I doubt if the Fopp shops would close. The ironing is that Fopp overstretched themselves and got bought out by HMV, and then proceeded to actually make money, compared to HMV, who don’t seem to have the foggiest idea about selling music. HMV’s prices are ludicrous, it’s little wonder Amazon hits them hard. I go into the Bath store, and frequently see cd’s I’d like, but they’re £15-16, while a quick scan with Redlaser shows the same disc available elsewhere for half that.
Even HMV’s online prices suck, I’m just looking at the results for the David Byrne/St Vincent album I scanned in Bath, the shop price I can’t remember, but I think was well over £12, HMV online is £10, Amazon is £7.07, but base.com is £13.29!