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| From | "Jaimie Vernon" <bullseyecanada@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: HMV downsizing |
| Date | Thu, 07 Jun 2007 19:32:59 -0400 |
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At Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2007 20:14:06 Brian wrote:
>HMV in a further reorganisation to protect profits (figures due to be
>announced soon should show a fall from about £100 million two years ago to
>around £25 million this past financial year) will be "letting go" all
>buyers at store level. A 90 day "consultation" began on Monday and those
>not able to slot into the very few sales assistant jobs available at the
>end of the 90 days will be paid off. Security guards and stockroom staff
>will also be affected by this reorganisation...
So...no one's buying product which means they'll have a central buying
warehouse system like HMV does in Toronto (33% of all the HMV stores in
Canada get their stock from the Mississauga warehouse). And no one in the
stores knows what they even have in stock in the first place. Sounds like
the British HMV's will be as useless as the ones here.
Jaimie Vernon,
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