# Other than Zavvi and HMV any British record shop chains left? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 22, 2008, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-than-zavvi-and-hmv-any-british-record-shop-chains-left/457355 "2008-07-22T10:39:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-than-zavvi-and-hmv-any-british-record-shop-chains-left/457355/1 "2008-07-22T10:39:44Z")
The title pretty much says it all. Are Zavvi and HMV the only music chains left in the UK? ---
**Author:** ![Smid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/838e76/32.png) [@Smid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smid)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-than-zavvi-and-hmv-any-british-record-shop-chains-left/457355/2 "2008-07-22T12:19:23Z")
[QUOTE=An Gadaí] The title pretty much says it all. Are Zavvi and HMV the only music chains left in the UK? [/QUOTE] Well, for those that sell music, you’d put in WH Smiths, Woolworths as well as the supermarkets… But since Fopp went bust, I can’t think of any others… ---
**Author:** ![Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cc9497/32.png) [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-than-zavvi-and-hmv-any-british-record-shop-chains-left/457355/3 "2008-07-22T12:20:50Z")
Fopp’s not bust. They’re reopened, but only in limited locations. I know there’s one on Rose Street (behind Jenner’s) in Edinburgh. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-than-zavvi-and-hmv-any-british-record-shop-chains-left/457355/4 "2008-07-22T13:55:58Z")
What about Virgin? ---
**Author:** ![Meurglys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@Meurglys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meurglys)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-than-zavvi-and-hmv-any-british-record-shop-chains-left/457355/5 "2008-07-22T13:59:44Z")
Virgin became Zavvi… ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-than-zavvi-and-hmv-any-british-record-shop-chains-left/457355/6 "2008-07-22T14:00:45Z")
Fopp is now owned by HMV and has about 8 stores IIRC. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-than-zavvi-and-hmv-any-british-record-shop-chains-left/457355/7 "2013-01-16T16:15:20Z")
And now it’s looking like [HMV](http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2013/jan/16/hmv-woes-record-shops) could be finished. ---
**Author:** ![BrokenBriton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@BrokenBriton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrokenBriton)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-than-zavvi-and-hmv-any-british-record-shop-chains-left/457355/8 "2013-01-16T16:32:27Z")
Yesterdays game, innit. Book chains next, I presume. High street rents dropping, and still dying. ---
**Author:** ![SanVito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sanvito/32/2805_2.png) [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-than-zavvi-and-hmv-any-british-record-shop-chains-left/457355/9 "2013-01-16T16:42:51Z")
> [@BrokenBriton](#): > > Yesterdays game, innit. Book chains next, I presume. > > High street rents dropping, and still dying. High street rents don’t drop. The property industry made sure of that – most commercial leases feature [Upward Only Rent Reviews](http://www.brc.org.uk/brc_policy_content.asp?iCat=47&iSubCat=637&spolicy=Property&sSubPolicy=Upward+Only+Rent+Reviews). If you want to know why our high streets are dying, that’s a good place to start.