HMV music and film chain to appoint administrator

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6. There's a number of factors at play here.

There's the rise of online shopping, which played a major part in the demise of the record store.

In some cases, bad planning decisions by local authorities haven't helped.

There's also competition from out of town shopping centres like Bluewater in Kent and Lakeside in Essex, and retail parks.

And the current trend for places like Poundstretcher and bookies which are not appealing in my opinion. Certainly not as appealing as HMV was in it's prime.

The current economic climate isn't helping, but even if the economy were reasonably healthy the trend away from the High St would very likely still be there. Whatever else they are guilty of, Cameron & Clegg are not to blame for HMV's demise.