Blood Bath in the City

[AtW]

You really need to pick a business whose market has not been destroyed by the digital revolution.

It's hard to pick an industry that is not being destoyed by digital

[BoredBloke]

You really need to pick a business whose market has not been destroyed by the digital revolution.

While I quite like Jessops for people like me with photography as a hobby they didn't know enough yet for the average man in the street the shop was scary and their phone good enough.

And there are not enough people who have photography as a hobby to keep 200 chain shops open.

I only ever tried to buy 1 thing from Jessops and they were rubbish. I'd found a camera on the net at a price a bit lower than the high street price. I figured I'd see if any of the high street stores would match it. It wasn't some odd retailer, I think it was somebody like amazon. I went into jessops and explained that I was going to buy from the online store but would be happy to buy from them if they could get close (not beat) the price because it meant I could have the item there and then. Nothing. Just a no from them. I went to currys and they beat the price and threw in a couple of extras also. All retailers put a hefty mark up on the goods they sell. Had they been prepared to drop that markup a little then they would still have been making money, just not quite as much.

[AtW]

I went into jessops and explained that I was going to buy from the online store but would be happy to buy from them if they could get close (not beat) the price because it meant I could have the item there and then. Nothing. Just a no from them. I went to currys and they beat the price and threw in a couple of extras also. All retailers put a hefty mark up on the goods they sell. Had they been prepared to drop that markup a little then they would still have been making money, just not quite as much.

Curry's gone bust also.

Yes, they have high markup but that's because of high costs - people, business rates, rent etc.

How can they compete against somebody like Amazon who ships from other countries and avoids paying taxes on profits they make?

If you find some better deal then go get it, don't insult some other company asking to price match it, as a contractor you should be sending your butler to Harrods...

[DimPrawn]

It's hard to pick an industry that is not being destoyed by digital

SEO?