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The paragraph below seems confusing - and the BBC reference does not explain the 'last ditch deal' and how it related to Fopp in sufficient detail for the lay reader to understand it - is the implication that Virgin might have merged with part of Fopp? Could someone who knows more about this maybe
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The article also states that there were "50 Fopp stores and 37 outlets branded as Music Zone", yet the first BBC article states Fopp purchased 67 branches from MZ. Could someone clean up please? Cheers,
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I'm sure Fopp used to have two stores in Edinburgh - does this mean that the shop on (I think) Cockburn Street, just off the Royal Mile, has now closed?
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There seems to be total confusion as to how many branches Fopp had. The article currently says "over 100" and cites this source,
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Yeah so they're reopening my local Fopp in Leamington Spa as Head, i put up a new column about it, is that cool???
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According to this article the Fopp stores closed on 29th June 2007 but started to reopen on 24 May 2007. Erm...
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but this seems to be an error by the BBC, given that this more recent article states 81.
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Honestly! Surely people have better things to worry about...
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