La catena di vendita al dettaglio di musica nel Regno Unito PMT ha messo in amministrazione, chiudendo permanentemente tutti i negozi con effetto immediato
https://guitar.com/news/industry-news/pmt-placed-into-administration/
di YchYFi
La catena di vendita al dettaglio di musica nel Regno Unito PMT ha messo in amministrazione, chiudendo permanentemente tutti i negozi con effetto immediato
https://guitar.com/news/industry-news/pmt-placed-into-administration/
di YchYFi
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That’s a big shame although not too surprising. An amazing local independent music shop near me closed a couple of months ago, it’s looking like there may not be an option to try instruments out in person in the not too distant future.
Ah this is shit news. The same link shows that GAK went under in April, I didn’t hear about that either.
The margins in instrument stores have always been shit and the carrying cost of their stock has always been very high. I think the prices on the name brands of Squiers and Epiphones have been quite aggressively lowered in recent years (adjusting for inflation), it’s very hard to make money when the biggest section of your customers are buying £120 guitars that you make £25 on but need to also find the space to store. And half your potential customers are buying them from Amazon instead.
Feels like there should be less of a focus on super-budget instruments now or it’s going to take out all the brick and mortar shops. I don’t think it’s too much of a problem if entry-level guitars start at £200 rather than £100, it’s still not prohibitive compared to almost every other lifetime hobby.