Music Shop Closures

[Ali]

Can somebody tell me why the Music shops in Thurso and Wick are closing?
Were they selling the wrong range of goods?
If so what range would folk want?
Would a new music shop be welcomed and supported?
I'm needing information to pass on to somebody in the music shop business who might be interested in expanding his business to Caithness.

[zebedy]

reason being i think is because the download of music has taken away the gift of buying CD's these days...

Most folk do not go out and buy a CD they sit in the comfort of there own home and double click... U know what I mean!

[Ali]

Sorry, I meant Music Shop as in Shop specialising in Musical Instruments etc, he does also sell CD's etc but main business in Musical Instruments.

[zebedy]

I dunno.. ALot of folk will Double click again for there instruments...

What i think they need is a place... With a varity of Instruments set up... And u can go in a strum away.. bash away on them!..

play before u buy maby... Like in inverness music shop everything is set up u can play!

[Ali]

He's got everything set up in his excisting shop, he even has guys in a couple of times a week giving lessons on various instruments. He sells everything from Digeridoos, bagpipes , guitars to tin whistles, mouth organs etc. Has about £30K worth of stock in his shop at all times. He does all the amps etc too. However he's in Orkney !!

[Victor Vendetta]

If he's such a success in Orkney, as he sounds to be, why has he got you hackan' aboot on a penny ante message board trying to find out if its worth his while to open up in Thurso.
That minor rant notwithstanding I suspect the present owner couldn't really be bothered running the business anymore and there is still a substantial market for instrumentation (not CD's) locally.