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Robbie Parry
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I prefer to go to high streets.

I love visiting Waterstones and HMV. I love browsing bookstores and music stores. Why? Two reasons: specific purchases and serendipity ("I came in for a Led Zeppelin album, but there's a new rock band CD on the shelf?").

It's also about being outdoors. Bromsgrove is a nice place to visit. Found a nice alcohol shop there. My job means I can rarely drink alcohol, but it was nice to visit such a place.

The Works is another good store.

There's also a nice tobacconist in Birmingham (Great Western Arcade) for those of us who smoke very, very rarely. 

So I do enjoy visiting high streets and shopping malls as opposed to ordering online. 
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Wolverhampton is all the usual chain stores, the
little independant record and comic stores are long
gone, this leaves me with HMV, which to be honest
doesn`t stock music that caters to my tastes, plus
most of the stuff i would buy is much cheaper
online.As for Forbidden Planet, i just don`t buy hard
copies anymore.In the 80`s and 90`s i used to travel
weekly to Birmingham for my comic fix, now there is
actually a big shop in Wolves, my buying habit has
changed.As i get my car serviced and MOT`d on the
outskirts of the city, i usually drop it off at 8am
and walk into the city to do some Christmas shopping,
but it gets increasingly hard to kill the time it
takes my car to be finished in the shops.There is not
a lot to interest a mid-50`s male!
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There's a merchandise shop in Wolverhampton, Bill, that may well have some comics in (it's more of a toy shop).

It's on King Street. 
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And a bit ludicrous, too. Wouldn't two separate entities WANT to be distinct?

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Of course they would. But tell me how you would determine who keeps the established brand and who would have to start over with a new name. 
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Coin toss, Michael. 
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The one that confuses me is Target in the US and Target in Australia. They are two entirely separate companies that use the same logo and color scheme. Also some of the same marketing, but I think that is Target Australia capitalizing on some of the brand confusion with the US Target. 
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When Judge Dredd's world becomes a reality, and I become Chief Judge, capitalizing on brand confusion will result in a mandatory prison sentence! 
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Glenn Brenner
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Is the Forbidden Planet in NY affliated with FPI?

I remember back in the 80s and 90s, there was a big comic shop/fantasy book store across the street and a block south of the current FP in NY that at was called Forbidden Planet. I just assumed they moved across Broadway at some point, but now I'm wondering if they closed down, only to be replaced by these new Forbidden Planet stores. 
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Yes, the New York store is FPI.

On a related note, we used to have a lot of non-FP comic stores around. There are some - check out Dave's Comics in Brighton if you're ever there - but there was one called Another World in Wolverhampton.

I think most either "died" or became absorbed by FP or FPI. 
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I have no idea where King Street is Robbie! Another
World if i remember correctly, is on the site of FP,
there was a small independent shop in Worcester St in
the mid-80`s, but it didn`t last long. There was also
one in Broad Street around the same time, but it was
sandwiched between a load of marital aid and grot book
shops, so i avoided that as it was on the main bus
route, and i feared someone i knew seeing me going in
the comic shop, but thinking it was a grot shop!

The High Street IS changing, charity shops get
favourable business rates, whilst small independant
and major stores are hammered, no matter what their
takings.Then there`s the change in buying habits,
people are increasingly buying online.
As Greg said, people prefer to go to out of town
retail parks, where parking is free.
The local councils also, have made driving into local
cities a nightmare of high cost parking, confusing
road layouts that trick you into edging into bus
lanes, then fine you for your mistake!
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I've received 2 fines thanks to the Council's confusing signs around Manchester. 

Krypton Komics in London is still an independent run shop. Has a great selection.
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Greg, my uncle ventured into Wolverhampton by car at
night to visit the theatre, he hadn`t driven in the city
for a couple of decades.Confused by the road layout and
poor signage, he merged into a lane a couple of metres
too early and got TWO fines for being in a bus lane.He
vowed never to visit the city again.
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