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GameStop Confirms Another 100 Store Closures!
It’s hardly been a secret that for the last couple of years GameStop has been pretty much treading water in it hopes to remain viable (and alive) as a high-street retailer. With the store brand being predominantly known in America, earlier this year we already saw an announcement that around…
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Microsoft to Permanently Close all Physical Stores
Have you ever been inside a Microsoft Store? No? Well, me neither. That may, however, be something to do with the fact that in terms of numbers, there aren’t actually that many of them around. Well, unless you live in America in which case there’s a good chance your state…
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GAME Confirms UK Stores Will Start Re-Opening Next Week
With the Coronavirus situation in the UK starting to calm down a little, it’s hardly any surprise to hear that high street stores would be looking to open their doors again. One of these is GAME who, in a report via Eurogamer, has announced that as of next week, their…
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HMV Still Accepting Gift Cards Despite Administration
HMV In Administration Last week we reported how UK retailer had entered into administration for the 2nd time in just over 5 years. It represented yet another example of how the high street was struggling to compete. Particularly in today’s world of online shopping/retail. It was something of a coincidence…
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HMV Set To Enter Administration… Again
HMV Heading To Administration If the last 10 years have taught us anything, it’s that high street retailers are really struggling to compete these days. With the huge expansion of online shopping, and an inability to move with the times, we have already seen a number of major retailers either…
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Google Announced Partnership To Boost High Street Sales
Google Announced Partnership To Boost High Street Sales Over the last 15 years, the high street has been taking a pretty big hit due to the success of online retailers. It’s a factor that has led to many closures of what was some pretty major brands including Woolworths and, more…
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Amazon Opens 4-Star Retail Store In New York
Amazon Opens 4-Star Retail Store In New York Over the last year, we’ve seen online retailing giant Amazon make more and more tentative steps into the world of high-street retail. There is, of course, some irony in the fact that Amazon’s success led to many of the existing high-street brands…
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UK Retailer Game Announce Further Job Cuts
UK Retailer Game Announce Further Job Cuts Game has held a very unique position in the UK high-street for about 20 years. With a few exceptions, the stores have had an almost total monopoly on computer game sales. That isn’t for the want of independents stores, but from a mass…
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Grainger Games Closes All 67 Stores In The UK
Grainger Games Shuts all 67 stores with immediate effect You may not have heard of Grainger Games, but that’s not necessarily your fault. Ultimately it comes down to where you live. In the UK, however, they represented one of the largest independent games stores. Similar to other high street gaming stores,…
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