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First Woolies then MFI, now...

#1 GJ Stevie G

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Posted 24 December 2008 - 05:38 PM

...Zavvi has gone into adimnstration.

Not exactly a great presnt to all the workers there to have your joib at risk...

Also in trouble are Whittards.

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Posted 24 December 2008 - 05:51 PM

I knew Zavvi were in danger weeks ago (insider info), I'm surprised that they've lasted this long. I thought Whittards had ben bought out by The company that own Past Times?

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Posted 24 December 2008 - 06:12 PM

Zavvi doesn't surprise me one bit. Successful Internet-based company that has recently expanded into the real world by opening hundreds of stores all in one go?

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Posted 24 December 2008 - 06:20 PM

Sir Phil, on 24 Dec 2008, 06:12 PM, said:

Zavvi doesn't surprise me one bit. Successful Internet-based company that has recently expanded into the real world by opening hundreds of stores all in one go?

That's not how Zavvi came into being. They were a rebrand of Virgin Megastore after a management buyout.

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Posted 24 December 2008 - 06:37 PM

Pity, i love Zavvi, it was like a was having an affair after years of HMV.

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#6 GJ Darren (Ducktastic)

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Posted 24 December 2008 - 07:15 PM

Woolies at Lakeside looked like locusts had been through it today - they are even selling the shelves!

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#7 Mr Phil

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Posted 24 December 2008 - 08:07 PM

PJ Collins, on 24 Dec 2008, 06:20 PM, said:

That's not how Zavvi came into being. They were a rebrand of Virgin Megastore after a management buyout.

Ah, I didn't know that. But did they open on the Internet first? Because that's what all the opening-soon signs seemed to say when they were refitting their stores.

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Posted 24 December 2008 - 08:46 PM

A lot of Zavvi's woes are part of the Woolies failure.
Woolies distribution arm was their main supplier...

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#9 Diamond Joinee Matt F

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Posted 25 December 2008 - 11:44 PM

Wow, maybe the Joinees.Org Shopping Site is cursed? :blink:

We had Woolies and Zavvi on there, we've still got Whittards for the time being, and there was also an appliances site which we had which has gone bust recently too.