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I suspect Curry's and PCWorld may further expand their photography areas to grab the market that Jessops have left.

I think it is a great shame for the people that have lost their jobs but my experience of the stores was not good as the product knowledge or customer service did not seem to be there, I do use the smaller independents rather than buy everything online I like to try and if they are not a million miles away than the web prices then I wil pay that little extra for the service and to pick the goods up there an then!

Interestingly we bought a lot more from local shops this year for christmas than online.

I think longer term if the big high street stores do start disappearing more of the manufacturers will start opening stores more to promote their products and brands rather than direct sales!