile??? Should he be doing infants?

 

[Why Always Ste]

The high street's main problem is the greedy local councils who make everywhere seem impossible to park without getting penalised.

Blockbuster's problem is digitalisation and the fact we are shifting towards less reliance on Oil with services such as Lovefilm, Spotify and TCIB.

Who needs to have discs made in Korea, exported to the Western world, then sold at a premium on the shelf of HMV when it's readily available for download without the need for transportation.

They didn't move with the times. They do however have a strong brand which could be used as a streaming service to compete with Amazon of Luxembourg or Lovefilm

 

[Uwe Rosler]

SHBDI - What well known phrase is regularly used on Bluemoon?

 

[bluetrue]

The high street's main problem is the greedy local councils who make everywhere seem impossible to park without getting penalised.

Blockbuster's problem is digitalisation and the fact we are shifting towards less reliance on Oil with services such as Lovefilm, Spotify and TCIB.

Who needs to have discs made in Korea, exported to the Western world, then sold at a premium on the shelf of HMV when it's readily available for download without the need for transportation.

They didn't move with the times. They do however have a strong brand which could be used as a streaming service to compete with Amazon of Luxembourg or Lovefilm

Was just about to say the same. These companies thought they were too big to fail. So they didn't attempt to move forward with the times. The very fact that Blockbuster didn't go in to digital streaming is bewildering.