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High Street retailers 'crunched' in 2008

  • Retailers 'crunched' in 2008
  • Woolworths
  • Zavvi
  • Wrapit
  • USC
  • Sixty UK
  • MFI
  • Adams Kids
  • Whittard of Chelsea
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Zavvi was heavily affected by the closure of Woolies as it owned Entertainment UK, Zavvi's wholesale provider of DVDs and CDs.

However, with the increasing impact of online sales eating into Zavvi's market, many experts believed it was only a matter before the outlet closed.



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