Jessops to close 81 stores

http://www.jessops.com/corporate/press_results_detail.asp?ReleaseId=443

No matter what you think of them as a retailer it is a sad day for all those who are going to lose their jobs

Chas,

Agree on your comment about the people losing their jobs - never nice!

But they had to do something about rationalising their business. They just had too many shops - Where I live (Reading) there are two Jessops stores - One too many. Same in a lot of towns.
Hope those who lose their jobs manage to get other ones quickly though

Adrian

Whilst this is of interest - thanks Chas - it ain't really Nature Photography so we will leave it for a day or so.

I remember when the store here in manchester used to have all the Nikkor, Canon and Sigma big lenses in (it is where i got to play with a 300-800mm for the first time) they also had some staff who knew about camera gear too.

Now the're all average joe's who know nothing about cameras and their highest end lens is a 70-200 VR

I use jacobs now, as they seem to stock decent gear...

I can remember way back in the '70's when the one in Crewe was called Crewe Camera Exchange - now that was a PROPER shop!

If we are going to start "All Our Yesterdays" - I remember Mr Jessop in his original store in Leicester!

All Our Yesterdays - now thats one of the earliest tv progs I can remember, I bet I'm nearly as old as Brian Ingliss now - thanks for the paradime shift Barrie