Ever since I first wandered into a tiny record shop called Fopp in Leamington Spa years ago, I've been hypnotised (and made not a little poorer) by their great prices, canny choice and obvious love of music and other stuff.
It was pretty empty for a Saturday, which is good as you can take your time browsing to come up with that 50 quid stack of CDs everyone seems to carry round. This one also has a cafe, which again is good and reasonably priced, doing coffee, toasties and cake (click image to see the menu).
Apparently, they're now the fourth largest record retailer in the country. They see to get it right so easily, which begs the question- what it is it that HMV, which is struggling, could get so wrong? Don't know, just know that they do. Typically, I'm sure their (or someone's else's) way out of the hole will be to try and buy Fopp before too long, and ruin what everybody likes about them along the way.
Unless of course, it happens the other way round- which judging by their new flagship branch on Tottenham Court Road in London that I visited the other week- it could well do.
1 comment:
I can really recommend their cheese, marmite and bean toasties :) Definitely a strong contender for my favourite food - move over cheesy mash! Tilly x
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