Financial Times (January 15)
”Britain’s high streets are in mourning. Another chapter of retail history seems set to close after the collapse of HMV, the UK’s last national music chain. It is the latest in a series of household names to shut up shop. But instead of mourning past glories (Sir Edward Elgar opened the first HMV store in 1921), there are good reasons to welcome the process of creative destruction that is finally taking its toll on UK retailing – however agonising it is for those affected.” Killing off zombie companie frees up capital for more productive enterprises. Though some may see the passing of HMV and other worn out retailers as “the end of the high street,” it’s really just “a new beginning.”
Tags: Capital, Creative destruction, High streets, HMV, Retail, UK, Zombies
