Today, another giant on the High Street has gone into administration. As HMV searches high and low for a saviour, I ask one simple question... does it really matter that much?! What's wrong with change?
The internet has changed the way we shop, and we have grasped it with open arms, welcomed it into our lives and wondered how we ever survived without it. So this is our doing... Jessops, Comet, HMV... and thats not to mention the hundreds of others, large and small.
Who remembers when C&A went belly up? The eighties recession saw many fall by the way side. But the High Street survived. It faced adversity in the face and poked its tongue out at it.
Everything changes all the time. I remember record shops (proper record shops) and tobacconists on every corner. I remember sweet shops and even sticker shops! I remember milk men and post being delivered before 7am. 3 TV channels and car stereos that only had radios. Progression and change go hand in hand, sadly. You cant have one without the other.
So to those people saying that its a shame HMV are in administration, I say stop buying on iTunes and Amazon. Cancel your subscription to Sky Movies and take your CD player out of the attic....
Yeah, right!!!
©2013 Kari Milburn
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ReplyDeleteI did hear that there are quite a few more who are struggling, so there could well be more well known names. In one way it is sad though, as not everybody likes shopping on the internet but likes to actually go into a shop and have a look at goods.
DeleteThey say our shopping habits are changing and people now look in store then buy online because of all of the discounts available. So the high street is becoming a victim of our own savvy...
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